Registration: Comprehensive but Inconsistent Political Reforms in Japan since the 1990s: Did they provide effective tools to the Japanese prime minister to respond to Covid 19 crisis?

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Thursday, January 26, 2023
3:00PM - 4:00PM PT | Philippines Conference Room, Encina Hall 3rd Floor

Since the 1990s, Japan has implemented a series of reforms to its political institutions, starting with the electoral system reform of 1994. The reforms were comprehensive but included different orientations. While some reforms were centripetal, concentrating power within the hands of the prime minister, other reforms were centrifugal, taking power away from the central government.

This workshop examines why Japan implemented inconsistent reforms. It demonstrates that the reforms did not provide the Japanese prime ministers enough power to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and explores how they formulated policies to respond to the crisis, overcoming the lack of legal authority.

Speakers:

Dr. Harukata Takenaka, Professor of Political Science, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Dr. Satoshi Machidori, Dean and Professor of Political Science, School of Government, Kyoto University

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