Abstract
The victory of the ideologically riven but partly progressive Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in 2009 over the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was described breathlessly by some as an epochal seiken ko¯tai (meaning a “change in government�? but with a far more dramatic feeling in Japanese), and derided by others as a partly meaningless shift in leadership over a rudderless state. A year later, after the fall of the fi rst DPJ government and Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio’s replacement by Kan Naoto, observers found themselves grasping for ways to frame Hatoyama’s striking meltdown and the probable challenges facing Kan.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 29-40 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781136736278 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780415436496 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 Jan 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Social Sciences(all)
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Leheny, D. (2011). Four cultures of Japanese politics. In Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society (pp. 29-40). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203818459-9