Sanseitō
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Sanseitō (, ; self-rendered as Party of Do It Yourself in English, DIY) is an ultraconservative, right-wing populist political party in Japan. It is on the far-right of the political spectrum. The party was founded in 2020 by Sohei Kamiya, the current secretary general of the party, and won a seat in the 2022 House of Councillors election, also becoming an official political party by winning more than 2% of the vote in the election. Sanseitō gained international media attention during the 2022 House of Councillors election due to Kamiya's antisemitic rhetoric during public appearances and cam
Key facts
- Political party.name
- Party of Do it Yourself
- Political party.logo
- Logo of the Sanseitō.svgclass=skin-invert
- Political party.logo_size
- 250px
- Political party.abbreviation
- DIY
- Political party.leader
- Sohei Kamiya
- Political party.headquarters
- Azabudai Hills, Minato, Tokyo 106-0041, Japan
- Political party.newspaper
- Sanseitō DIY Times
- Political party.position
- Far-right
- Political party.country
- Japan
- Political party.slogan
- ('Since there is no political party to vote for, we will create our own from scratch!')
- Political party.seats1_title
- Councillors
- Political party.seats2_title
- Representatives
- Political party.seats3_title
- Prefectural assembly members
- Political party.seats4_title
- Municipal assembly members
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- political party
- Official name
- 参政党
- Country
- Japan
- Founded by
- Sōhei Kamiya
- Headquarters
- Akasaka
- Chairperson
- Sōhei Kamiya
- Legal form
- political party
- Official website
- www.sanseito.jp/english
- Image
- Kunihiko Takeda (武田邦彦) addresses the public in Fukuoka.jpg
- Political ideology
- anti-globalization movement
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- inception
- 2020-03-17
- Commons category
- Sanseitō
- catchphrase
- 投票したい政党がないから、自分たちでゼロからつくる
- native label
- 参政党
- social media followers
- 218000
- political alignment
- far-right politics
- date of incorporation
- 2022-08-00
- in opposition to
- same-sex marriage
- interested in
- anti-vax movement
- sRGB color hex triplet
- ED7301
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- History
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- Diplomacy and military
- Relationship and view on Russia
- Security and defense
- Constitution
- Immigration and foreign investment
- Economics
- Fiscal policy
- Agriculture
- Energy and environment
- Social policy
- Gender and equality
- Education
- Cultural industry
- Health
- Vaccine and mask wearing
- Perspective of history and education
- Okinawa WWII claims
- Supporters
- Election results
- House of Representatives
- House of Councillors
- By-elections
- Leadership
- Diet Members' group
- Current Diet members
- House of Representatives
- House of Councillors
- References
Sanseitō (, ; self-rendered as Party of Do It Yourself in English, DIY) is an ultraconservative, right-wing populist political party in Japan. It is on the far-right of the political spectrum. The party was founded in 2020 by Sohei Kamiya, the current secretary general of the party, and won a seat in the 2022 House of Councillors election, also becoming an official political party by winning more than 2% of the vote in the election. Sanseitō gained international media attention during the 2022 House of Councillors election due to Kamiya's antisemitic rhetoric during public appearances and campaign rallies. In the 2024 general election, the party won 3 seats. In the 2025 House of Councillors election, the party won more than 14 seats and came in third in the national popular vote. According to the party's leader Kamiya, it is the Japanese equivalent of Trumpism in the United States.
The party promotes COVID-19 misinformation. The party's president, Manabu Matsuda, has called COVID-19 vaccines a "murder weapon". The party is against same-sex marriage and LGBT rights. The party strongly opposes immigration, claiming that foreigners bring crime and receive better treatment than native citizens. It proposes the creation of a new constitution to replace the existing one and published a draft that contains minimal human rights protections.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sanseitō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.