Japan’s Right-wing Populist Rise By Andrew Firmin Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/08/japans-right-wing-populist-rise/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latin_Americas_Electric_Mobility_on_Chinas_Path_Africas_LandLinked_Nations_Chart_a_New_Trade_Route_t LONDON, Aug 4 2025 (IPS) - Rice queues – something once unthinkable – began appearing around May. As the country’s staple food hit record prices, frustrated shoppers found themselves breaking a cultural taboo by switching to rice from South Korea. It was a symbol of how far Japan’s economic certainties had crumbled, creating fertile ground for a political shift. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.