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Also known as Party of Do It Yourself

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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  • Constitution
  • Immigration and foreign investment
  • Economics
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  • 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.