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Beware a More Muscular Japan
Asserts : that : the : US : should : be : wary : that : Japanese : aid : and : troops : for : Iraq : have : strings : attached. : From : the : Christian : Science : Monitor.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1030/p09s02-coop.html
Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Policy Change in Japan
Examines : a : hypothetical : model : of : policy-making : by : focusing : on : the : relationship : between : the : transition : of : political : power : between : government : agencies : and : the : subsequent : policy : changes : in : the : process : of : administrative : reform : in : the : 1990s.
http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/Kamikubo.html
Children's Rights Council of Japan
Organization : fighting : international : abduction : and : working : to : assure : children : in : Japan : of : meaningful : and : continuing : contact : with : both : their : parents : and : extended : family : regardless : of : the : parents' : marital : status.
http://www.crcjapan.com/
Citizen's Nuclear Information Center (CNIC)
Provide : information : and : public : education : on : nuclear : power : and : nuclear : issues : in : Japan.
http://cnic.jp/english/
Citizen's Nuclear Information Center (CNIC)
Provide : information : and : public : education : on : nuclear : power : and : nuclear : issues : in : Japan.
http://cnic.jp/english/
Citizens Nuclear Information Center
Provides : updates : on : the : nuclear : industry : in : Japan, : follows : events : in : depth : that : affect : the : public : and : publishes : informational : literature : on : nuclear : topics. : English : version : of : a : Japanese : site.
http://cnic.jp/english/
Consequences - A Change in Security Posture: Japan and North Korea
Discusses : Japan's : recent : proactive : stance : in : foreign : policy : making.
http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/Margerison.html
Economist - What Ails Japan?
Author : argues : that : after : 12 : years : of : failure : in : attempted : economic : reforms, : fixing : Japan's : political : system : is : nearly : impossible.
http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1076723
Exceptionalism in Political Science: Japanese Politics, US Politics, and Supposed International Norms
A : paper : intended : to : demonstrate : some : problems : inherent : in : the : arguments : surrounding : exceptionalism : in : Japan : and : the : United : States.
http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/Matsuda.html
Hollywood's Land of the Rising Cliché
Examines : Japan : as : portrayed : in : western : movies, : and : how : the : perceptions : have : changed : with : the : export : of : Japanese : popular : culture. : [Free : registration : required.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/04/movies/04RICH.html
Insular Japan Needs, but Resists, Immigration
A : New : York : Times : article : on : Japan's : emerging : crisis : of : depopulation : and : cultural : resistance : to : the : only : solution : that : can : save : it. : [Free : registration : required].
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/24/international/asia/24JAPA.html?ex=1060747200&en=0d497edbe64f1c25&ei=5070
Japan as the New South Korea
Essay : from : the : Institute : for : Corean-American : Studies : on : Japan : filling : the : role : of : South : Korea : for : influence : on : China.
http://www.icasinc.org/2003/2003l/2003lrxl.html
Japan Focus
Offers : Japanese : and : international : perspectives : on : contemporary : Japanese : politics, : international : relations, : economics, : social : movements, : war : and : terror, : and : historical : memory.
http://www.japanfocus.org/
Japan Focus
Offers : Japanese : and : international : perspectives : on : contemporary : Japanese : politics, : international : relations, : economics, : social : movements, : war : and : terror, : and : historical : memory.
http://www.japanfocus.org/
Japan Politics Links
Links : collection : on : Japanese : government, : politics, : and : political : history.
http://is.dal.ca/~finbow/Japan.html
Machiavellian Politics and Japanese Ideals: The Enigma of Japanese Power Eight Years Later
Examines : Karel : van : Wolferen's : seminal : work : critical : of : the : Japanese : Establishment : eight : years : after : its : publication, : and : examines : if : some : camparisons : hold : up.
http://www.jpri.org/publications/occasionalpapers/op10.html
Political Corruption in the Ranks
Artictle : on : how : and : why : do : political : corruption : and : scandals : keep : popping : up : in : Japan : with : alarming : frequency.
http://www.gate39.com/society_politics/politicalcorruption.aspx
Sorry Is the Hardest Word
Asserts : that : old : style : politics : is : why : Japanese : leaders : fail : to : address : Japan's : wartime : brutalities.
http://www.feer.com/cgi-bin/auth/wwwauth.pl?link=http://www.feer.com/articles/2001/0103_08/p056current.html
The Economist - Insecure
Article : documenting : that : now : along : with : their : jobs : and : pensions, : Japanese : now : fear : for : their : safety.
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=2156625
The Japan Information Access Project
Conducts : scholarly : research : and : analysis : on : critical : Asia : policy : issues : to : strengthen : international : understanding : of : Japanese : and : northeast : Asian : science, : technology, : economic : and : security : policy.
http://www.jiaponline.org/
The Japan Information Access Project
Independent, : nonprofit : research : center : to : strengthen : international : understanding : of : Japanese : science, : technology, : industry, : security, : and : policy.
http://www.jiaponline.org/
The Occupation of Japan as an Exercise in "Regime Change": Reflections After Fifty Years by a Participant
Compares : and : contrasts : the : US : occupation : of : Japan : after : WWII : with : post-Hussein : Iraq.
http://www.jpri.org/publications/occasionalpapers/op29.html
Their Home Isn't North Korea (THINK)
A : non-profit : organization : based : in : Tokyo : with : information : and : resources : on : the : abduction : of : Japanese : citizens : by : North : Korea.
http://trycomp.oc.to/THINK/
THINK - Their Home Isn't North Korea
A : non-profit : organization : based : in : Tokyo : that : provides : information : on : the : abduction : of : Japanese : citizens : by : North : Korea. : Has : current : news, : media : archives : and : background : information : on : the : abductions.
http://trycomp.oc.to/THINK/
Tokyo Progressive
Contains : politically : oriented : news, : articles, : and : links : related : to : grass : roots : campaigning : to : improve : society, : culture, : government, : and : the : environment.
http://www.tokyoprogressive.org/
Washington Post.: No Relief on Japan's Isle of Pain
Article : describing : troubles : on : Hokkaido : when : economic : realities : force : off : the : flow : of : pork : barrel : spending.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A13545-2003Aug1?language=printer
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