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Makoto Sakurai
Makoto Sakurai | |
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桜井 誠 | |
 Makoto Sakurai in front of Ueno Station on July 24, 2016, during the 2016 Tokyo Gubernatorial Election | |
| Leader of the Japan First Party | |
| Assumed office February 26, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Makoto Takata (髙田 誠, Takata Makoto) February 15, 1972[1] Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Political party | Japan First |
| Residence(s) | Tokyo, Japan |
| Known for | Founder and former leader of Zaitokukai |
| Website | ameblo |
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Makoto Sakurai (桜井 誠, Sakurai Makoto, born February 15, 1972) is the pen name of a political activist, blogger, and writer from Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. A former civil servant in a ward office, he is the founder and former leader of the far-right nationalist group Zaitokukai, known for its anti-foreign messages and public demonstrations which some consider unruly.[2] Following his unsuccessful campaign in the 2016 Tokyo gubernatorial election, he founded the Japan First Party in August 2016 and is currently the party's leader.
- ^ "Makoto Sakurai". IMDb.
- ^ Fackler, Martin (2010-08-28). "New Dissent in Japan Is Loudly Anti-Foreign". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
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