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Sohei Kamiya
is a Japanese politician who is the founder and Secretary General of the Right-wing populism, right-wing populist political party Sanseitō. Kamiya has been serving as a member of the House of Councillors (Japan), House of Councillors since 2022 through the Japanese House of Councillors national proportional representation block, Proportional Representation Block. A Conspiracy theory, conspiracy theorist who promotes COVID-19 misinformation and Anti-vaccine activism, anti-vaccine propaganda, Kamiya gained international media attention while campaigning for the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election, 2022 House of Councillors election due to his Antisemitism, antisemitic rhetoric during public appearances and campaign rallies. His party has been described as a cult by his political opponents. Early life Kamiya was born in Takahama, Fukui, Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, Fukui. In 1996, he graduated from Fukui Prefectural Wakasa High School, majoring in :ja:理数科, science a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanseitō
Sanseitō (, ; self-rendered as Party of Do it Yourself!! in English) is a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist List of political parties in Japan, political party in Japan. The party was founded in 2020 and won a seat in the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election, 2022 House of Councillors election, also becoming an official political party by winning more than 2% of the vote in the election. The party promotes COVID-19 misinformation and Anti-vaccine activism, anti-vaccine views. The party's president, Manabu Matsuda, has called COVID-19 vaccines a "murder weapon". Sanseitō gained international media attention during the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election, 2022 House of Councillors election due to the party's Secretary General, Sohei Kamiya's Antisemitism, antisemitic rhetoric during public appearances and campaign rallies. Observers noted that Sanseitō differ from usual far right political parties in Japan, as most of its supporters are affluent, previously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Misinformation
False information, including intentional disinformation and conspiracy theories, about the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic and the origin, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease has been spread through social media, text messaging, and mass media. False information has been propagated by celebrities, politicians, and other prominent public figures. Many countries have passed laws against "fake news", and thousands of people have been arrested for spreading COVID-19 misinformation. The spread of COVID-19 misinformation by governments has also been significant. Commercial scams have claimed to offer at-home tests, supposed preventives, and "miracle" cures. Several religious groups have claimed their faith will protect them from the virus. Without evidence, some people have claimed the virus is a bioweapon accidentally or deliberately leaked from a laboratory, a population control scheme, the result of a spy operation, or the side effect of 5G upgrades to cell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Japanese General Election
General elections were held in Japan on 16 December 2012. Voters gave the Liberal Democratic Party a landslide victory, ejecting the Democratic Party from power after three years. It was the fourth worst defeat suffered by a ruling party in Japanese history. Voting took place in all representatives' constituencies of Japan including proportional blocks, in order to appoint Members of Diet to seats in the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. In July 2012, it was reported that the deputy prime minister Katsuya Okada had approached the Liberal Democratic Party to sound them out about dissolving the House of Representatives and holding the election in January 2013. An agreement was reached in August to dissolve the Diet and hold early elections "shortly" following the passage of a bill to raise the national consumption tax. Some right-wing observers asserted that as the result of introducing the consumption tax to repay the Japanese public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Nishino (politician)
is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as a member of the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature). A native of Higashiōsaka, Osaka and graduate of Kansai University he was elected to the assembly of Osaka Prefecture for the first time in 1975. In 1993 he unsuccessfully ran for the House of Representatives as a member of the LDP. He ran again in 1996, this time as a member of the now-defunct New Frontier Party (Japan), New Frontier Party, and was elected for the first time. He later joined the LDP. References * External links * in Japanese 1940 births Living people People from Higashiōsaka Kansai University alumni New Frontier Party (Japan) politicians Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2003–2005 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009 Members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Representatives (Japan)
The is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors is the upper house. The composition of the House is established by and of the Constitution of Japan. The House of Representatives has 465 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 176 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a Party-list proportional representation, party-list system of proportional representation, and 289 are elected from single-member constituencies. The overall voting system used to elect the House of Representatives is a Parallel voting, parallel system, a form of semi-proportional representation. Under a parallel system, the allocation of list seats does not take into account the outcome in the single seat constituencies. Therefore, the overall allocation of seats in the House of Representatives is not proportional, to the advantage of larger parties. In contrast, in bodies such as the German ''Bundestag'' or the New Zealand Parliament the election of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higashiōsaka
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 486,464 in 233,124 households and a population density of 7,874 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . The city is known as one of the industrial cities of Japan and "the Rugby football, rugby football town". Geography Higashiōsaka is located in the eastern part of the Osaka Plain, bordered by the Osaka metropolis to the west. Most of the city area is flat lowlands laced with rivers and has been subject to periodic flooding. The main rivers include the Nagase River, Onji River, Tamagushi River, and Daini Neya River. The eastern part of the city rises to the Mount Ikoma, Ikoma Mountains, forming the border with Nara Prefecture. The city measures approximately 11.2 kilometers from east-to-west by 7.9 kilometers from north-to-south. Surrounding municipalities * Nara Prefecture ** Heguri, Nara, Heguri ** Ikoma, Nara, Ikoma * Osaka Prefecture ** Daitō, Osaka, Daitō ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka 13th District
, the House of Representatives of Japan is elected from a combination of multi-member districts and single-member districts, a method called parallel voting. Currently, 176 members are elected from 11 multi-member districts (called proportional representation blocks or PR blocks) by a party-list system of proportional representation (PR), and 289 members are elected from single-member districts, for a total of 465. 233 seats are therefore required for a majority. Each PR block consists of one or more Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, and each prefecture is divided into one or more single-member districts. In general, the block districts correspond loosely to the major regions of Japan, with some of the larger regions (such as Kantō region, Kantō) subdivided. History Until the 1993 Japanese general election, 1993 general election, all members of the House of Representatives were elected in multi-member constituencies by single non-transferable vote. In 1994, Parliament passed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
