DBWI: Right-leaning Japan after WWII

As you all know, Japanese politics since the end of WWII have always been quite predictable, with the Japanese Socialist Party (JSP) having held power almost uninterruptedly.

Now, the JSP is actually a heavily factionalized party, including people of varied ideological sympathies, ranging all the way from social democracy to left-wing populism and nationalism, and even trotskyism, libertarian socialism and other currents of a more radical nature. However, we westerners find it strange that an otherwise democratic country may have a political that is so thoroughly dominated by one political party.

There have been several threads discussing the possibility of a centre-right Japanese party that might have come to share power with the JSP in a kind of european-styled two-party system. But what if we can take that a step further? Can we have a right-wing party achieve the same sort of dominance over post-war Japanese politics as the JSP did IOTL?

If so, how would this alternate Japan differ from our own?
 
No Soviet acquisition of nukes. That's what kept the US from becoming an occupying power, and allowed the native left-wing and other progressive forces to blossom.
 
But seriously, think about some of the great political theatre we'd have missed out on. For one, that nutbar Maoist stabbing that right-wing nationalist leader to death on camera, not to mention that writer trying to stage his anarchist coup in 1970, and lighting himself on fire when he failed.
 
And can you just imagine the kind of "erotica" we'd be getting out of Japan, if those purtianical socialist-feminists hadn't taken over the Ministry Of Culture? Yikes!
 
But seriously, think about some of the great political theatre we'd have missed out on. For one, that nutbar Maoist stabbing that right-wing nationalist leader to death on camera

Maybe we'd get a nationalist stabbing a Maoist instead.

And can you just imagine the kind of "erotica" we'd be getting out of Japan, if those purtianical socialist-feminists hadn't taken over the Ministry Of Culture? Yikes!

Well, since hentai and most Japanese forms of erotica came largely as a reaction to to the perceives excesses of sexual repression in 70s, I imagine that what we'd get would be a lot... tamer. But it's also possible the right-wingers manage to be somewhat puritanical themselves, I'd actually say that's very likely.
 
Maybe we'd get a nationalist stabbing a Maoist instead.

Nah. In a conservative Japan, conservatives themselves would have their inherent hierarchical values strongly reinforced by the larger society, and I doubt very much that they'd go for off-the-wall, individualistic stunts like lone-wolf attacks on political enemies.

Besides, if MacArthur gets his hands on the Japanese political system, he's likely gonna lock up all the Communists anyway, so there won't be anyone left for the right-wingers to kill.
 
Maybe we'd get a nationalist stabbing a Maoist instead.

Well, since hentai and most Japanese forms of erotica came largely as a reaction to to the perceives excesses of sexual repression in 70s, I imagine that what we'd get would be a lot... tamer. But it's also possible the right-wingers manage to be somewhat puritanical themselves, I'd actually say that's very likely.

I still think it ironic that the Undersecretary of Internal Affairs for Public Morality was busted as one of the top three 'Japananasty' authors in the early 80s, apparently she was touted as a possible Secretary of Internal Affairs before that, and since three of the last six Prime Ministers held that post before being elected to power...
 
Would Japan have become a leading force in the Non-Aligned Movement, if it had been more right-leaning?

Likely not, I suppose they'd be rather pro-American instead.

Also, would a right-leaning Japan be able to distance itself so much from its imperialists past? Would they even apologize to Korea and China and establish good relations with them? Would there still be compensation for former confort women?
 
Historically speaking, Japan's geopolitical role has been a semi-isolated tributary state. Even a rightist Japan, whatever POD you use to prevent the purges of the late 40s would at least do pro-forma apologies and be ah "finlandized" as far as China goes by now.
 
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