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There is growing support here for non-traditional parties, particularly right-wing populists who promise strong leadership and bold answers. The most prominent is the Japan Restoration Party led by two political mavericks - Toru Hashimoto, the Mayor of Osaka, and 80-year-old Shintaro Ishihara, the former governor of Tokyo.
Politics: Populist right (...) An upstart party founded by an outspoken lawyer and television personality turned mayor of Osaka, Toru Hashimoto, Restoration has attracted younger votes with an anti-establishment take on conservatism.
Politics: Populist right (...) An upstart party founded by an outspoken lawyer and television personality turned mayor of Osaka, Toru Hashimoto, Restoration has attracted younger votes with an anti-establishment take on conservatism.
{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)Hashimoto, the populist co-leader of a small right-wing party, sparked a storm of criticism at home and abroad when he said earlier this month that the military brothels had been "necessary" at the time and that Japan had been unfairly singled out for practices common among other militaries during wartime.