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'Outnumbered by puppets': Depopulated village in Japan crafts dolls for sense of life
(www.nbcnews.com)
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We don't know whom these people are voting for, but there is a (n at least to me) surprising amount of support for candidates left of the LDP in rural areas. The part of rural Japan I live in elected a rep from the Japanese Communist Party (which, despite their name, are more like democratic socialists; not sure why they refuse to change the name).
Democratic socialists or social democrats? (Yes, there is a huge difference), because demsocs are just a type of communist (whereas socdems are capitalists / liberals)
Per Wikipedia here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Communist_Party#Ideology_and_policies :
I suppose the real answer is to read the material in Japanese and look at their policy decisions, but I for one don't have time for it (nor can I vote here in Japan anyway).