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Volume 41, Issue 2, 2010

Special Issue:

JAPAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT: WHAT HAS CHANGED?

JAPAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT: WHAT HAS CHANGED?

DOI:
10.1080/03068371003747753
Sir Graham Fry*

pages 178-187

Available online: 03 Jun 2010

Abstract

This focuses on the August 2009 election which saw the massive victory of the Democratic party led by Yukio Hatoyama. The Liberal Democratic party (LDP), which had ruled Japan virtually without a break since 1955 paid the price for economic failure and long term voter dissatisfaction which was masked for a time by the skills of Koizumi. The new government is trying to rebalance relations with Asia, including China and the United States, where the marine base in Okinawa poses a particular challenge.

 

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  • Available online: 03 Jun 2010

Author notes

  • Sir Graham Fry -

    Sir Graham Fry, a Japanese speaker, has spent most of his long diplomatic career involved with Asia. He was High Commissioner in Malaysia from 1998 to 2001 and, having already served in Japan twice before, was Ambassador in Tokyo from 2004 to 2008.

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