Robert J. Pekkanen is Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington.
Saadia M. Pekkanen is the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor at the University of Washington.

• 1. Japanese Politics: An Introduction


• Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia M. Pekkanen


• Part I: Domestic Political Actors and Institutions


• 2. The Japanese Constitution


• Kenneth Mori McElwain


• 3. Japanese Electoral Systems since 1947


• Steven R. Reed


• 4. The Role of the Prime Minister in Japan


• Aurelia George Mulgan


• 5. The Japanese Diet: Parliamentary Groups and Lawmaking


• Mikitaka Masuyama


• 6. The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Bureaucracy


• Steven K. Vogel


• 7. The Japanese Judiciary


• J. Mark Ramseyer


• 8. Local Government in Japan


• Ken Victor Leonard Hijino


• Part II: Political Parties and Coalitions


• 9. Japan's Liberal Democratic Party: Changes in Party Organization under Shinzo Abe


• Kuniaki Nemoto


• 10. The Era of Coalition Government in Japan: The Institutional Logic of Surplus Majorities and Strange Bedfellows


• Michael F. Thies


• 11. Komeito: The Party and Its Place in Japanese Politics


• Axel Klein and Levi McLaughlin


• 12. The Political Opposition in Japan


• Ethan Scheiner and Michael F. Thies


• Part III: Policymaking and the Public


• 13. The Policymaking Process in Japan


• Tomohito Shinoda


• 14. The Effect of Changing Political Contexts on Public Opinion in Japan, 1945-2020


• Yukio Maeda


• 15. Gender and Politics in Japan


• Gill Steel and Sherry Martin


• 16. Civil Society in Japan


• Akihiro Ogawa


• 17. Populism in Japan


• Robert A. Fahey, Airo Hino, and Robert J. Pekkanen


• Part IV: Political Economy and Social Policy


• 18. METI's Miraculous Comeback and the Uncertain Future of Japanese Industrial Policy


• Gregory W. Noble


• 19. Energy Policy in Japan: Revisiting Radical Incrementalism


• Llewelyn Hughes


• 20. Social Welfare Policy in Japan


• Margarita Estévez-Abe


• 21. The Farm Lobby and Agricultural Policy in Japan


• Patricia L. MacLachlan and Kay Shimizu


• 22. The Bank of Japan: Central Bank Independence and the Politicization of Monetary Policy


• Gene Park


• 23. Social Inequality in Japan


• David Chiavacci


• 24. Immigration and Democracy in Japan


• Michael Strausz


• Part V: International Relations Frameworks


• 25. Japan's Grand Strategy for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific


• Narushige Michishita


• 26. Japan and International Organizations


• Phillip Y. Lipscy and Nobuhiko Tamaki


• 27. International Status and Japan


• David Leheny


• Part VI: International Political Economy


• 28. Japanese Trade Policy


• Christina L. Davis


• 29. Finance and Japan


• Saori N. Katada and Yoichi Nemoto


• 30. Foreign Direct Investment in Japan: Growth, Trends, and Policy Efforts


• Mark Manger


• 31. Japan and the Environment


• Kim Reimann


• 32. Japan and Economic Regionalism in Asia


• Hidetaka Yoshimatsu


• 33. Linkages between Security and Economics in Japan


• Keisuke Iida


• Part VII: International Security


• 34. Remilitarization in Japan


• Christopher W. Hughes


• 35. Global and Regional Security Multilateralism in Japan's Foreign Policy


• Paul Midford


• 36. Japan and Nuclear Nonproliferation


• Michael Mochizuki


• 37. Japanese Naval Power


• Alessio Patalano


• 38. Neoclassical Realism in Japan's Space Security


• Saadia M. Pekkanen


• 39. Cybersecurity in Japan


• Benjamin Bartlett


• Part VIII: Foreign Relations


• 40. Japan-US Relations: The Most Important Bilateral Relationship in the World


• Ellis S. Krauss


• 41. Japan-China Relations: Politics of Great Powers and Great Power Politics


• Ming Wan


• 42. The Japan-South Korea Rift: "Inside" and "Outside" Pressures on Relations


• Alexandra Sakaki


• 43. The Evolution of Japan-ASEAN Relations: Core Moves for Japan's Initiatives in Asian Regionalism


• Takashi Terada


• 44. Japan-India Relations: From Weak Links to Stronger Ties


• Purnendra Jain


• 45. Japan-EU Relations


• Marie Söderberg


• 46. Japan-Russia Relations


• Alexander Bukh

Through more than 40 chapters by leading specialists, the Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics examines major aspects of both domestic politics and international relations. In addition to providing a broad overview of contemporary Japanese politics, the chapters are united by a shared question: what is the nature and quality of Japanese democracy? Contributors consider this matter alongside their individual subjects, which together comprehensively address the central research topics of the field.