Robert J. Pekkanen is Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington.Saadia M. Pekkanen is the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor at the University of Washington.

• 1. Japanese Politics: An Introduction Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia M. Pekkanen Part I: Domestic Political Actors and Institutions2. The Japanese Constitution Kenneth Mori McElwain3. Japanese Electoral Systems since 1947Steven R. Reed4. The Role of the Prime Minister in Japan Aurelia George Mulgan5. The Japanese Diet: Parliamentary Groups and LawmakingMikitaka Masuyama6. The Rise and Fall of the Japanese BureaucracySteven K. Vogel7. The Japanese JudiciaryJ. Mark Ramseyer8. Local Government in Japan Ken Victor Leonard Hijino Part II: Political Parties and Coalitions9. Japan's Liberal Democratic Party: Changes in Party Organization under Shinzo AbeKuniaki Nemoto10. The Era of Coalition Government in Japan: The Institutional Logic of Surplus Majorities and Strange BedfellowsMichael F. Thies11. Komeito: The Party and Its Place in Japanese PoliticsAxel Klein and Levi McLaughlin12. The Political Opposition in JapanEthan Scheiner and Michael F. Thies Part III: Policymaking and the Public13. The Policymaking Process in JapanTomohito Shinoda14. The Effect of Changing Political Contexts on Public Opinion in Japan, 1945-2020Yukio Maeda15. Gender and Politics in JapanGill Steel and Sherry Martin16. Civil Society in JapanAkihiro Ogawa17. Populism in JapanRobert A. Fahey, Airo Hino, and Robert J. Pekkanen Part IV: Political Economy and Social Policy18. METI's Miraculous Comeback and the Uncertain Future of Japanese Industrial PolicyGregory W. Noble19. Energy Policy in Japan: Revisiting Radical IncrementalismLlewelyn Hughes20. Social Welfare Policy in JapanMargarita Estévez-Abe21. The Farm Lobby and Agricultural Policy in JapanPatricia L. MacLachlan and Kay Shimizu22. The Bank of Japan: Central Bank Independence and the Politicization of Monetary PolicyGene Park23. Social Inequality in JapanDavid Chiavacci24. Immigration and Democracy in JapanMichael Strausz Part V: International Relations Frameworks25. Japan's Grand Strategy for a Free and Open Indo-PacificNarushige Michishita26. Japan and International OrganizationsPhillip Y. Lipscy and Nobuhiko Tamaki27. International Status and JapanDavid Leheny Part VI: International Political Economy28. Japanese Trade PolicyChristina L. Davis29. Finance and JapanSaori N. Katada and Yoichi Nemoto30. Foreign Direct Investment in Japan: Growth, Trends, and Policy EffortsMark Manger31. Japan and the EnvironmentKim Reimann32. Japan and Economic Regionalism in AsiaHidetaka Yoshimatsu33. Linkages between Security and Economics in JapanKeisuke Iida Part VII: International Security34. Remilitarization in JapanChristopher W. Hughes35. Global and Regional Security Multilateralism in Japan's Foreign PolicyPaul Midford36. Japan and Nuclear NonproliferationMichael Mochizuki37. Japanese Naval Power Alessio Patalano38. Neoclassical Realism in Japan's Space SecuritySaadia M. Pekkanen39. Cybersecurity in JapanBenjamin Bartlett Part VIII: Foreign Relations40. Japan-US Relations: The Most Important Bilateral Relationship in the WorldEllis S. Krauss41. Japan-China Relations: Politics of Great Powers and Great Power PoliticsMing Wan42. The Japan-South Korea Rift: <"Inside> " and <"Outside> " Pressures on RelationsAlexandra Sakaki43. The Evolution of Japan-ASEAN Relations: Core Moves for Japan's Initiatives in Asian RegionalismTakashi Terada44. Japan-India Relations: From Weak Links to Stronger TiesPurnendra Jain45. Japan-EU RelationsMarie Söderberg46. Japan-Russia RelationsAlexander Bukh

Robert J. Pekkanen is Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington.Saadia M. Pekkanen is the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor at the University of Washington.

• 1. Japanese Politics: An Introduction Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia M. Pekkanen Part I: Domestic Political Actors and Institutions2. The Japanese Constitution Kenneth Mori McElwain3. Japanese Electoral Systems since 1947Steven R. Reed4. The Role of the Prime Minister in Japan Aurelia George Mulgan5. The Japanese Diet: Parliamentary Groups and LawmakingMikitaka Masuyama6. The Rise and Fall of the Japanese BureaucracySteven K. Vogel7. The Japanese JudiciaryJ. Mark Ramseyer8. Local Government in Japan Ken Victor Leonard Hijino Part II: Political Parties and Coalitions9. Japan's Liberal Democratic Party: Changes in Party Organization under Shinzo AbeKuniaki Nemoto10. The Era of Coalition Government in Japan: The Institutional Logic of Surplus Majorities and Strange BedfellowsMichael F. Thies11. Komeito: The Party and Its Place in Japanese PoliticsAxel Klein and Levi McLaughlin12. The Political Opposition in JapanEthan Scheiner and Michael F. Thies Part III: Policymaking and the Public13. The Policymaking Process in JapanTomohito Shinoda14. The Effect of Changing Political Contexts on Public Opinion in Japan, 1945-2020Yukio Maeda15. Gender and Politics in JapanGill Steel and Sherry Martin16. Civil Society in JapanAkihiro Ogawa17. Populism in JapanRobert A. Fahey, Airo Hino, and Robert J. Pekkanen Part IV: Political Economy and Social Policy18. METI's Miraculous Comeback and the Uncertain Future of Japanese Industrial PolicyGregory W. Noble19. Energy Policy in Japan: Revisiting Radical IncrementalismLlewelyn Hughes20. Social Welfare Policy in JapanMargarita Estévez-Abe21. The Farm Lobby and Agricultural Policy in JapanPatricia L. MacLachlan and Kay Shimizu22. The Bank of Japan: Central Bank Independence and the Politicization of Monetary PolicyGene Park23. Social Inequality in JapanDavid Chiavacci24. Immigration and Democracy in JapanMichael Strausz Part V: International Relations Frameworks25. Japan's Grand Strategy for a Free and Open Indo-PacificNarushige Michishita26. Japan and International OrganizationsPhillip Y. Lipscy and Nobuhiko Tamaki27. International Status and JapanDavid Leheny Part VI: International Political Economy28. Japanese Trade PolicyChristina L. Davis29. Finance and JapanSaori N. Katada and Yoichi Nemoto30. Foreign Direct Investment in Japan: Growth, Trends, and Policy EffortsMark Manger31. Japan and the EnvironmentKim Reimann32. Japan and Economic Regionalism in AsiaHidetaka Yoshimatsu33. Linkages between Security and Economics in JapanKeisuke Iida Part VII: International Security34. Remilitarization in JapanChristopher W. Hughes35. Global and Regional Security Multilateralism in Japan's Foreign PolicyPaul Midford36. Japan and Nuclear NonproliferationMichael Mochizuki37. Japanese Naval Power Alessio Patalano38. Neoclassical Realism in Japan's Space SecuritySaadia M. Pekkanen39. Cybersecurity in JapanBenjamin Bartlett Part VIII: Foreign Relations40. Japan-US Relations: The Most Important Bilateral Relationship in the WorldEllis S. Krauss41. Japan-China Relations: Politics of Great Powers and Great Power PoliticsMing Wan42. The Japan-South Korea Rift: <"Inside> " and <"Outside> " Pressures on RelationsAlexandra Sakaki43. The Evolution of Japan-ASEAN Relations: Core Moves for Japan's Initiatives in Asian RegionalismTakashi Terada44. Japan-India Relations: From Weak Links to Stronger TiesPurnendra Jain45. Japan-EU RelationsMarie Söderberg46. Japan-Russia RelationsAlexander Bukh

Robert J. Pekkanen is Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington.Saadia M. Pekkanen is the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor at the University of Washington.

• 1. Japanese Politics: An Introduction Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia M. Pekkanen Part I: Domestic Political Actors and Institutions2. The Japanese Constitution Kenneth Mori McElwain3. Japanese Electoral Systems since 1947Steven R. Reed4. The Role of the Prime Minister in Japan Aurelia George Mulgan5. The Japanese Diet: Parliamentary Groups and LawmakingMikitaka Masuyama6. The Rise and Fall of the Japanese BureaucracySteven K. Vogel7. The Japanese JudiciaryJ. Mark Ramseyer8. Local Government in Japan Ken Victor Leonard Hijino Part II: Political Parties and Coalitions9. Japan's Liberal Democratic Party: Changes in Party Organization under Shinzo AbeKuniaki Nemoto10. The Era of Coalition Government in Japan: The Institutional Logic of Surplus Majorities and Strange BedfellowsMichael F. Thies11. Komeito: The Party and Its Place in Japanese PoliticsAxel Klein and Levi McLaughlin12. The Political Opposition in JapanEthan Scheiner and Michael F. Thies Part III: Policymaking and the Public13. The Policymaking Process in JapanTomohito Shinoda14. The Effect of Changing Political Contexts on Public Opinion in Japan, 1945-2020Yukio Maeda15. Gender and Politics in JapanGill Steel and Sherry Martin16. Civil Society in JapanAkihiro Ogawa17. Populism in JapanRobert A. Fahey, Airo Hino, and Robert J. Pekkanen Part IV: Political Economy and Social Policy18. METI's Miraculous Comeback and the Uncertain Future of Japanese Industrial PolicyGregory W. Noble19. Energy Policy in Japan: Revisiting Radical IncrementalismLlewelyn Hughes20. Social Welfare Policy in JapanMargarita Estévez-Abe21. The Farm Lobby and Agricultural Policy in JapanPatricia L. MacLachlan and Kay Shimizu22. The Bank of Japan: Central Bank Independence and the Politicization of Monetary PolicyGene Park23. Social Inequality in JapanDavid Chiavacci24. Immigration and Democracy in JapanMichael Strausz Part V: International Relations Frameworks25. Japan's Grand Strategy for a Free and Open Indo-PacificNarushige Michishita26. Japan and International OrganizationsPhillip Y. Lipscy and Nobuhiko Tamaki27. International Status and JapanDavid Leheny Part VI: International Political Economy28. Japanese Trade PolicyChristina L. Davis29. Finance and JapanSaori N. Katada and Yoichi Nemoto30. Foreign Direct Investment in Japan: Growth, Trends, and Policy EffortsMark Manger31. Japan and the EnvironmentKim Reimann32. Japan and Economic Regionalism in AsiaHidetaka Yoshimatsu33. Linkages between Security and Economics in JapanKeisuke Iida Part VII: International Security34. Remilitarization in JapanChristopher W. Hughes35. Global and Regional Security Multilateralism in Japan's Foreign PolicyPaul Midford36. Japan and Nuclear NonproliferationMichael Mochizuki37. Japanese Naval Power Alessio Patalano38. Neoclassical Realism in Japan's Space SecuritySaadia M. Pekkanen39. Cybersecurity in JapanBenjamin Bartlett Part VIII: Foreign Relations40. Japan-US Relations: The Most Important Bilateral Relationship in the WorldEllis S. Krauss41. Japan-China Relations: Politics of Great Powers and Great Power PoliticsMing Wan42. The Japan-South Korea Rift: <"Inside> " and <"Outside> " Pressures on RelationsAlexandra Sakaki43. The Evolution of Japan-ASEAN Relations: Core Moves for Japan's Initiatives in Asian RegionalismTakashi Terada44. Japan-India Relations: From Weak Links to Stronger TiesPurnendra Jain45. Japan-EU RelationsMarie Söderberg46. Japan-Russia RelationsAlexander Bukh