Domestic Governance in Japan

Nongovernmental Contributions to Governance

• Seminar Series for Emerging Leaders - Tanaka Juku (2006–present)
• The Role of Philanthropy in Postwar U.S.-Japan Relations (2002–2006)
• Transformation of Japanese Communities and the Emerging Local Agenda (2000–2003)
• Governance for a New Century: Japanese Challenges, American Experience (1998–2002)
• Guidance for Governance: Comparing Alternative Sources of Public Policy Advice (1999–2001)
• Prime Minister's Commission on Japan's Goals in the 21st Century (1999–2000)

• "The Role of Philanthropy in Postwar US-Japan Relations, 1945-1975: An Overview," Tadashi Yamamoto in Philanthropy and Reconciliation: Rebuilding Postwar US-Japan Relations, 2006 [pdf 379kb]
• "US-Japan Intellectual Exchange: The Relationship between Government and Private Foundations ," Makoto Iokibe in Philanthropy and Reconciliation: Rebuilding Postwar US-Japan Relations, 2006 [pdf 692kb]
• "Japanese International Development NGO's Reach Critical Stage," Civil Society Monitor, April, 2005 [pdf 178kb]
• "Tsunami Response Showcases NGO Progress and Challenges," Civil Society Monitor, April, 2005 [pdf 178kb]
• "Breaking the State Monopoly on Public Affairs," Hideki Kato in Governance for a New Century: Japanese Challenges, American Experience, 2003 [pdf 156kb]
• "Japan," Tadashi Yamamoto in Guidance for Governance: Comparing Alternative Sources of Public Policy Advice, 2001 [pdf 398kb]
• "The Media in US-Japan Relations: National Media in Transnational Relations," Tadokoro Masayuki in New Perspectives on US-Japan Relations, 2000 [pdf 1.85MB]
• "Emergence of Japan's Civil Society and its Future Challenges," Tadashi Yamamoto in Deciding the Public Good: Governance and Civil Society in Japan, 1999 [pdf 228kb]
• "The Frontier Within: Individual Empowerment and Better Governance in the New Millennium", Report by the Prime Minister's Commission on Japan's Goals in the 21st Century)

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• Philanthropy and Reconciliation: Rebuilding Postwar US-Japan Relations, Tadashi Yamamoto, Akira Iriye, and Makoto Iokibe, editors, 2006
• Japan's Road to Pluralism: Transforming Local Communities in the Global Era, Shun'ichi Furukawa and Toshihiro Menju, editors, 2003
• Governance for a New Century: Japanese Challenges, American Experience, Thomas E. Mann and Takeshi Sasaki, editors, 2003
• Guidance for Governance: Comparing Alternative Sources of Public Policy Advice, R. Kent Weaver and Paul B. Stares, editors, 2001
• Changing Values in Asia: Their Impact on Governance and Development, Han Sung-Joo, editor, 1999
• Deciding the Public Good: Governance and Civil Society in Japan, Tadashi Yamamoto, editor, 1999

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