Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan

Abe Shintarō

Administrative guidance (Gyōsei shidō)

Administrative Management Agency

Administrative reorganisation, January 2001

Administrative Vice-Minister (jimu jikan)

Africa, relations with

Agricultural Politics and the Agricultural Co-operative Association (Nōgyō kyōdō kumiai, Nōkyō)

All-Japan Council of Private Sector Trade Unions (Zen Nihon minkan rōdō kumiai kyōgikai, Zenmin rōkyō)

All-Japan Council of Teachers' and Staff Unions (Zen Nihon Kyōshokuin Keimeikai, Zenkyō)

All-Japan General Federation of Labour Unions (Nihon rōdō kumiai sōdōmei, Sōdōmei)

All-Japan Trade Union Congress (Zen Nihon rōdō kumiai kaigi, Zenrō kaigi)

Amakudari (descent from heaven, parachuting)

Asanuma Inejirō

Ashida Hitoshi

Asukata Ichio

Aum shinrikyō and the politics of mass poisoning, 1995

Australasia, relations with

‘Black Mist' (kuroi kiri) scandals (1966–7)

Bureaucracy (kanryōsei)

Business interest groups

Cabinet (Naikaku)

Cabinet Legislation Bureau (Naikaku hōseikyoku)

Cabinet Office (Naikakufu)

Cabinet Secretariat (Naikaku kanbō)

China (PRC and ROC), relations with

Clean Government Party (CGP, Kōmeitō)

Congress of Industrial Unions (Zenkoku Sangyōbetsu Kumiai Kaigi, Sanbetsu Kaigi)

Consensus and conflict

Conservative parties, 1945–55

Conservative Party (Hoshutō)

Constitution of 1946

Consumer groups

Co-operative Democratic Party (Kyōdō Minshutō)

Court system

Cow walking (gyūho)

Criminal justice system

Daybreak Club (Reimeikai)

Defence

Defence Agency (Bōeichō)

Democratic Liberal Party (Minshu Jiyūtō)

Democratic Party (I) (Minshutō)

Democratic Party (II) (Minshutō)

Democratic Reform League (Minshu kaikaku rengō, Minkairen)

Democratic Socialist Party (DSP, Minshatō)

Doi Takako

Economic Planning Agency (EPA, Keizai kikakuchō)

Eda Saburō

Eda Satsuki

Education and politics

Election systems

Electoral behaviour, campaigning and the control of malpractice

Electoral history, House of Councillors

Electoral history, House of Representatives

Emperor (Tennō) and politics

Environment Agency (Kankyōchō)

Environmental politics

Europe, relations with

Extremist movements (left)

Extremist movements (right)

Factions within political parties

Fair Trade Commission (Kōsei torihiki iinkai) and anti-monopoly policies

Family and politics

Federation of Economic Organisations (Keizai dantai rengōkai, Keidanren)

Forced passage (kyōkō saiketsu, kyōkō kaketsu) of parliamentary legislation

Foreign aid

Foreign policy

Foreign pressure (gaiatsu)

From Five

Fujiyama Aiichirō

Fukuda Takeo

Fuwa Tetsuzō

General Council of Japanese Trade Unions (Nihon Rōdō Kumiai Sōhyōgikai, Sōhyō)

Giri-ninjō

Great Hanshin–Awaji Earthquake (Dai Hanshin Awaji shinsai) of January 1995 and politics

Hashimoto Ryūtarō

Hata Tsutomu

Hatoyama Ichirō

Hatoyama Yukio

HIV-tainted blood scandal (1980s–90s)

Homogeneity and politics

Hosokawa Morihiro

House of Councillors (Sangiin)

House of Representatives (Shūgiin)

Ikeda Hayato

Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō)

International Metal Workers' Federation – Japan Chapter (IMF-JC)

International organisations and Japan

Ishibashi Masashi

Ishibashi Tanzan

Ishida Kōshirō

Ishihara Shintarō

Itō Masayoshi

Japan Chamber of Commerce (Nihon shōkō kaigisho, Nisshō)

Japan Committee for Economic Development (Keizai dōyūkai)

Japan Communist Party (JCP, Nihon Kyō-santō)

Japan Confederation of Labour (Zen Nihon Rōdō Sōdōmei, Dōmei)

Japan Co-operative Party (Nihon Kyōdōtō)

Japan Democratic Party (JDP, Nihon Minshutō)

Japan Federation of Economic Organisations (Nihon keizai dantai rengōkai)

Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nihon keieisha dantai renmei, Nikkeiren)

Japan Liberal Party (I) (JLP, Nihon Jiyūtō)

Japan Liberal Party (II) (Nihon Jiyūtō)

Japan Medical Association (JMA, Ishikai)

Japan New Party (JNP, Nihon Shintō)

Japan Political League of Small and Medium Enterprises (Nihon chūshō kigyō seiji renmei)

Japan Progressive Party (JPP, Nihon Shinpotō)

Japan Renewal Party (JRP, Shinseitō)

Japan Socialist Party/Social Democratic Party (JSP, SDP, Nihon Shakaitō, Shakai Minshutō)*

Japan Teachers' Union (JTU, Nihon Kyō shoku in Kumiai, Nikkyōso)

Japanese Trade Union Council (Zen Nihon Rōdō Kumiai Rengōkai, Rengō)

Judges

Kaifu Toshiki

Kajiyama Seiroku

Kan Naoto

Kanemaru Shin

Kanzaki Takenori

Katayama Tetsu

Katō Kōichi

Katsumata Seiichi

Kawakami Jōtarō

Kishi Nobusuke

Koizumi Junichirō

Kōmei

Kōmoto Toshio

Kon-Chiku-Shō

Kōno Ichirō

Kōno Yōhei

Korea (ROK and DPRK), relations with

Labour unions (Rōdō kumiai)

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP, Jiyūminshutō, Jimintō)

Liberal League (Jiyū rengō)

Liberal Party (I) (Jiyūtō)

Liberal Party (Jiyūtō) (II)

Liberal Party (Jiyūtō) (III)

Liberal Party, Hatoyama faction (Jiyūtō Hatoyama ha)

Liberal Reform League (Jiyū kaikaku rengō)

Local government and politics

Lockheed scandal (1970s)

Maekawa Report

Management and Co-ordination Agency (Sōmuchō)

Mass media and politics

Matsushita Institute of Government and Management (Matsushita seikei juku)

Middle East, relations with

Miki Bukichi

Miki Takeo

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF, Nōrinsuisanshō)

Ministry of Construction (Kensetsushō)

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI, Keizaisangyōshō)

Ministry of Education (Monbushō)

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Monbukagakushō)

Ministry of the Environment (Kankyōshō)

Ministry of Finance (MOF, Okurashō [to 2001], Zaimushō [from 2001])

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gaimushō)

Ministry of Health and Welfare (Kōseishō)

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Kōseirōdōshō)

Ministry of Home Affairs (Ministry of Local Autonomy, Jichishō)

Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI, Tsūshō sangyōshō, Tsūsanshō)

Ministry of Justice (Hōmushō)

Ministry of Labour (Rōdōshō)

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Kokudokōtsūshō)

Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT, Yūseishō)

Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (Sômushô)

Ministry of Transport (Unyūshō)

Minobe Ryōkichi

Minorities and politics

Minseitō

Mishima Yukio

Mitsuzuka Hiroshi

Miyamoto Kenji

Miyazawa Kiichi

Mori Yoshirō

Morita Akio

Murayama Tomiichi

Nakagawa Ichirō

Nakasone Yasuhiro

Narita Tomomi

National Co-operative Party (Kokumin Kyōdōtō)

National Democratic Party (NDP, Kokumin Minshutō)

National Labour Union Alliance (Zenkoku Rōdō Kumiai Sōrengō, Zenrōren II)

National Labour Union Liaison Council (Zenkoku Rōdō Kumiai Renraku Kyōgikai, Zenrōren I)

National Land Agency (Kokudochō)

National Liaison Council of Independent Unions (Chūritsu Rōdō Kumiai Renraku Kaigi, Chūritsu Rōren)

National Liaison Council of Labour Unions (Zenkoku Rōdō Kumiai Renraku Kyōgikai, Zenrōkyō)

National Party (Kokumintō)

National Personnel Authority (NPA, Jinjiin)

National Public Safety Committee (Kokka Kōan iinkai)

Nawabari (roping off spheres of jurisdiction)

Nemawashi (digging round the roots, preparing the ground)

New Frontier Party (NFP, Shinshintō)

New Liberal Club (NLC, Shin Jiyū Kurabu)

New Party Amity (Shintō Yūai)

New Party Future (Shintō Mirai)

New Party Harbinger (NPH, Shintō Sakigake)

New Party Peace (Shintō heiwa)

New Politics Club (Shinsei Club)

New Socialist Party (NSP, Shinshakaitō)

Nikaidō Susumu

Nishio Suehiro

‘Nixon shocks', 1971

Nosaka Sanzō

Nuclear issues

Obuchi Keizō

Ohira Masayoshi

Okinawa Development Agency (Okinawa Kaihatsuchō)

Okinawa in Japanese politics

Omote-ura (surface–background)

Ono Banboku

Oyabun-kobun relationships

Ozawa Ichirō

Pacifist and anti-nuclear movements

Parties

Pressure groups (atsuryoku dantai)

Prime Minister (Sōri daijin, Sōri, Shushō)

Prime Minister's Office (Sōrifu)

Recruit scandal (1988–9)

Reform Club (Kakaku kurabu)

Reformist Party (Kaishintō)

Religion and politics

Ringi (circulation of proposals within a ministry)

Sagawa Kyūbin scandal (1992)

Sasaki Kōzō

Satō Eisaku

Science and Technology Agency (Kagaku gijutsuchō)

Security Treaty revision crisis, 1960

Separatists' Liberal Party (Buntōha Jiyūtō)

Shidehara Kijūrō

Shiga Yoshio

Shigemitsu Mamoru

Shii Kazuo

Shinsanbetsu (New Sanbetsu)

Shipbuilding scandal (Zōsen gigoku) (1954)

Shōwa Denkō scandal (1948)

Social Democratic League (SDL, Shakai minshu rengō, Shaminren)

Social welfare (shakai fukushi)

South Asia, relations with

South-East Asia, relations with

Soviet Union and Russia, relations with

Sports Peace Party (Supōtsu heiwatō)

Student political movements

Sun Party (Taiyōtō)

Supreme Court power of judicial review

Suzuki Mosaburō

Suzuki Zenkō

Takeiri Yoshikatsu

Takeshita Noboru

Tamaki Kazuo

Tanabe Makoto

Tanaka Kakuei

Tanaka Makiko

Tatemae-honne (public position and real intention)

Tokuda Kyūichi

‘Tribes' of parliamentarians (zoku)

Tupac Amaru Embassy Hostage crisis (Peru), 1996–7

Uchi-soto (inside-outside)

United Nations, relations with

United States, relations with

Uno Sōsuke

Voice of the People (Kokumin no koe)

Wada Hiroo

Watanabe Michio

Women and politics

Yamahana Sadao

Yamasaki Taku

Yano Junya

Ykk

Yoshida Shigeru