Domestic Governance in Japan

Grassroots and Local-Level Governance

• International Relations at the Local Level in Japan: Exploring Kyushu's International Strategy (2007)
• Building a Multiethnic Society and Revitalizing Local Communities (2005-2007)
• Transformation of Japanese Communities and the Emerging Local Agenda (2000–2003)

• Exploring Kyushu's External Relations and its Asian Strategy, JCIE, 2007 [pdf 348kb]
• "Decentralization in Japan," Shin'ichi Furukawa in Japan's Road to Pluralism: Transforming Local Communities in the Global Era, 2003 [pdf 222kb]
• "The Emergence of NPOs and the Implications for Local Governance," Shigeru Tamura in Japan's Road to Pluralism: Transforming Local Communities in the Global Era, 2003 [pdf 261kb]
• "International Policies of Local Governments," Toshihiro Menju in Japan's Road to Pluralism: Transforming Local Communities in the Global Era, 2003 [pdf 230kb]

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• Japan's Road to Pluralism: Transforming Local Communities in the Global Era, Shun'ichi Furukawa and Toshihiro Menju, editors, 2003

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