ABSTRACT
First published in World Review (Brisbane), Vol. II, No. 2, July 1972 THE ULTRA-RIGHT wing has been a constant, if weak and ineffective element in
Japanese politics since the American Occupation ended in 1952. Despite its roots in the nationalist aspects of Japanese tradition, and despite the crucial role which ultra-rightists societies played in Japan’s slide into militarism during the 1920s and 1930s, its actual influence in the postwar period has been slight.
