... with the US and Europe, as well as unanticipated improvement with China and South Korea. Macroeconomic trends were positive, but structural reform proceeded only slowly. Japanese society remained slow to change. © 2018 by The Regents of the University of California 2018 Abe Shinzō Koike Yuriko 2017...

... Cooperatives, we explore Japan’s expanding capacity for executive leadership in the farm sector on behalf of market-oriented change. © 2016 by the Regents of the University of California 2016 Abe Shinzō aging society agricultural reform Japan Agricultural Cooperatives TPP PATRICIA L. MACLACHLAN...

...Robert J. Pekkanen; Saadia M. Pekkanen The year 2015 revolved around Prime Minister Abe Shinzō, who led his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to a resounding electoral victory in December 2014, thus opening the door for the LDP and its coalition partner Komeito to pass a major revision of Japan’s...

...Sebastian Maslow Abe Shinzō has pledged to “take Japan back” from its constraining postwar regime. Redesigned institutions for intelligence and security policy coordination and “proactive pacifism” have facilitated the exercise of collective self-defense and strengthened the US–Japan alliance...

...Takashi Inoguchi This article describes the ups and downs and complexities of Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s “Abenomics” and “Abegeopolitics,” political approaches designed to revitalize Japan's economy and restore its national pride and strength, respectively. © 2014 by the Regents...