Editing Neo-fascism (section)

=== Japan ===
{{see also|Nippon Kaigi|Uyoku dantai}}
After World War II, neo-fascism and ultra-nationalism were ostracized from mainstream politics in Germany, while in [[Japan]], they were partially related to major right-wing conservative politics.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/10/japan-jsdf-remilitarization-article-9-us-foreign-policy-biden-asian-pivot |title= No, Japan Should Not Remilitarize |quote=Carrying the legacy of Japanese fascism, the LDP (and particularly Nippon Kaigi) is the knowing driver of both this growing racism and nationalism and Japan's swelling military fervor. The synthesis of remilitarization with reactionary politics is embodied in the party's longtime leader, Shinzō Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, who retired only last year due to his declining health. |work=Jacobin magazine |date=24 October 2021 |access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Shinzo Abe and the long history of Japanese political violence |quote=As the French judge at the trial, Henri Bernard, noted, Japan's wartime atrocities 'had a principal author [Hirohito] who escaped all prosecution and of whom in any case the present defendants could only be considered accomplices.' The result was that whereas ultranationalism became toxic in post-war Germany, in Japan neo-fascism — centred around the figure of the emperor — retained its allure and became mainstream albeit sotto voce within Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.  |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/shinzo-abe-and-the-long-history-of-japanese-political-violence/ |agency=[[The Spectator]] |date=9 July 2022 |access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref> Since 2006, all prime ministers of Japan's [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]] have been members of far-right ultranationalist [[Nippon Kaigi]].<ref name="2014 reshuffle">"[http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2994558 Abe's reshuffle promotes right-wingers]" (Korea Joongang Daily – 2014/09/05)</ref>