Naoki Hyakuta

Naoki Hyakuta
百田尚樹
Hyakuta in 2017

Leader of the Conservative Party of Japan
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2023
Deputy	Takashi Kawamura
Preceded by	Position established

Personal details
Born	(1956-02-23) February 23, 1956 Higashiyodogawa, Osaka, Japan
Political party	Conservative Party of Japan
Alma mater	Doshisha University (dropped out)
Writing career
Language	Japanese
Period	2006–2019
Genre	War, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction
Notable works	The Eternal Zero A Man Called Pirate
Notable awards	Japan Booksellers' Award (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)

Conservatism in Japan
This article is part of a series on

Ideologies Capitalist Fiscal State Corporate Liberal Economic Nationalist Minzoku Populist Shōwa Statism Ultra Neo Paternalistic Religious State Shinto Social Ultra
Principles Anti-communism Asian values Authority Bureaucracy Bushido Discipline Duty Elitism Aristocracy Meritocracy Familialism Filial piety Heroism Hierarchy Imperialism Japanese culture Japanization Kokutai Law and order Loyalty Militarism Monarchism Nativism Nihonjinron Patriotism Shinto Social order Sovereignty Tradition Wa Yamato-damashii
History 1955 System Abenomics Anti-Comintern Pact CIA activities Empire of Japan Emperor system Hakkō ichiu Peace Preservation Law Tenkō Red Purge Red Scare Satsuma Rebellion State Secrecy Law U.S.-Japan Security Treaty
Intellectuals Aida Etō Fukuda Hasuda Hayashi Hirata Hyakuta Inazō Kanokogi Koizumi Kobayashi Kosaka Kuga Kakuzō Motoori Masaki Mayuzumi Minobe Mizushima Mishima Miyake Nishibe Nishio Ōen Oh Okazaki Ōkawa Oshikawa Sakurai Shiono Shiga Sono Sōseki Sugiyama Suzuki Takeyama Tadayuki Tsunetomo Watsuji Watanabe Yamazaki Yoshikawa Yasuoka Yanagita
Literature Man'yōshū (759) Kokin Wakashū (905) Hagakure (recorded 1709–1716) Imperial Rescript on Education (1890) Bushido: The Soul of Japan (1899) The Book of Tea (1906) An Investigation of Global Policy (1943) Patriotism (1960) Sun and Steel (1968) ”The Japan That Can Say No” (1989) The Dignity of the Nation (2005)
Politicians Abe Asō Fukuda Hara Hashimoto Hatoyama Hiranuma Inada Ishiba (Shigeru) Ishiba (Jirō) Ishihara Itō Kamiya Kaneko Katsura Kawamura Kiichirō Kishi Kishida Koike Koizumi (Junichiro) Koizumi (Shinjirō) Konoe Mori Makino Nakagawa Nakasone Ōhira Ōkubo Saigō Saionji Suga Sugita Takaichi Tamaki Tojo (Hideki) Tojo (Yuko) Yoshida
Parties Active Conservative Party of Japan Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (rignt-wing factions) Kaseikai Democratic Party for the People Greater Japan Patriotic Party Happiness Realization Party Japan First Party Japan Innovation Party Osaka Restoration Association Liberal Democratic Party Tokyoites First Party Restoration Political Party Sanseitō Defunct Constitutional Government Association Imperial Rule Assistance Association Japan Renewal Party Japan Restoration Party New Conservative Party New Frontier Party Party for Japanese Kokoro Party of Hope People's New Party Sunrise Party Your Party
Organisations Active Ganbare Nippon Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform Nippon Kaigi Zaitokukai Conservative Political Action Conference (J-CPAC) Defunct Black Dragon Society Genyōsha Kenkokukai Kokuryūkai Sakurakai Tatenokai
Media Bungei Shunjū Shokun! Fujisankei Communications Group Fuji Television Sankei Shimbun Seiron Hanada WiLL The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings Yomiuri Shimbun Chūō Kōron Japanese Culture Channel Sakura Shūkan Shinchō
Movements Action Conservative Movement Anti-Americanism Green Kaikaku hoshu Minzoku-ha Netto-uyoku National essentialism Nihon shugi Shukyū-ha Shōwa Restoration Trumpism
Related ideologies Fascism Emperor-system Para- Historical negationism History textbooks Liberalism Classical Conservative Libertarian conservatism (factions) Reactionism Statism Corporate
Related topics Anti-People's Republic of China Nobility Daimyo Kazoku Kuge Samurai Kokugaku Politics in Japan Pro-Americanism (post-war) Pro-ROC / Pro-Taiwan (post-war) Racism in Japan Chinese Korean Kurdish Russian Satō–Kishi–Abe family Uyoku dantai Yamato nadeshiko Yasukuni Shrine Zaibatsu
Conservatism portal Japan portal

Naoki Hyakuta (百田尚樹, Hyakuta Naoki, born February 23, 1956) is a Japanese former novelist, television producer, and politician. He is the co-founder and leader of the Conservative Party of Japan. Hyakuta is particularly known for his 2006 novel The Eternal Zero, which was adapted into an eponymous 2013 film. Other books of his, several of which have also been adapted into films, include Bokkusu and Monsuta. From 2013 to 2015, he served as a governor of the public broadcaster NHK.

Hyakuta is known for his right-wing political views, including his denial of Japanese war crimes before and during World War II, particularly the Nanjing Massacre.