Japan: After Koizumi's Success, After Abe's Failure
Public Lecture
Takeo Hoshi, Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations
Ellis Krauss, Professor of Japanese Politics and Policymaking and Director of Japanese Studies
Ulrike Schaede, Professor of Japanese Business
Ellis Krauss, Professor of Japanese Politics and Policymaking and Director of Japanese Studies
Ulrike Schaede, Professor of Japanese Business
October 02, 2007
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Room 3201, IR/PS Robinson Complex
Open to: Public
The five year (2002-2006) administration of Japan’s maverick prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, seemed to bring enormous change. But in the year that has passed since his retirement, the durability of his reforms may be in doubt. His successor, Shinzo Abe, seemed more interested in foreign policy and a nationalist agenda than in continuing Koizumi’s domestic reforms. Abe recently resigned after his short disastrous term and the LDP’s major defeat in the July House of Councillors election. A new prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda, son of a former prime minister and once Koizumi’s chief cabinet secretary, has been elected as Abe’s successor.
What does all this mean? Some of the questions that will be addressed at this town meeting include:
- Are Koizumi’s reforms likely to be stalled or undone?
- Has Japan changed fundamentally?
- If so, is it likely to continue doing so?
This event is brought to you by the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), the Department of Japanese Studies, the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) and the Center on Pacific Economies (CPE).
