Introduction: from karaoke to kabuki democracy: Japanese politics today / Takashi Inoguchi and Purnendra Jain
Prime ministers / Takashi Inoguchi
The system of bureaucrats in Japan / Hiroaki Inatsugu
Legislators / Kentaro Fukumoto
Winning elections in Japan's new electoral environment / Steven R. Reed
Party politics in Japan / J. A. A. Stockwin
The farm lobby / Aurelia George Mulgan
Civil society and global citizenship in Japan / Jennifer Chan
Welfare policy / Gregory J. Kasza and Takashi Horie
Japan's subnational government: toward greater decentralization and participatory democracy / Purnendra Jain
Reporting with wolves: pack journalism and the dissemination of political information / Ofer Feldman
Revision of administrative law as shortcut to constitutional revision / Helen Hardacre.
Japanese politics today : from karaoke to kabuki democracy. ISBN 9780230117976. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.