CiNii Books - Political corruption and scandals in Japan

Combining history with comparative politics, Matthew M. Carlson and Steven R. Reed take on political corruption and scandals, and the reforms designed to counter them, in post-World War II Japan. Political Corruption and Scandals in Japan makes sense of the scandals that have plagued Japanese politics for more than half a century and attempts to show how reforms have evolved to counter the problems. What causes political corruption to become more or less serious over time? they ask. The authors examine major political corruption scandals beginning with the early postwar period until the present day as one way to make sense of how the nature of corruption changes over time. They also consider bureaucratic corruption and scandals, violations of electoral law, sex scandals, and campaign finance regulations and scandals. In the end, Carlson and Reed write, though Japanese politics still experiences periodic scandals, the political reforms of 1994 have significantly reduced the levels of political corruption. The basic message is that reform can reduce corruption. The causes and consequences of political corruption in Japan, they suggest, are much like those in other consolidated democracies.

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List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Understanding Corruption in Japanese Politics 2. Scandals in Early Postwar Japan, 1948-1978 3. Scandals and Reform, 1979-2001 4. Scandals and Reform, 2002-2016 5. Bureaucratic Corruption and Political Scandals 6. Sex and Campaign Finance Scandals 7. Election Law Violations as Political Corruption Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendixes A. Yen Exchange Rate per 1 U.S. Dollar, 1950-2016 B. Prime Ministers of Japan after 1945 Asahi's Investigation into Election Violations in the 1960s References Index

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