ALSA 2025 meeting

According to IMF statistics, Japan's nominal GDP per capita has fallen to 38th place (2024). Aside from the ranking, the fact that the figure has not increased for over 30 years and has been declining in recent years is a bigger problem. Japan's relative decline in economic power is leading to a loss of confidence in the structure of Japanese society and among the Japanese people, bringing about various changes. One of the biggest changes is how we interact with foreigners.
For many years, Japan and the Japanese people have had a strong sense of confidence in their title of "advanced nation," and have believed that they are superior in every way, especially to other Asian countries. However, this is an illusion, and Japan and the Japanese people, who have neglected to change, are likely to perceive diversity as "fear." What lies ahead is a new "攘夷"(JYOU-I, expulsion of foreigners) policy in the 21st century, and a further decline in Japan's international status.
In this session, researchers in their 30s to 60s with extensive knowledge of Asian countries will discuss the vulnerability of Japanese society from various perspectives, including community, education, information, and law, and consider the role of law and society.

In this paper, from the standpoint of information sociology, I would like to sketch an emerging "New Nationalism" 2025, in Japan.

There’s no need to give statistic prove here “Lost 30 years’” are real situation, involving economic inflation after long stagnation resulting countless social problems. It is often said Japanese Nationals are modest and obedient, non-assertive even under the long-lasting political regime by the Liberal Democratic Party.

But now especially involving young generation, we can clearly observe there are forming "New Nationalism" and even social movements centered young generation, especially utilizing SNS in Japan. One of the result is seen in the winners of Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election. Main topic was around Government Tax usage and immigrant polity.

We can point out here “New Nationalism” is forming throughout the internet media and even in traditional media. There are several aspects Nationalism here. "For some, nationalism is a fully-fledged ideology and the central principle of society. For others, it is just one of the political doctrines" (Heywood 2012).

Reference:
Abe DN Naoki 2024, “Analysis of Exchanging Value as a Method of Information Sociology: Taking examples of Credit Scoring and Evaluation Service by Social Credit System like Sesame Credit in China”,  Journal of Intelligence Science in Local Research, 1(1) 41-53

Abe DN Naoki 2023, “Disembedding and Re-embedding in Information Society : Unstoppable Process of Identification and Loss of the Unique Identity and Identification of Process“, Bulletin of Oita Prefectural College of Arts and Culture, 60 177-184

Heywood A., 2021, Political Ideologies: An Introduction, Bloomsbury Academic