Is there any kind of progressive insurgence in Japan comparable to the one happening in the US Democratic Party?
Apologies if this question doesn't qualify. Ever since Zohran's win in New York City last year, the Dem party voter base has been ousting long term representatives with more progressive Dem candidates and even self identifying socialists. This has been happening in elections across the US this year.
Alot of the US media is comparing this to the Tea Party Movement that the Republican party had in 2009. However, the Tea Party Movement was heavily astro turfed as it was funded and supported by the Coke brothers, whereas the progressive candidates running across the country are grassroots campaigns with messaging about not taking corporate money as well as getting money out of politics. These messages are resonating with the voter base as they are looking for new leadership after the last decade of failures among the Democrat party.
What are your thoughts on this insurgence? Is there anything politically in Japan that's happening or has happened that you would compare it to?