Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; A Note on Conventions; List of Abbreviations and Japanese Terms; Introduction; 1. Japanese Politics Under the LDP; 2. The Politics of Institutional Reform; 3. Institutional Changes and Koizumi's Leadership; 4. Electoral Changes and Their Impact; 5. Hatoyama's Antibureaucratic Stance; 6. Kan's Struggle in the Government and the DPJ; 7. Institutions and Political Leadership; Epilogue: Developments Under the Abe Cabinet; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Decentralized policy-making power in Japan had developed under the long reign of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). In the1990s, institutional changes were introduced, fundamentally altering Japan's modern political landscape. Tomohito Shinoda tracks these slow yet steady changes to today in the operation of and tensions between Japan's political parties and the public's behavior in Japanese elections, as well as in the government's ability to coordinate diverse policy preferences and respond to political crises. Electoral reform in 1994 resulted in the selection of Junichiro Koiz
