Table of contents
Membership of the Committee, Secretariat, Terms
of reference, Table of contents (PDF format)
(Word format)
Abbreviations and acronyms (PDF format) (Word format)
Recommendations (PDF format)
(Word format)
CHAPTER 1: Introduction (PDF format) (Word format)
CHAPTER 2: Evolution of political change in Japan
(PDF format) (Word format)
Japan’s post–1947 parliamentary system
Politics during the Cold War period
The ‘1955 political system’
The 1994 electoral reform
Politics following the 1994 electoral reform
Deregulation and administrative reform
Conclusion
CHAPTER 3: The political significance and power
of landholders and farmers (PDF format) (Word
format)
Role of the agriculture sector in Japan
The agricultural lobby
Farmers’ voting power
Representation of farming interests in the Diet
Political factors affecting agricultural lobby influence
Patronage politics
The role of the agricultural lobby in decision–making
Economic factors affecting agricultural lobby influence
Community factors affecting agricultural lobby influence
Conclusion
CHAPTER 4: Japan’s view of itself in the
world and its role in the Asian region (PDF
format) (Word format)
An expanded international political role
The United States relationship
China
The Koreas
Russia and the Southern Kurile islands/Northern Territories
South East Asia
Japan and Australia
Strategic and security relations
Broadening the base of the relationship
CHAPTER 5: An ageing society (PDF format) (Word format)
An ageing, shrinking and increasingly urban population
Japanese government policies
Australia–Japan collaboration in community care
CHAPTER 6: Employment practices (PDF format) (Word format)
The Japanese employment system
Unemployment
CHAPTER 7: The changing role of women (PDF format) (Word format)
Women in society and employment
CHAPTER 8: Youth and education (PDF
format) (Word format)
Youth policies
Education
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 : Submissions and supplementary submissions authorised
for publication by the Committee (PDF format) (Word format)
Appendix 2: Witnesses who appeared before the Committee
(PDF format) (Word format)
Appendix 3: Prime Ministers of Japan under the 1947 Constitution
(PDF format) (Word format)
Appendix 4: Australia–Japan Conference for the 21st
Century—The Sydney Declaration (PDF format) (Word format)
Appendix 5: Partnership agenda between Australia and Japan
(PDF format) (Word format)
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