Ellis Krauss Analyzes Trends of Japanese Voters
Japan Churns Out Votes, Turns Out Leaders
12/15/2012
Phred Dvorak,
Wall Street Journal
Yasuo Ichikawa held the job of Japanese defense minister for just four months. He was ousted by political maneuvering early this year, in the middle of talks over the long-delayed relocation of an American military base eagerly sought by Washington as part of its broader strategy in Asia.
Now, two defense ministers later, the relocation is still on hold. And Japan is poised for an election Sunday that looks likely to produce not only the fourth defense minister this year, but a new prime minister, too—the seventh in six years.
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Ellis Krauss is a leading expert on Japanese politics, U.S.-Japan relations, and Japan's political economy. In 2010 Cornell University Press will publish his latest book, co-authored with Robert Pekkanen of the University of Washington, The Rise and Fall of Japan's LDP: Political Party Organizations as Institutions. He can provide commentary on domestic politics in Japan, the Japanese mass media, U.S.-Japan relations and Japan's foreign policy and role in Asia.
