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The Japanese General Election of 25 June 2000

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2014

Takashi Inoguchi
Takashi Inoguchi*
Affiliation:
University of Tokyo
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The twentieth-fourth general election in Japan took Place on 25 June 2000, shortly after Yoshiro Mori had succeeded his predecessor, Keizo Obuchi, as interim prime minister. (Obuchi had died after being in a coma following a stroke.) He, in his turn, had succeeded Ryutaro Hashimoto to the prime ministership when Hashimoto had resigned after the government lost a considerable number of seats in the election for the upper house in 1998. Keizo Obuchi had managed to increase support for the government by passing two substantial sets of legislative measures to stimulate the economy in 1998 and 1999.

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Government and Opposition , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , October 2000 , pp. 484 - 498
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Copyright © Government and Opposition Ltd 2000

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References

1 For the background of Obuchi’s rise and demise, see Inoguchi, Takashi, ‘The Future of the Liberal Democratic Party: Obuchi’s Legacy’, Global Communication Platform, Tokyo, 19 04 2000 Google Scholar (http://www.glocom.org/). For the general trend of LDP politics, see Takashi Inoguchi, op. cit., and ‘Jimin yui to kanryo shudo wa kawariuruka: zaisei lzongata no shiji kiban zukuri wa mo genkai’ (Can the parliamentary dominance of the LDP and the bureaucratic leadership in public policy formation and implementation change? Clear limits to the LDP’s electoral support mobilization through fiscal policy), Sekai Shuho, 14 March 2000, pp. 6–9.

2 For the general atmosphere and public opinion on nationalism and patriotism, see Inoguchi, Takashi, ‘Writing Identity and Adapting to Integration: Nationalism and Globalization in Japan’, in Suryadinata, Leo (ed.), Nationalism and Globalization: East and West, Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2000 Google Scholar.

3 See Inoguchi Takashi, ‘Kohosha no rikiryo towareru jidai’ (An Age When Candidates’ Competence and Appeals are Primordial), Mainichi Shimbun, 26 June 2000, page 10. See also Kabashima Ikuo, ‘Chiho okoku to toshi no hanran’ (Local ‘Kingdoms’ and Urban Rebellions), Chuo Koron, September 2000, pp. 13–143.

4 See, for instance, Takeshi, Sasaki (ed.), Seiji kaikaku 1800 nichi no shinjitsu (The Truth about the Reformist 1,800 days), Tokyo, Kodansha, 1999 Google Scholar.

5 Richard Samuels has been completing a manuscript comparing Japan and Italy, focusing on the difficult decade of the 1990s and the role that leadership played. Personal conversation, 21 July 2000, Tokyo.

6 For the comparative figures on political trust in social and political institutions and discussion thereon, see Inoguchi, Takashi, ‘Social Capital in Japan’, Japanese Journal of Political Science , 1:1 (05 2000) pp. 73–112 CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

7 I have benefited from conversation on the subject with Inge Egebo, Tokyo, 4 July 2000.

8 Takashi, Inoguchi and Tomoaki, Iwai, Zoku giin no kenkyu (A Study of Legislative Tribes), Tokyo, Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha, 1987 Google Scholar.

9 I have been working on the project of e-giin (e-parliamentarians) with Tomoaki Iwai and Yoshikazu Iwabuchi.