Since the early 2000s, Japan has witnessed the growing salience of so-called netto uyoku (online right-wingers). This group is characterized by strong anti-China and anti-Korea sentiments, nationalistic political views, and online political engagement. While online radical right movements in Europe are often regarded as support bases for radical right candidates or parties, few studies have investigated whether this assumption applies to Japanese online right-wingers. The present study sought to shed light on this issue by conducting a large-scale web survey with 77,084 respondents living in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area. Respondents were registered monitors for a research company. The large sample size enabled multivariate analyses to clarify the characteristics of online right-wingers in comparison to other respondents. The results indicated that 1.5 percent of the respondents (1,167) could be classified as online right-wingers and, in contrast with the political discontent hypothesis, most online right-wingers had a high degree of external political efficacy and lower levels of populist attitudes relative to other respondents. This suggests that online right-wingers trusted and remained satisfied with the current political conditions. Furthermore, they were more likely to vote, especially for established conservative parties, suggesting an affinity among online right-wingers for traditional conservative parties and candidates. These findings indicate that, unlike in Europe, Japanese online right-wingers are not a support base for radical right candidates and parties. In Japan, which is under a right-leaning government, online right-wingers have not become a driving force for emergent radical right parties.

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日本网络右翼的政治取向

自 2000 年代初以来，日本见证了所谓的 netto uyoku（在线右翼分子）的日益突出。这个群体的特点是强烈的反华反韩情绪、民族主义政治观点和网络政治参与。虽然欧洲的网络激进右翼运动通常被视为激进右翼候选人或政党的支持基础，但很少有研究调查这一假设是否适用于日本网络右翼分子。本研究试图通过对居住在大东京都市区的 77,084 名受访者进行大规模网络调查来阐明这个问题。受访者是一家研究公司的注册监督员。与其他受访者相比，大样本量使多变量分析能够阐明在线右翼分子的特征。结果表明，1.5% 的受访者（1,167）可以归类为网络右翼分子，与政治不满假设相反，大多数网络右翼分子具有较高的外部政治效能和较低水平的民粹主义态度相对给其他受访者。这表明网络右翼分子信任并保持对当前政治状况的满意。此外，他们更有可能投票，特别是对成熟的保守党派，这表明在线右翼分子对传统保守党派和候选人的亲和力。这些调查结果表明，与欧洲不同，日本的网络右翼分子不是激进右翼候选人和政党的支持基础。在右倾政府统治下的日本，