Table of Contents

List of figures List of tables List of contributors Preface Abbreviations 1. Background Peter Drysdale and Jennifer Amyx 2. Electoral pressures for change: the effect of political reform J.A.A. Stockwin 3. The dynamics of coalition politics in Japan Aurelia George Mulgan 4. The Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan a the crossroads Jennifer Amyx 5, The Big Bang financial systems reforms: implications for corporate governance Akiyoshi Horiuchi 6. A changing Minstry of International Trade and Industry Masura Kohno 7. Reform and continuity in Japan's shingikai deliberation councils Gregory W. Noble 8. Re-regulating Japanese transactions: the competition law dimension Veronica Taylor 9. Japanese women and the 'new' administrative state Leon Wolff 10. Agricultural policy and agricultural policymaking: perpetuating the status quo Aurelia George Mulgan Index

About the Author

Jennifer Amyx is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Pete Drysdale is a Professor of Economics and the Executive Director of the Australian-Japan Research Centre at the Australian National University.

Reviews

'A broad and deep examination of how Japan's political economy and policymaking processes function, leading to the development of a greater understanding of how foreign governments in particular should and might handle Japan in the future.' - Contemporary Review

'The topic is timely, and the presentation is understandable. The contributions provide detailed information on certain areas of change in Japan's political economy that help us understand the overall changes.' - The Journal of Asian Studies'The editors have obviously taken care to achieve broad coverage of Japan's political economy, and each chapter in this book is worth reading.' - Japanese Studies

'A broad and deep examination of how Japan's political economy and policymaking processes function, leading to the development of a greater understanding of how foreign governments in particular should and might handle Japan in the future.' - Contemporary Review