Submit Manuscript Now
Current issue Archive Authors Profile
Research Articles Issue 2 · 2012 · pp. 114–123 · Issue page

THE RESURRECTION OF THE SHADOW SHOGUN

NI
NICOARĂ Raluca-Maria1
1 Babeș Bolyai University
Accepted 24 March 2026
Available Online 15 November 2012
Abstract
FEARED BY SOME OR BLAMED BY OTHERS, ICHIRO OZAWA IS KNOWN TO BE ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENT JAPANESE POLITICIANS, OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. HAVING “THE FATHER OF THE SYSTEM” (JACOB M. SCHLESINGER, 1998: 137) AS HIS MENTOR, HE GREW UP INTO BEING THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN JAPAN’S POLITICS WITH TIES THAT SURPASS ANY NATIONAL SUB - SYSTEM BARRIER: ECONOMY, ADMINISTRATION, BUSINESS, SOCIETY, DIPLOMACY, AND SO ON. FOLLOWING A POLICAL ACTIVITY OF MORE THAN 25 YEARS, AT THE END OF 2012,THE SHOGUN OZAWA IS BACK IN BUSINE SS AFTER A WELL -MEDIATIZED CORUPTION SCANDIAL, AND HE IS READY TO BECOME A NATIONAL -LIBERAL ALTERNATIVE TO THE LAST “WESTERNALIZATION” MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE KAN OR NODA ADMINISTRATIONS. THE PROBLEM THAT ARISES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE “RESSURECTION” OF OZA WA IS WHETHER HIS STRATEGIES REMAIN CONSTANTLY VIABLE OVER TIME AND CAN BE SUPPORTED BY PRACTICE.
Keywords
JAPAN POLITICS ZOKU SHADOW SHOGUN ICHIRO OZAWA
Full Text
The body of this article is intentionally hidden on the public page. Please use the PDF reader or the PDF download for the complete text.
References
[1]
***. “Another year of leadership failure in Japan. ” Strategic Survey 99, 1 (1998): 192-201. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/04597239808461095.
[2]
***. “Japan: Life after Kan. ” Strategic Comments 17, 7 (2011): 1-3. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi:10.1080/13567888.2011.631847.
[3]
***. “Japan's elections unlikely to end political uncertainties.” Strategic Comments 18, 7 (2012): 1 -3. Accessed October 27, 2012. doi: 10.1080/13567888.2012.743241.
[4]
***. “Premier Wen Meets Ichiro Ozawa. ” China. org.cn, July 05, 2007. Accessed October, 30, 2012. http://www.china.org.cn/english/wen/207130.htm.
[5]
Anno, Tadashi . “Japanese domestic politics and se curity cooperation with Australia: the limits of ‘normalisation’.” Australian Journal of International Affairs 65, 1 (2011): 24-39. Accessed July 05, 2012,.doi: 10.1080/10357718.2011.535502.
[6]
Babb, James ; “The precarious political balance in Japan,” Asian A ffairs, 30, 2 (1999): 154-163, accessed July 05, 2012, doi: 10.1080/714041381.
[7]
Day, Stephen . “Japan: the contested boundaries of al ien suffrage at the local level.” Democratization 16, 3 (2009): 558 -584. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/13510340902884739.
[8]
Fackler, Martin. “Under Diplomatic Strain, Japan Recalls Envoy in Dispute With China Over Islands .” The New York Times , July 15, 2012. Accessed October 31, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/world/asia/japan-recalls-ambassador-to- china.html?_r=0.
[9]
Fry, Sir Graham. “Japan's New Government: What Has Changed?. ” Asian Affairs 41,2 (2010): 178-187. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi:10.1080/03068371003747753.
[10]
Gaunder, Alisa . “Reform Leadership in the United States and Japan: A Comparison of John McCain and Ozawa Ichiro.” Leadership 3 (2007): 173 -190. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1177/1742715007076213.
[11]
George Mulgan, Aurelia . “The dynamics of coalition politics in Japan .” Asia- Pacific Review 7, 2 (2000): 66 -85. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/713650819.
[12]
Idem. “The return of Japa n’s shadow shogun Ichiro Ozawa?. ” Eas t Asia Forum, August 23rd, 2011. Accessed October 30, 2012. http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/08/23/the-return-of-japan-s-shadow-shogun- ichiro-ozawa/.
[13]
Green, Michael J. “U.S.-Japanese relations after K oizumi: Convergence or cooling?.” The Washington Quarterly 29, 4 (2006): 99 -110. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi:10.1162/wash.2006.29.4.99.
[14]
Idem. “Japan's Confused Revolution. ” The Washington Quarterly 33, 1 (2010): 3-
[19]
Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/01636600903418637.
[15]
Harris, Tobias. “The end of the begin ning: Ozawa Ichiro and the DPJ.” East Asia Forum, March 27th, 2009. Accessed October 30, 2012. http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/03/27/the-end-of-the-beginning-ozawa-ichiro- and-the-dpj/.
[16]
Idem. “No easy option with Japan’s Ozawa Ichiro.” East Asia Forum, February 8th, 2010. Accessed October 30, 2012. http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/02/08/no- easy-option-with-japans-ozawa-ichiro/. Research and Science Today No. 2(4)/2012
[17]
Heazle, Michael. “Japan post-9/11: security policy, executive power and political change in an ‘un -normal’ country.” Australian Journal of International Affairs 63, 4 (2009): 458-481. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/10357710903312553.
[18]
Hirata, Keiko . “Who Shapes the National Security Debate? Divergent Interpretations of Japan's Security Role. ” Asian Affairs: An American Review 35, 3 (2008): 123-151. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.3200/AAFS.35.3.123-151.
[19]
Hughes, Christopher W.. “Japan's shifting security trajectory and policy system,” The Adelphi Papers 44, 368 -369 (2004): 41 -66. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/05679320412331340337.
[20]
Inoguchi, Takashi . “Parliamentary Opposition under (Post -)One-Party Rule: Japan.” The Journal of Legislative Studies 14, 1-2 (2008): 113-132. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/13572330801921067.
[21]
Kase, Yuri, and Stephen Day . “From here to eternity? Continuing developments in Japanese party politics in light of the 1996 par liamentary election. ” Democratization 4, 3 (1997): 172 -196. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/13510349708403530.
[22]
Kim, Jack. “Japan recalls envoy after South Korea 's Lee visits disputed islands.” Reuters, August 10, 2012. Accessed October 30, 2012. http://news.yahoo.com/south-koreas-lee-angers-japan-plan-visit-disputed- 025518616.html.
[23]
Kitaoka, Shinichi . “Can the Noda Administration Survive? The breakdown in Japanese politics reaches a crisis point. ” Asia-Pacific Review 19, 1 (2012): 5 -20. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/13439006.2012.681885.
[24]
Maswood, S. Javed , and Yukio Sadahiro . “A tale of two Jap ans: reform in a divided polity. ” Japan Forum 15, 1 (2003): 33 -53. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/0955580032000077720.
[25]
Miyashita, Akitoshi. “Gaiatsu and Japan’s Foreign Aid: Rethinkin g the Reactive– Proactive Debate.” International Studies Quarterly 43 (1999): 695 –732. Accessed July 05, 2012. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3014027.
[26]
Nakano, Koichi . “Nationalism and localism in Japan' s political debate of the 1990s.” The Pacific Review 11, 4 (1998): 505 -524. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/09512749808719269.
[27]
Narramore, Terry . “The politics of rights and identity in Japan. ” The Pacific Review 10, 1 (1997): 39 -56. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/09512749708719209.
[28]
Newnham, Randall E. “How to Win Friends and Influence People: Japane se Economic Aid Linkage and the Kurile Islands.” Asian Affairs: An American Review 27, 4 (2001): 247-260. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/00927670109601481.
[29]
Rothacher, Albrecht. “After the banquet: Japan’s power elite revisited.” 4 (2006): 399–416. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1007/s10308-006-0079-x.
[30]
Schlesinger, Jacob M . “Shadow shoguns: The or igins and crisis of Japan, inc. ” The Washington Quarterly 21, 2 (1998): 135 -148. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/01636609809550317.
[31]
Shinoda, Tomohito. “Ozawa Ichirō as an actor in foreign policy -making.” Japan Forum 16, 1 (2004): 37 -61. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/0955580032000189320.
[32]
Stockwin, J. A. A. “To oppose or to appease? Parties out of power and the need for real politics in Japan. ” Japan Forum . 18, 1 (2006): 115 -132. Accessed Jul y 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/09555800500498459. November 2012
[33]
Idem. “Reshaping of Japanese Politic s and the Question of Democracy. ” Asia- Pacific Review 9, 1 (2002): 45 -59. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/13439000220141587.
[34]
Sunohara, Tsuyoshi. “The Anatomy of Japan's Shifting Security Orientation.” The Washington Quarterly 33, 4 (2010): 39 -57. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/0163660X.2010.516653.
[35]
Vogel, Steven K . “Can Japan disengage Winners and Losers in Japan's Polit ical Economy, and Ties that bind them.” Social Science Japan Journal 2, 1 (1999): 3 -
[21]
Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1093/ssjj/2.1.3.
[36]
Zakowski, Karol . “Evolution of the Japanese Political Scene: Toward a Non - Issue-Oriented Two -Party System?. ” Asian Jour nal of Political Science 19, 2 (2011): 186-207. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/02185377.2011.600166.
[37]
Zisk, Kimberley Marten. “Japan's United Nations Peacekeeping Dilemma.” Asia- Pacific Review 8, 1 (2001): 21 -39. Accessed July 05, 2012. doi: 10.1080/13439000125595.