This book explains the increasing importance of value politics in Europe and Japan, shedding light on various arenas: social values; parties, elections and politics; public action, private sector and law; identity politics and religion; media and public spheres.

François Foret is Professor of Political Science at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, and Researcher at Cevipol.

Airo Hino is Professor at the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University, Japan.

1. Introduction - Values in Japan and Europe: A comparative historical, socio-cultural and political perspective 2. Are authoritarian values in Europe and Japan on the rise? 3. An exploration of the salience of authoritarianism in Japanese and European party manifestos 4. Decline of pillarisation in Europe, resilience in Japan? The case of value-based parties: Komeito and Christian democracy 5. From Filter Bubble to Social Divide: Social Polarisation in Europe and Japan 6. Values in Japanese and European news media: The representation of news diversity within a medium and across media 7. Values in the securitization of religion in Japan and Europe 8. The role of Values in Managing Diversity in Europe and Japan 9. Values at the crossroads of politics and the market. The Ghosn affair as a test of corporate transparency and accountability 10. Conclusion