In examining Japan's political system leading up to 3/11, Aftermath looks at the system of network governance that operated between various organisations and levels of government. It scrutinises the political influence network that united politicians and the bureaucracy with the major corporations and created a system to promote nuclear power.

FiguresTablesContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: 3.11 and FukushimaTSUJINAKA Yutaka and INATSUGU HiroakiPart I: The Failure of Political Actors1 Coalition Formation and the Legislative Process in a Divided DietHAMAMOTO Shinsuke2 TEPCO’s Political and Economic Power before 3.11KAMIKAWA Ryunoshin3 Nuclear Policy after 3.11KAMIKAWA Ryuunoshin4 3.11 and the 2012 General Election: Political Competition and Agenda SettingKUNBO Yoshiaki5 Nuclear Power and the Will of the PeopleYAMAMOTO Hidehiro6 Nuclear Damage Compensation: Mechanisms for Dispute ResolutionOKURA Sae and KUBO YoshiakiPart II: The Triumph of Network Governance7 Design and Development of the Recovery AgenciesITO Masatsugu8 Deployment of Local Government Personnel: Autonomy and CooperationINATSUGU Hiroaki9 Service and Support by Local Governments outside the Disaster ZoneWADA Akiko10 Local Government Response to 3.11: Staff PerceptionsMATSUI Nozomi11 The Practical Realities of Volunteer Activity in a Time of DisasterNISHIDE JunroPart III: Picturing Fukushima from the Data12 Effects of the Nuclear Disaster: Evidence in the DataITO Yasushi13 The Cost Effectiveness of Radioactive DecontaminationITO Yasushi14 Radioactive Contamination and Japan’s Foreign RelationsTSUNEKAWA KeiichiNotesBibliographyName IndexSubject Index