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Japan since 1990. What we know Recession since 1990 Challenges to 1955 System LDP in flux External challenges (other parties) Collapse of the left A new center-right 1 and ½ party system Internal challenges (Koizumi) 2009: Two Party System?. Evolution of Japanese Parties. Liberal - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Japan
Political Culture
• Homogeneity/Uniqueness
• Isolation
• Borrowing
• Communitarian
• Adaptability/Organizational ability
• Emperor
• Power is behind the scenes
Periods of History
• 10th-17th: Feudal Japan
• 1600-1853 Tokugawa Era
• 1868 Meiji Restoration
• 1920s-1940s: – Institutionalists vs. Nationalists
Post-War Japan
• Occupation
• 1946 Constitution– Article 9
• Diet
• House of Representatives
• House of Councillors
• Prime Minister and cabinet
Parliamentary Process for PMPM and
Houseserve full
term
Partywinsmajority House PM PM dies or
General elects takes resignselection PM officeof LowerHouse
No party wins No Confidence fails majority motion
passesParties negotiate PM dissolvesto form coalition House(50% of seats, plus one)
Iron Triangle
Liberal
Democratic Party
Business Ministries
1955 System
• LDP: Liberal Democratic Party
• SDPJ: Social Democratic Party of Japan
• Consensus Politics
Tokyo 1945
Collapse of 1955 System
• 1993 Election
• Rise of Democratic Party of Japan
• Koizumi Junichiro 2001-2007
