1. Japanese Politics: An Introduction Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia M. Pekkanen Part I: Domestic Political Actors and Institutions 2. The Japanese Constitution Kenneth Mori McElwain 3. Japanese Electoral Systems since 1947 Steven R. Reed 4. The Role of the Prime Minister in Japan Aurelia George Mulgan 5. The Japanese Diet: Parliamentary Groups and Lawmaking Mikitaka Masuyama 6. The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Bureaucracy Steven K. Vogel 7. The Japanese Judiciary J. Mark Ramseyer 8. Local Government in Japan Ken Victor Leonard Hijino Part II: Political Parties and Coalitions 9. Japan's Liberal Democratic Party: Changes in Party Organization under Shinzo Abe Kuniaki Nemoto 10. The Era of Coalition Government in Japan: The Institutional Logic of Surplus Majorities and Strange Bedfellows Michael F. Thies 11. Komeito: The Party and Its Place in Japanese Politics Axel Klein and Levi McLaughlin 12. The Political Opposition in Japan Ethan Scheiner and Michael F. Thies Part III: Policymaking and the Public 13. The Policymaking Process in Japan Tomohito Shinoda 14. The Effect of Changing Political Contexts on Public Opinion in Japan, 1945-2020 Yukio Maeda 15. Gender and Politics in Japan Gill Steel and Sherry Martin 16. Civil Society in Japan Akihiro Ogawa 17. Populism in Japan Robert A. Fahey, Airo Hino, and Robert J. Pekkanen Part IV: Political Economy and Social Policy 18. METI's Miraculous Comeback and the Uncertain Future of Japanese Industrial Policy Gregory W. Noble 19. Energy Policy in Japan: Revisiting Radical Incrementalism Llewelyn Hughes 20. Social Welfare Policy in Japan Margarita Estévez-Abe 21. The Farm Lobby and Agricultural Policy in Japan Patricia L. MacLachlan and Kay Shimizu 22. The Bank of Japan: Central Bank Independence and the Politicization of Monetary Policy Gene Park 23. Social Inequality in Japan David Chiavacci 24. Immigration and Democracy in Japan Michael Strausz Part V: International Relations Frameworks 25. Japan's Grand Strategy for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific Narushige Michishita 26. Japan and International Organizations Phillip Y. Lipscy and Nobuhiko Tamaki 27. International Status and Japan David Leheny Part VI: International Political Economy 28. Japanese Trade Policy Christina L. Davis 29. Finance and Japan Saori N. Katada and Yoichi Nemoto 30. Foreign Direct Investment in Japan: Growth, Trends, and Policy Efforts Mark Manger 31. Japan and the Environment Kim Reimann 32. Japan and Economic Regionalism in Asia Hidetaka Yoshimatsu 33. Linkages between Security and Economics in Japan Keisuke Iida Part VII: International Security 34. Remilitarization in Japan Christopher W. Hughes 35. Global and Regional Security Multilateralism in Japan's Foreign Policy Paul Midford 36. Japan and Nuclear Nonproliferation Michael Mochizuki 37. Japanese Naval Power Alessio Patalano 38. Neoclassical Realism in Japan's Space Security Saadia M. Pekkanen 39. Cybersecurity in Japan Benjamin Bartlett Part VIII: Foreign Relations 40. Japan-US Relations: The Most Important Bilateral Relationship in the World Ellis S. Krauss 41. Japan-China Relations: Politics of Great Powers and Great Power Politics Ming Wan 42. The Japan-South Korea Rift:

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.

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