This book deals with the public policy-making process in contemporary Japan testifying a new dictum: 'The various phases of the policy process cause politics'.

This book explores the transformation of the Japanese state in response to the challenges of governance by focusing on two case studies: ICT regulation and anti

In the election to the House of Representatives in 2009, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) almost tripled the number of its lower house members by winning 308