Japan Decides 2017

Part I Introduction. - 1. Introduction; Robert J. Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed, Ethan Scheiner and Daniel M. Smith. - 2. Japanese Politics Between 2014 and 2017; Robert J. Pekkanen and Steven R. Reed. - 3. The 2017 Election Results: An Earthquake, a Typhoon, and another Landslide; Ethan Scheiner, Daniel M. Smith and Michael F. Thies. - Part II Political Parties. - 4. Komeito 2017: New Complications; Axel Klein and Levi McLaughlin. - 5. The Opposition: From Third Party Back to Third Force; Robert J. Pekkanen and Steven R. Reed. - 6. The JCP: A Perpetual Spoiler? ; Ko Maeda. - Part III Campaign and Issues. - 7. Scandals during the Abe Administrations; Matthew Carlson and Steven R. Reed. - 8. Public Opinion and the Abe Cabinet: Alternating Valence and Position Issues; Yukio Maeda. - 9. Survey of Candidates' Policy Preferences; Kiichiro Arai and Miwa Nakajo. - 10. Party Competition and the Electoral Rules; Kuniaki Nemoto. - 11. Persistence of Women s Under-representation; Mari Miura. - 12. Does Japan want to Build a Wall Too? Immigration and the 2017 General Election in Japan; Michael Strausz. - 13. Inequality and the 2017 Election: Decreasing Dominance of Abenomics and Regional Revitalization; David Chiavacci. - 14. The First Two Arrows of Abenomics: Monetary and Fiscal Politics in the 2017 Snap Election; Saori Katada and Gabrielle Cheung. - 15. Abenomics Third Arrow: Fostering Competitiveness? ; Kenji E. Kushida. - 16. Constitutional Revision in the 2017 Election; Kenneth Mori McElwain. - 17. The North Korea Factor in the 2017 Election; Yasushi Izumikawa. - 18. Foreign Policy; Sheila Smith.