The is a

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political party in Japan founded by

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History

On August 15, 2016, Sakurai announced in front of a crowd at the annual gathering to protest the

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in front of

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that he would not stop at the Tokyo election, and would create a new political party to prioritize and benefit the people of Japan over foreign powers. After first jokingly announcing the new party name as , he formally announced on August 29, 2016, the party name . The JFP held its first convention in APA Hotel on February 26, 2017, and Sakurai, who was until then de facto leader, formally became leader of the JFP. As of April 27, 2017, there are about 1800 party members, but no members of the party in any government office. The same day, , sitting beside Sakurai, formally announced at a press conference his plan to run for the upcoming Tokyo Prefecture Legislature Election (ja) in July 2017. In 2021, Makoto Sakurai ran for the Tokyo gubernatorial election and received 178,784 votes (2.92％). The Japan First Party ran in the

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running a total of 5 candidates, with 33,611 votes (0.52%) and Makoto Sakurai having 9,449 votes (3.96%) in the Tokyo 15th District. The Japan First Party ran in the

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running a total of 10 candidates, with 109,046 proportional votes (0.21%) and 74,097 constituency votes (0.14%).

Policies

Many of the promises from Sakurai's campaign in the Tokyo gubernatorial election have been included in the policies outlined by the JFP such as the exclusion of foreigners from receiving welfare. The policies include the rewriting of the Japanese constitution from scratch to put the

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as the head of state, install a military, and make defense of the country a civic duty. JFP is also evaluated as an

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group.

Election results

House of Representatives

House of Councillors

Tokyo Gubernatorial

References

Notes

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