Introduction:
The Institutional Landscape of Japanese Politics and Public Administration (Mieko Nakabayashi);
Part 1: History of Japanese Bureaucracy:
1. The Modern Bureaucracy (Yuichiro Shimizu and Andrew Levidis);
2. Post War and Showa (Akiko Izumo); Part 2: System, Underlying Laws and Rules/Regulations:
3. The General Structure of Japanese Bureaucracy and Administrative Jurisdiction under the Current Law (Tsuyoshi Yoshimuta);
4. Employment Process and System: Merit System and Competitive Examination (Hideki Goda);
5. Ethics and Regulations (Hideki Goda);
6. Careers after Retirement (Masashi Nakano); Part 3: Relationship with Politics and the Legislative Process:
7. Legislation and Politics: A Key Public Policy Tool under Changing Governance (Masahiro Mogaki);
8. Bureaucracy in the Japanese Legislative Branch (Shu Kajita);
9. Japan’s Political and Administrative Reforms and Governance after the 1990s (Hideaki Tanaka);
10. Changing Relationship between Politics and Bureaucracy (Hiroko SHIMADA Logie);
11. Japanese Bureaucracy from a Comparative Perspective: Case Studies in Political Control over the Civil Service (Shannon Granville);
Part 4: Bureaucracy in Practice: Latest Examples and Issues for Each Ministry:
12. Cabinet Secretariat and Office (Masaaki Kawagoe);
13. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) (Tadafumi Kageyama, Shunsuke Kimura, and Masahiro Mogaki);
14. The National Police Agency and the Police System (Yoshiki Kobayashi); 1
5. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) (Takashi Sekiyama);
16 . Fiscal Consolidation and The Ministry of Finance (MOF); (Hideaki Tanaka);
17. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) (Robert Aspinall and John McLaughlin);
18. Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) (Masashi Nakano);
19. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) (Takumi Sakuyama);
20. Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI); (Akira Kawamoto);
21. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) (Yoshiyuki Miyoshi and Sarah Watson);
22. Ministry of the Environment (MOE) (Masami Tsuji);
23. Ministry of Defense (MoD) (Junjiro Shida); 24 Conclusion: The Past and Future of Japanese Public Administration and Bureaucracy (Mieko Nakabayashi)