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

📢 New publication with @hajent.bsky.social @JEPOP. "In decline, but not left behind? Electoral behavior in Japan's depopulating regions": www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Below is a brief summary of the article 🧵 1/n