Satoshi Fujii (藤井聡, ''Fujii Satoshi'') is a Japanese

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and

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, who served as a special advisor to the Abe cabinet until his voluntary Retirement. He is Professor of

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and the editor-in-chief of ''Hyogensha Criterion'', an academic journal in Japan. Fujii defends

nationalism Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a in-group and out-group, group of peo ...

, public works, and

modern monetary theory Modern Monetary Theory or Modern Money Theory (MMT) is a heterodox * * * * * * macroeconomic theory that describes currency as a public monopoly and unemployment as evidence that a currency monopolist is overly restricting the supply of t ...

, and is opposed to excessive globalization and

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. He is a proponent of pragmatism and

conservatism Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilizati ...

. He, along with Takeshi Nakano, has spread MMT to Japan from a conservative standpoint.

Biography

Born in Ikoma, Nara. Received his Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctor's degrees in civil engineering from

. After working at

and the University of Gothenburg, he became an associate professor at

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and then a professor. He became a professor at

in 2009. He was a visiting professor at

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in 2018. Fujii was selected as a special advisor of "New Deal for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation" to the Abe Cabinet in 2012. However, he opposed the consumption tax hike in 2017 and resigned.

Conflict with Ishin Party

Fujii is one of the main critics of the Ishin Party, founded by

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. Fujii is extremely negative about the Osaka Metropolis Plan (大阪都構想, an idea of an Osaka metropolitan government, which would eliminate the dual administration and promote privatization).

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