Domestic Governance in Japan

Enhancing Japan's Political Processes

• Seminar Series for Emerging Leaders - Tanaka Juku (2006-present)
• The Future of Governance and the Role of Politicians (2001–2002)
• Governance for a New Century: Japanese Challenges, American Experience (1998–2002)
• Japanese Politics in the New Era (1997–2000)

• "Breaking New Ground for NGO Advocacy in Japan," Civil Society Monitor, August, 2007 [pdf 280kb]
• "Decentralization in Japan," Shun'ichi Furukawa in Japan's Road to Pluralism: Transforming Local Communities in the Global Era, 2003 [pdf 222kb]
• "Local Government and Resident Foreigners: A Changing Relationship," Chikako Kashiwazaki in Japan's Road to Pluralism: Transforming Local Communities in the Global Era, 2003 [pdf 237kb]
• "International Policies of Local Governments," Toshihiro Menju in Japan's Road to Pluralism: Transforming Local Communities in the Global Era, 2003 [pdf 230kb]
• "The Emergence of NPO's and the Implications," Tamura Shigeru in Japan's Road to Pluralism: Transforming Local Communities in the Global Era, 2003 [pdf 261kb]
• "Think Tanks in a Changing Regional Environment," Nakamura Madoka in Japan's Road to Pluralism: Transforming Local Communities in the Global Era, 2003 [pdf 943kb]
• "Change in the Japanese Policymaking Process," Yasuhisa Shiozaki in Governance for a New Century: Japanese Challenges, American Experience, 2002 [pdf 149kb]
• "The Promise and Peril of Legislative Reform," James M. Lindsay in Governance for a New Century: Japanese Challenges, American Experience, 2002 [pdf 157kb]
• "Distrust of Politics: Will Voters Transform the Nature of Governance?" Shun'ichi Yoshida in Governance for a New Century: Japanese Challenges, American Experience, 2002 [pdf 227kb]
• "Politicians and Bureaucrats: What's Wrong and What's to be Done," Gerald L. Curtis in Policymaking in Japan: Defining the Role of Politicians, 2002 [pdf 172kb]
• "The Finance Diet of 1998" Motohisa Furukawa in Policymaking in Japan: Defining the Role of Politicians, 2002 [pdf 199kb]
• "Toward a Fundamental Review of Public Works," Maehara Seiji in Policymaking in Japan: Defining the Role of Politicians, 2002 [pdf 673kb]
• "Reform of Corporate Legislation," Ueda Isamu in Policymaking in Japan: Defining the Role of Politicians, 2002[pdf 776kb]

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• Japan's Road to Pluralism: Transforming Local Communities in the Global Era, Furukawa Shun'ichi and Menju Toshihiro, editors 2003
• Governance for a New Century: Japanese Challenges, American Experience, Thomas E. Mann and Takeshi Sasaki, editors, 2002
• Policymaking in Japan: Defining the Role of Politicians, Gerald L. Curtis, editor, 2002
• Power Shuffles and Policy Processes: Coalition Government in Japan in the 1990s, Hideo Otake, editor, 2000
• Deciding the Public Good: Governance and Civil Society, Tadashi Yamamoto, editor, 1999
• How Electoral Reform Boomeranged: Continuity in Japanese Campaigning Style, Hideo Otake, editor, 1998

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