
Political Change in Japan
Japan Studies Program ProjectOngoing
The Japan Studies Program aims to be a hub for scholarship on political change in Japan. We regularly bring together leading scholars for workshops, which produce cutting-edge edited volumes and special issue journal publications.
Politics in Japan have been undergoing substantial changes over the past decade. The Japanese elections of 2007 and 2009 brought about the most significant political change in postwar Japan since the formation of the Liberal Democratic Party in 1955: the ascent of the Democratic Party of Japan to power.
Contact
Kenji Kushida
Publications
Japan Under the DPJ: The Paradox of Political Change Without Policy Change
Phillip Lipscy, Ethan Scheiner
Journal of East Asian Studies vol. 12, 3 (2012)
The Five-Phases of Economic Development and Institutional Evolution in China and Japan
Masahiko Aoki
Social Science Research Network (2011)
Political Change in Japan: Electoral Behavior, Party Realignment, and the Koizumi Reforms
Steven R. Reed, Kenneth Mori McElwain, Kaoru (Kay) Shimizu
Shorenstein APARC (2009)

Events & Presentations
- Political Change in Japan II: One Step Forward, One Step Back
February 4, 2011 - February 5, 2011 Workshop
conference agenda available - Stanford Conference on Electoral and Legislative Politics in Japan
June 11, 2007 - June 12, 2007 Conference
Barry Burden, Ray Christensen, Alisa Gaunder, Shigeo Hirano, Patricia Machlachlan, Sherry Martin, Ko Maeda, Kenneth Mori McElwain, Benjamin Nyblade, Steven Reed, Jun Saito, Ethan Scheiner, Kay Shimizu, Robert Weiner
11 papers, presentation, conference agenda available



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