With the advent of the second Abe administration, the question of
'who leads' in Japan has become much easier to answer - the Prime
Minister and his executive office, backed by a substantial policy
support apparatus. This rise of the 'prime ministerial executive'
is therefore one of the most important structural changes in
Japan's political system in the post-war period. This book explains
how the prime ministerial executive operates under the Abe
administration and how it is contributing to Abe's unprecedented
policymaking authority. It analyses how reform of central
government under Prime Ministers Nakasone, Hashimoto and Koizumi
has produced the necessary institutional innovations to allow the
prime minister to assert a more authoritative policy leadership,
turning Japan's traditional, decentralised and bottom-up politics
on its head. Comparing the Westminster and presidential systems of
governance and applying them to Japan's contemporary politics, the
book shows that whilst elements of both can be found, neither
captures the essence of the transformation involved in the rise of
the prime ministerial executive. Providing a thorough analysis of
power in Japanese politics, this book will be useful to students
and scholars of Japanese Politics, Comparative Politics and Asian
Studies.
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