The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics

Edited by Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia Pekkanen

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Offers the most up-to-date views on the state of the field
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Chapters are written by internationally acknowledged specialists

The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics

Edited by Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia Pekkanen

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The study of Japanese politics is a vibrant field that has changed substantially over time. This work provides an in-depth exploration of current research. Moreover, it addresses theoretical questions and empirical issues that will guide research on Japan for years to come and thus serves as a key resource for scholars, students, and practitioners.

Through more than 40 chapters by leading specialists, the Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics examines major aspects of both domestic politics and international relations. In addition to providing a broad overview of contemporary Japanese politics, the chapters are united by a shared question: what is the nature and quality of Japanese democracy? Contributors consider this matter alongside their individual subjects, which together comprehensively address the central research topics of the field.

The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics

Edited by Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia Pekkanen

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1. Japanese Politics: An Introduction
Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia M. Pekkanen

Part I: Domestic Political Actors and Institutions
2. The Japanese Constitution
Kenneth Mori McElwain
3. Japanese Electoral Systems since 1947
Steven R. Reed
4. The Role of the Prime Minister in Japan
Aurelia George Mulgan
5. The Japanese Diet: Parliamentary Groups and Lawmaking
Mikitaka Masuyama
6. The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Bureaucracy
Steven K. Vogel
7. The Japanese Judiciary
J. Mark Ramseyer
8. Local Government in Japan
Ken Victor Leonard Hijino

Part II: Political Parties and Coalitions
9. Japan's Liberal Democratic Party: Changes in Party Organization under Shinzo Abe
Kuniaki Nemoto
10. The Era of Coalition Government in Japan: The Institutional Logic of Surplus Majorities and Strange Bedfellows
Michael F. Thies
11. Komeito: The Party and Its Place in Japanese Politics
Axel Klein and Levi McLaughlin
12. The Political Opposition in Japan
Ethan Scheiner and Michael F. Thies

Part III: Policymaking and the Public
13. The Policymaking Process in Japan
Tomohito Shinoda
14. The Effect of Changing Political Contexts on Public Opinion in Japan, 1945-2020
Yukio Maeda
15. Gender and Politics in Japan
Gill Steel and Sherry Martin
16. Civil Society in Japan
Akihiro Ogawa
17. Populism in Japan
Robert A. Fahey, Airo Hino, and Robert J. Pekkanen

Part IV: Political Economy and Social Policy
18. METI's Miraculous Comeback and the Uncertain Future of Japanese Industrial Policy
Gregory W. Noble
19. Energy Policy in Japan: Revisiting Radical Incrementalism
Llewelyn Hughes
20. Social Welfare Policy in Japan
Margarita Estévez-Abe
21. The Farm Lobby and Agricultural Policy in Japan
Patricia L. MacLachlan and Kay Shimizu
22. The Bank of Japan: Central Bank Independence and the Politicization of Monetary Policy
Gene Park
23. Social Inequality in Japan
David Chiavacci
24. Immigration and Democracy in Japan
Michael Strausz

Part V: International Relations Frameworks
25. Japan's Grand Strategy for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Narushige Michishita
26. Japan and International Organizations
Phillip Y. Lipscy and Nobuhiko Tamaki
27. International Status and Japan
David Leheny

Part VI: International Political Economy
28. Japanese Trade Policy
Christina L. Davis
29. Finance and Japan
Saori N. Katada and Yoichi Nemoto
30. Foreign Direct Investment in Japan: Growth, Trends, and Policy Efforts
Mark Manger
31. Japan and the Environment
Kim Reimann
32. Japan and Economic Regionalism in Asia
Hidetaka Yoshimatsu
33. Linkages between Security and Economics in Japan
Keisuke Iida

Part VII: International Security
34. Remilitarization in Japan
Christopher W. Hughes
35. Global and Regional Security Multilateralism in Japan's Foreign Policy
Paul Midford
36. Japan and Nuclear Nonproliferation
Michael Mochizuki
37. Japanese Naval Power
Alessio Patalano
38. Neoclassical Realism in Japan's Space Security
Saadia M. Pekkanen
39. Cybersecurity in Japan
Benjamin Bartlett

Part VIII: Foreign Relations
40. Japan-US Relations: The Most Important Bilateral Relationship in the World
Ellis S. Krauss
41. Japan-China Relations: Politics of Great Powers and Great Power Politics
Ming Wan
42. The Japan-South Korea Rift: “Inside” and “Outside” Pressures on Relations
Alexandra Sakaki
43. The Evolution of Japan-ASEAN Relations: Core Moves for Japan's Initiatives in Asian Regionalism
Takashi Terada
44. Japan-India Relations: From Weak Links to Stronger Ties
Purnendra Jain
45. Japan-EU Relations
Marie Söderberg
46. Japan-Russia Relations
Alexander Bukh

The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics

Edited by Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia Pekkanen

Oxford Handbooks

Author Information

Robert J. Pekkanen is Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington.

Saadia M. Pekkanen is the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor at the University of Washington.

Contributors:

Benjamin Bartlett, Miami University
Alexander Bukh, Victoria University of Wellington
David Chiavacci, University of Zurich
Christina L. Davis, Harvard University
Margarita Estévez-Abe, Syracuse University
Robert A. Fahey, Waseda University
Aurelia George Mulgan, UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy
Ken Victor Leonard Hijino, Kyoto University
Airo Hino, Waseda University
Christopher W. Hughes, University of Warwick
Llewelyn Hughes, Australian National University
Keisuke Iida, University of Tokyo
Purnendra Jain, University of Adelaide
Saori N. Katada, University of Southern California
Axel Klein, University of Duisburg-Essen
Ellis S. Krauss, University of California, San Diego
David Leheny, Waseda University
Phillip Y. Lipscy, University of Toronto
Patricia L. MacLachlan, University of Texas at Austin
Yukio Maeda, University of Tokyo
Mark Manger, University of Toronto
Sherry Martin, U.S. Department of State
Mikitaka Masuyama, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
Kenneth Mori McElwain, University of Tokyo
Levi McLaughlin, North Carolina State University
Narushige Michishita, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
Paul Midford, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Mike Mochizuki, George Washington University
Kuniaki Nemoto, Musashi University
Yoichi Nemoto, Hitotsubashi University
Gregory W. Noble, University of Tokyo
Akihiro Ogawa, University of Melbourne
Gene Park, Loyola Marymount University
Alessio Patalano, King's College London
Robert J. Pekkanen, University of Washington
Saadia M. Pekkanen, University of Washington
J. Mark Ramseyer, Harvard University
Steven R. Reed, Chuo University
Kim Reimann, Georgia State University
Alexandra Sakaki, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Ethan Scheiner, University of California, Davis
Kay Shimizu, University of Pittsburgh
Tomohito Shinoda, International University of Japan
Marie Söderberg, Stockholm School of Economics
Gill Steel, Doshisha University
Michael Strausz, Texas Christian University
Nobuhiko Tamaki, Chuo University
Takashi Terada, Doshisha University
Michael F. Thies, University of California, Los Angeles
Steven K. Vogel, University of California, Berkeley
Ming Wan, George Mason University
Hidetaka Yoshimatsu, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University