Nippon Kaigi: Gerakan Kebangkitan Nasionalisme Jepun

Nippon Kaigi is an influential right-wing pressure group in Japan. Its membership is not only among the ordinary people but also influential politicians, professionals, businessmen, religious groups, academics and chief justices. Their goal is to build a nation whose people are proud to be citizens (nationalism). The article discusses the movement by Nippon Kaigi to nurture nationalism in Japan and how it achieved its goals. The article is divided into several parts, namely the introduction of Nippon Kaigi, the oddity of current Japanese society which led to the need for a spirit of nationalism and the movement in Japan. The study found that the activities of this organization are not through violence but by political propaganda activities. In order to disseminate its ideology among the citizens, it holds assemblies, collecting signatures and calls for local assembly approval across the country. In other words, Nippon Kaigi has employed a new approach to advance right-wing movements.