Japanese Political Culture

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Japanese Political Culture

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• Japan was the first non-Western nation to undergo modernization and has risen to be an economic superpower.

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Meiji Restoration

• Meiji Constitution (1890)• Imperial Diet

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Imperial Diet

• Oldest parliamentary body in Asia• Bicameral legislative body

• House of Peers• House of Representatives

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Emperor

• Head of state• Sovereign

• Divine ancestry

Emperor Meiji. © Wikimedia Commons.

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People

• No sovereign power• Restricted political participation

• Limited voting right• Strict rules on political participation

not many of the citizens are interested in politics

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Post-war political culture

• Social relations are based on hierarchy.

• Group – oriented• Subservience to authority

• conformism and group loyalty

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Group-oriented values in Japanese politics

• Japanese politics revolve around strong political parties and factions.

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Japanese political parties

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

Democratic Party

Japan Restoration Party

New Komeito Party

Your Party

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New Political Culture

• Clark and Inglehart

• explains the changes in political attitudes and actions of the public in advance industrialized societies.

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Major factors that caused change in political culture in Japan

Econom

icSocial Governm

ental

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New Political Culture

HOSHU

KAKUSHIN

conservative

reformist & progressive

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New Political Culture

Hoshu Kakushin

prewar regimerearmament of

Japan

anti prewar regimeOpposition to the

rearmament of Japan

small governments market economy

economic development.

big governments equality

participation

Before

After

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New Political Culture

• NPC citizens refuse to be treated as “clients” of parties or the government

they have more personal resources (education, income, communication skill, etc.).

• They are more active in joining issue-specific organizations and seeking participation in general policy formation

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