Japan Decides 2014: The Japanese General Election PDF
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Japan Decides 2014 This page intentionally left blank Japan Decides 2014 The Japanese General Election Editedby Robert J. Pekkanen Professor,HenryM.JacksonSchoolofInternationalStudies,Universityof Washington,USA Steven R. Reed ProfessorofModernGovernment,FacultyofPolicyStudies,ChuoUniversity,Japan and Ethan Scheiner Professor,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,UniversityofCalifornia,Davis,USA Selection,introduction,conclusion,andeditorialmatter©Robert J.Pekkanen,StevenR.Reed,andEthanScheiner2016 Individualchapters©Respectiveauthors2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-55199-3 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noportionofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency, SaffronHouse,6–10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. Theauthorshaveassertedtheirrightstobeidentifiedastheauthorsofthis workinaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Firstpublished2016by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN PalgraveMacmillanintheUKisanimprintofMacmillanPublishersLimited, registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,ofHoundmills,Basingstoke, HampshireRG216XS. PalgraveMacmillanintheUSisadivisionofStMartin’sPressLLC, 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010. PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabovecompanies andhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld. Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnitedStates, theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries. ISBN 978-1-349-56437-8 ISBN 978-1-137-55200-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137552006 Thisbookisprintedonpapersuitableforrecyclingandmadefromfully managedandsustainedforestsources.Logging,pulpingandmanufacturing processesareexpectedtoconformtotheenvironmentalregulationsofthe countryoforigin. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. AcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress. For Jack, Will, Adam, Dylan, Daniel, and Billy – Robert For Kunkun for playing with Jiji-Baba – Steve For Dick (Gaga) and Nila (Lola) Hurley – Ethan This page intentionally left blank Contents ListofFiguresandTables x Acknowledgments xii NotesonContributors xiii ListofAbbreviations xix Part I Introduction 1 Introduction:TakeaSecondLookatthe2014Election,It’s WorthIt 3 RobertJ.Pekkanen,StevenR.Reed,andEthanScheiner 2 JapanesePoliticsBetweenthe2012and2014Elections 9 RobertJ.Pekkanen,StevenR.Reed,andDanielM.Smith 3 The2014JapaneseElectionResults:TheOpposition CooperatesbutFailstoInspire 22 EthanScheiner,DanielM.Smith,andMichaelF.Thies Part II PoliticalParties 4 TheLDP:ReturntoDominance?OraGoldenAgeBuilton Sand? 41 MasahisaEndoandRobertJ.Pekkanen 5 TheDemocraticPartyofJapan:SurvivingtoFightAnother Day 55 FumiIkedaandStevenR.Reed 6 FromThirdForcetoThirdParty:Duverger’sRevenge? 62 RobertJ.PekkanenandStevenR.Reed 7 Komeito–Rock“n”RowtheCoalitionBoat 72 AxelKlein vii viii Contents Part III Campaigning,Candidates,Districts 8 TheAbeCabinetandPublicOpinion:HowAbeWon Re-electionbyNarrowingPublicDebate 89 YukioMaeda 9 DidAbe’sCoattailsHelptheLDPWin? 103 KennethMoriMcElwain 10 Candidatesinthe2014Election:BetterCoordinationand HigherCandidateQuality 118 DanielM.Smith 11 Womenandthe2014LowerHouseElection 134 AlisaGaunder 12 NetizensDecide2014?ALookatPartyCampaigning Online 144 JoshuaA.WilliamsandDouglasM.Miller Part IV GovernanceandPolicy 13 Abenomicsinthe2014Election:ShowingtheMoney (Supply)andLittleElse 155 GregoryW.Noble 14 TheKanteivstheLDP:AgriculturalReform,theOrganized Vote,andthe2014Election 170 PatriciaL.MaclachlanandKayShimizu 15 RegionalInequalityin2014:UrgentIssue,TepidElection 183 KenV.L.Hijino 16 AbenomicsandJapan’sEnergyConundrum 199 LlewelynHughes 17 Nationalismandthe2014SnapElection:TheAbe Conundrum 211 JeffKingston 18 UnravelingtheAbeConundruminForeignPolicy:The Mysteryofthe“theDogThatDidn’tBark” 226 EllisS.Krauss 19 The2014ElectioninOkinawa 241 KojiKagotani Contents ix 20 Japan’sStealthDecision2014:TheTrans-Pacific Partnership 247 SaoriN.KatadaandScottWilbur Part V Conclusion 21 Conclusion:Japan’sBait-and-SwitchElection2014 265 RobertJ.Pekkanen,StevenR.Reed,andEthanScheiner Appendix:TableofContentsofJapanDecides2012 279 Index 282
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