![]() ![]() This section may lend undue weight to certain ideas, incidents, or controversies. When Sakurai announced his intention to step down as leader of Zaitokukai and leave the group, he stated once again he would not be a politician. During the debate with Osaka major Toru Hashimoto in October 2014, after receiving an explanation from Hashimoto about the responsibilities of a politician, Sakurai replied that he is not interested in becoming one. During an assembly conducted by the Zaitokukai on August 30, 2009, in response to a participant's question regarding whether Sakurai would advance into the political world, Sakurai answered that he "would not go as far as setting aside his current life just to advance into the world of politics", denying his intention to run for office. ![]() Politics īefore contesting to become the governor of Tokyo in 2016, Sakurai had stated numerous times that he would not enter the world of politics. On November 11, 2014, Sakurai announced that he will step down as leader of the Zaitokukai and leave the group on the 30th of the same month. The meeting lasted for only eight minutes, as Hashimoto ultimately left the stage along with his security detail after intense shouting and insulting from both sides. Sakurai held a public debate with Osaka mayor Tōru Hashimoto on October 20, 2014, regarding hate speech. Sakurai was arrested by Japanese police on June 16, 2013, in Tokyo after an anti-Korean demonstration by Zaitokukai members ended in a fistfight with counterprotesters. The goals of this group is to abolish special rights towards foreigners, Koreans in particular, on the basis of nationalism, law, and the numerous criminal acts made by the perpetrators. Disturbed by the news and thinking that it could potentially destroy the Japanese pension system, he searched for a political organization fighting against Zainichi rights in Japan, only to find none, which led him to establish the Zaitokukai. On December 2, 2006, Sakurai founded the nationalist political group Zaitokukai, short for " Zainichi Tokken-wo Yurusanai Shimin-no Kai ( 在日特権を許さない市民の会, Association of Citizens against the Special Privileges of the Zainichi)" and held an inaugural meeting the next month, in response to a TV news report about a group of Japanese citizens supporting Zainichi Koreans' ability to obtain national pensions without making any premium payments. ![]() Sakurai lives with his mother in Shinjuku, Tokyo, where he co-manages a Family Mart convenience store part-time. It is through this bulletin board he was invited to discuss South Korea in the TV show mentioned above, with himself the only one against the popularity of the country in Japan. He then afterwards relied on a Japanese-Korean online bulletin board to have thorough discussions with South Korean netizens. ![]() While Sakurai was a civil servant, he started gaining interest in South Korea through the Internet, and came to the conclusion that "South Korea is a rare country that one hates more the more they learn about it" ( 韓国という国は、知れば知るほど嫌いになる希有の国). He is currently active on his blog, Twitter, and TwitCasting accounts. Sakurai maintains an online presence under the username "Doronpa" and similar variations. However, on May 10, 2017, he tweeted a picture of a document pertaining to the Tokyo Gubernatorial Election with his real name "Makoto Takata ( 髙田 誠, Takata Makoto), along with his pen name that he is known as written on it. It has been speculated that his real name may be Makoto Kimura ( 木村 誠, Kimura Makoto), as he was introduced as such when he first appeared on television, on the show Jene Jan ( ジェネジャン) in January 2005. Sakurai refers to himself as "Makoto Sakurai" in public and publishes under the same name. 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. 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. 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. ![]()
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