The changing relationship between Japan's LDP and the bureaucracy: Hashimoto's administrative reform effort and its politics
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Administrative reform was the main focus of former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's agenda. The issue loomed large throughout his two-and-a-half year term which ended in Jul 1998. It also changed relationships between Japan's political figures. Speculations exist that corruption and the patronage of politics would make a comeback following the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) return to power in 1994. However, a new trend is emerging in Japanese politics as exemplified by Hashimoto's determination to rein the bureaucracy. This trend is reinforced by changes in the relationship between the LDP and the bureaucracy.
Publication Name: Asian Survey
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0004-4687
Year: 1998
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Japan's LDP considers electoral reform: a neglected political debt
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Japan's electoral reform is impeded by internal conflict in the Liberal Democratic Party. Although the public strongly supports the reform, implementation becomes impossible because of generational disagreement within the party. Old politicians view the reform as a deviation from more complicated issues and as such, need not be resolved immediately. The younger party members, however, think it is their obligation to address the public's clamor for political change. Restoring the public's confidence on the party may prove to be the ultimate driving force in the approval of the reform plan.
Publication Name: Asian Survey
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0004-4687
Year: 1992
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The politics of administrative reform in Japan, 1993-1998: toward a more accountable government?
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Political administrative reform efforts started in Japan when a non-Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won in 1993. With the LDP's return to power in 1996, administrative reform was continued through the efforts of PM Hashimoto Ryutaro, but with a different concept. While the original idea was to reduce bureaucracy and increase government accountability, the LDP's version was to reduce government costs and reorganize administrative agencies.
Publication Name: Asian Survey
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0004-4687
Year: 1998
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