Japan's New Era of Coalition Governance: Implications for U.S. Interests and Policy

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Recent Japanese political instability has complicated U.S.-Japan relations and posed new challenges to the achievement of important American economic, foreign policy and security objectives. Since July 1993 Japan has been governed by coalitions under three different prime ministers. The first coalition, under Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, pushed through electoral and campaign finance reform legislation of potentially long-term significance, but failed to overcome political, bureaucratic and interest group resistance to its economic and administrative reform agenda. Its successor's have appeared to have progressively less power and will to carry out promised reforms or assume international leadership commensurate with Japan's global economic … continued below

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Cronin, Richard P. March 15, 1995.

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Recent Japanese political instability has complicated
U.S.-Japan relations and posed new challenges to the achievement
of important American economic, foreign policy and security
objectives. Since July 1993 Japan has been governed by
coalitions under three different prime ministers. The first
coalition, under Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, pushed through
electoral and campaign finance reform legislation of potentially
long-term significance, but failed to overcome political,
bureaucratic and interest group resistance to its economic and
administrative reform agenda. Its successor's have appeared to
have progressively less power and will to carry out promised
reforms or assume international leadership commensurate with
Japan's global economic weight.

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Cronin, Richard P. Japan's New Era of Coalition Governance: Implications for U.S. Interests and Policy, report, March 15, 1995; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs239/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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