Shusho seiji no Seido Bunseki: Gendai Nihon Seiji no Kenryoku Kiban Keisei [The Japanese Premiership: An Institutional Analysis of the Power Relations]

Ohmura, Hanako

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“…The power behind Japanese reformism has been consolidated thanks to the political and administrative reforms in the 1990s. A Japanese prime minister now has institutional conditions to implement their policy as a "strong prime minister" (tsuyoi shushō) (Machidori 2012). When Prime Minister Nakasone Yasuhiro tried to implement the privatization of public corporations in the 1980s, he had to do it without institutional tools to exercise his leadership.…”

Section: Japan's Domestic Economic Reform and New Geoeconomic Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Domestic Political Economy of Japan's New Geoeconomic Strategy

Takeuchi

McNeme²

2023

J. East Asian Stud.

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Japan has long strived to acquire a more influential voice in trade negotiations but failed because of the lack of decisiveness rooted in the resistance from those who have vested interests. However, a series of domestic reforms undertaken since the 1990s have made it possible for Japan to play a leadership role in the new rulemaking of international trade. After the Trump administration withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Japan took the initiative to conclude a new agreement called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. How have domestic factors pushed Japan to step up as a new leader in the rulemaking of international trade? How have the economic rise of China and the relative decline of US hegemonic power impacted Japanese domestic politics and economics? What implications do Japan's new roles have for the security and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region? By exploring empirical evidence drawn from five new books, we argue that the commitment to domestic economic reforms has enabled Japan to play a leadership role in the rulemaking of the international economic order.

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Section: Japan's Domestic Economic Reform and New Geoeconomic Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%