Review of Japan’s Nationalist Right in the Internet Age by Jeffrey J. Hall. London: Routledge, 2021. viii + 209.

The growing visibility of nationalism and right-wing populism has been broadly discussed both by scholars and popular media since the second decade of the 21st century.Great attention was given to the role of digital technologies and social media in the spread of "new" nationalism, even though it cannot be attributed exclusively to these factors.Still, the character of digital technologies and their participatory nature allowed more significant fragmentation of national debates, while the lack of moderation and fact-checking procedures made the online spread of misinformation and extremist views easier than the offline (Mihelj and Jiménez-Martínez 2020).The relationship between the online environment and nationalistic activism has thus become one of the core points in the most recent scholarly literature dedicated to the issues of nationalism.Jeffrey J. Hall's recent publication, Japan's Nationalist Right in the Internet Age (2021, Routledge), joins this analysis, focusing on a rather underdiscussed, particularly in the English language, topicthe relationship between online and offline activism of the Japanese nationalist right wing.It is presented on the example of an alternative media outlet Nihon Bunka Channel Sakura ('Japanese Culture Channel Sakura', hereafter: Channel Sakura) and its activist wing, Ganbare Nippon.To some extent, Hall's publication bridges the gap that seems to be growing in the scholarship concerning the nationalism(s) of Japan.Japanese nationalism has been effectively presented as diverse in its forms, manifested both by the state and in the grassroots form, and in a whole spectrum from militarist nationalism to light, everyday "pop" nationalism (Kayama 2003, Kingston 2016, McVeigh 2004, Sakamoto 2008).Despite this diversity, much attention has been given to uyokuextreme right-wing political activists, often associated with military uniforms, agitation through