In this welcome brand new fifth edition of the bestselling textbook Understanding Japanese
Society, Joy Hendry takes the reader into the heart of Japanese life. Providing a clear and …

In a context of proliferation of concepts proposed by the Japanese government and major
other stakeholders, this paper aims at determining whether it is the sign of an intellectual …

Traditionally, governments in East Asia prioritized economic growth–privileging economic
policies over social policies–an approach labelled “developmentalism”(Holliday, 2000; …

This paper looks at 'Japan's secular stagnation and beyond'from the perspective of
institutional and ideational change and coherence (or complementarity). The coherence of …

Highly accommodative monetary policy during nine years of Abenomics allowed fiscal
expansion to become the center of the Japanese government's COVID-19 stimulus and the …

This chapter analyses the European and Japanese efforts to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions. This chapter examines the early attempts to counter industrial emissions such as …

In The Making of Modern Japan, Myles Carroll offers a sweeping account of post-war
Japanese political economy, exploring the transition from the post-war boom to the crisis of …

Social and regional inequality remained of secondary importance in the 2017 House of
Representatives election, especially in comparison to national security and constitutional …

With growing global warming issues, the association between technological innovation and
environmental pollution has created significant debate in recent years. This paper examines …

Financialization has, in the last several decades, touched many aspects of political
economy, intensified politics of distribution and redefined power struggles around the world …