Reposted by Kostya Ovsiannikov
Where the world’s discontented fight, rural Japan picks the same party.
As @hajent.bsky.social sky.social & @kovsiannikov.com show in JEPOP, #populism thrives on absence. In #Japan’s declining towns, the state never left, with subsidies & social ties guaranteeing stability.doi.org/10.1080/1745...95
