Who Really Controls Japan's Far Right?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Like so many other countries, Japan has a complex mix of political parties and activist movements -- some are gigantic, and some are small. Some are legit, and some are crazy. In the recent election, one fringe, far-right party named Sanseitō skyrocketed in the polls, gaining unprecedented prominence on a 'Japan First' platform peddling conspiracy theories, anti-foreigner legislation, and revisionist history about World War II. Is that really what the Japanese voters want? Journalists, critics and the public have serious questions, and are asking whether this group is, itself, funded by foreign powers seeking to destroy Japan from within.

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0:00.0	From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events.
0:06.5	You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:12.0	A production of IHeartRadie. Hello, welcome back to the show.
0:27.9	My name is Matt.
0:28.7	My name is Noel.
0:29.7	They call me, Ben.
0:31.0	We're joined, as always, with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal Fagan.
0:35.3	Most importantly, you are you.
0:37.4	You are here. That makes this you are you, you are here.
0:38.4	That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:42.6	Guys, you remember that it's an observation that only grows more relevant over time.
0:48.4	People say no one wants to be living through the times of which history is made.
0:55.5	Right?
0:55.6	Yeah.
0:56.0	Kind of impossible, though, because I guess history's sort of always being made, isn't it?
1:00.0	We're working live.
1:01.3	Here you are.
1:02.5	I think it means people want to not have the stress and maybe fear and all of the things that come with a big historical event, right?
1:11.8	Too bad, suckers.
1:13.0	Well, I know, but human beings, we want smooth sailing, I think.
1:17.3	I think generally that's what human beings want.
1:20.7	But we've also got this thing where in our media and things, most of the stuff we're really
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