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'Outnumbered by puppets': Depopulated village in Japan crafts dolls for sense of life (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Democratic socialists or social democrats? (Yes, there is a huge difference), because demsocs are just a type of communist (whereas socdems are capitalists / liberals)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Per Wikipedia here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Communist_Party#Ideology_and_policies :

[. . .] it is, however, politically moderate and advocates a peaceful transition to communism.[69] Marxism–Leninism, which former party chairman Tetsuzo Fuwa had worked for years to make acceptable to the electorate, was abandoned in favor of scientific socialism in 1976.[70][71] According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, the JCP became a more traditional democratic socialist party after modifying its policies in the 1990s.[57] This analysis is supported by the Japanese political scientist Kōji Nakakita [ja], who is often cited as a specialist on the JCP.[72] The JCP follows a Marxist ideology,[73][5] stating that the theory of Marx and Engels is the foundation of their program.[74] The party sits on the left[75] to far-left[80] of the left–right political spectrum.

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).