Ken-ichi Ikeda is Professor at the Department of Media, Journalism and Communications at Doshisha University, Japan.

'This book provides scholars of Japanese politics with a new political psychological angle, namely anxiety over governance, based on a wealth of survey data, to investigate Japanese political behavior especially in the post-pandemic era. Anyone with serious interests in the dynamics of Japanese political behavior in comparative perspective must read this book.'Chong-Min Park, Professor Emeritus, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, South Korea

• 1. Social capital, political actors, and vote choice: A focus on the change of government in 2009 2. A theory of latitude of acceptable party choice and a theory of meaningful choices 3. Social capital and cultural values: The possibility of peculiarity in Japanese cultural values 4. Japanese risk perceptions and anxiety over governance: The international context of Japanese political anxiety 5. The COVID-19 pandemic in the context of anxiety over governance 6. Uncertain political reality and loss of sense of future: Is it possible to reduce anxiety over governance?

Ken-ichi Ikeda is Professor at the Department of Media, Journalism and Communications at Doshisha University, Japan.

'This book provides scholars of Japanese politics with a new political psychological angle, namely anxiety over governance, based on a wealth of survey data, to investigate Japanese political behavior especially in the post-pandemic era. Anyone with serious interests in the dynamics of Japanese political behavior in comparative perspective must read this book.'Chong-Min Park, Professor Emeritus, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, South Korea

• 1. Social capital, political actors, and vote choice: A focus on the change of government in 2009 2. A theory of latitude of acceptable party choice and a theory of meaningful choices 3. Social capital and cultural values: The possibility of peculiarity in Japanese cultural values 4. Japanese risk perceptions and anxiety over governance: The international context of Japanese political anxiety 5. The COVID-19 pandemic in the context of anxiety over governance 6. Uncertain political reality and loss of sense of future: Is it possible to reduce anxiety over governance?

Ken-ichi Ikeda is Professor at the Department of Media, Journalism and Communications at Doshisha University, Japan.

'This book provides scholars of Japanese politics with a new political psychological angle, namely anxiety over governance, based on a wealth of survey data, to investigate Japanese political behavior especially in the post-pandemic era. Anyone with serious interests in the dynamics of Japanese political behavior in comparative perspective must read this book.'Chong-Min Park, Professor Emeritus, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, South Korea

• 1. Social capital, political actors, and vote choice: A focus on the change of government in 2009 2. A theory of latitude of acceptable party choice and a theory of meaningful choices 3. Social capital and cultural values: The possibility of peculiarity in Japanese cultural values 4. Japanese risk perceptions and anxiety over governance: The international context of Japanese political anxiety 5. The COVID-19 pandemic in the context of anxiety over governance 6. Uncertain political reality and loss of sense of future: Is it possible to reduce anxiety over governance?