Name: Political Communication in Japan
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Political Communication in Japan

Democratic Affairs and the Abe Years

Edited By: Suzuki Takeshi

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This book examines political communication in Japan, contrasting the short, disruptive terms of the DPJ (2009-12) with the long rule of Abe Shinzō’s LDP (2012-20). It focuses on campaign strategies, media systems, and new theories of persuasion and social influence.

This book examines political communication and argumentation in Japan, focusing on the short and disruptive terms of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from 2009-2012,…

This book examines political communication and argumentation in Japan, focusing on the short and disruptive terms of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from 2009-2012, and the long and successful rule of Prime Minister Abe Shinzō of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2012-2020. It attempts to contribute to the study of contemporary Japanese politics by creatively focusing on campaign processes and strategies, media systems, and new theories of persuasion and social influence.

Suzuki Takeshi received his PhD in Communication Studies from Northwestern University, USA. He is a Professor of Communication in the School of Information and Communication at Meiji University, Japan, and a Life Member of Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge, UK. His recent publications include The Rhetoric of Emperor Hirohito: Continuity and Rupture in Japan’s Dramas of Modernity (2017), and The Age of Emperor Akihito: Historical Controversies over the Past and the Future (2019).

Thomas Hollihan, Takayuki Kato, Hiroko Okuda