
Former Prime Ministers in Japan
Power, Influence and the Role of Informal Politics
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Former Prime Ministers in Japan
Power, Influence and the Role of Informal Politics
About this book
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
Despite growing international interest in the position and power of the Japanese prime minister, there is little existing research on what happens after these figures leave office. Examining both pre-war and post-war Japan, this book investigates what Japanese prime ministers have done after stepping down and what influence they have continued to exert.
Based on research in English and Japanese including biographies, memoirs and interviews, the book examines the specific activities former prime ministers engage in, assessing their motivations and the effect of informal politics in Japan on their successes and failures. Ultimately, the book answers the simple but often unanswered question of 'where are they now' and writes the unwritten post-resignation biographies of Japan's prime ministers.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Endorsement
- Table of Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Text
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Former Leaders, Informal Politics and the Japanese Prime Minister
- 3 Former Japanese Prime Ministers, the Meiji Period to World War Two
- 4 Former Japanese Prime Ministers, 1945 to 1989
- 5 Former Japanese Prime Ministers, 1989 to 2024
- 6 Analysis and Conclusions
- References
- Index