The Impact of Globalization on Japan’s Public Policy: How the Government is Reshaping Japan’s Role in the World

“[The author], a distinguished Japanese political scientist, addresses not only a significant topic but has also assembled a group of notable contributors who provide fascinating insights into Japanese policy making.” – Prof. Bogdan Mieczkowski, Columbia University

“Contributions by former and current practitioners of –government policy add lively details to the discussions of some important policy issues.” - Yoichiro Sato

“[This work] will be of interest to Japanese specialists, especially but not exclusively in political science and economics . . . [and] to students, as the book will be an ideal text in classes on politics and policy in Japan.” - Prof. Bernard Bernier, Université de Montréal

"In any case, this book is a valuable addition to the analyses of Japanese public policy-making in the face of the growing tide of globalization." - Prof.Toshiyuki Nishikawa Surugadai University

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List of Tables
Foreword by Bogdan Mieczkowski
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction – Hiroshi Itoh
2. Foreign Policy making: Reflections of a Former Ambassador – Yuji Kurokawa
3. Japan’s Policies toward Ukraine: Reflections of a Former Ambassador - Yuji Kurokawa
4. The Liberalized Immigration Policy – Nobutaka Shinomiya
5. Japan’s ODA and National Security – Naoto Yoshikawa
6. Japan’s whaling policy: Rejection of an international norm – Keiko Hirata
7. The Open Skies over Japan: Globalization of Civil Aviation – Hiroshi Itoh
8. Prime Minister Koizumi’s Legacy: the Reform of the Postal Services – Charles D. Lake II
9. From Outbound to Inbound: Japan’s International Travel and Tourism Promotion Policy Rationales, 1963-2003 – Lonny E. Carlile
10. National Security and Mass Media Freedom – Lawrence W. Beer
11. Female Imperial Succession?: Public Policy Alternatives – Itsuo Sonobe
12. Conclusions -Hiroshi Itoh
Selected Bibliography

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