Hideaki Tanaka is Professor of the Graduate School of Governance Studies, Meiji University. He completed his MSc in Social Policy and Planning at the London School of Economics and Political Science and his Doctor of Policy Studies at the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies. He worked in the Ministry of Finance, Cabinet Office, and other Japanese ministries between 1985 and 2012. His research interest includes public finance. His major publications in English are The Democratic Party of Japan in Power (co-author, 2017, Routledge) and Policy Analysis in Japan (co-author, 2015, Policy Press)