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Contemporary Japanese Life-World Series' publish the results of 'HK Planning Research,' which is part of the HK Project Agenda.

The Search for "Japanese-style" Democracy: Thought, System, and Practice

Author KIM, Hyojin Date 2026-05-29
Contents

Introduction
Contemporary Japan from the Perspective of Democracy as Thought and System … KIM, Hyojin

Part 1. Democracy as Thought

1. The Korean War and the Birth of the "Postwar Right Wing" in Japan … NAM, Kijeong
The Reality of the 'Base State' and the Rise of the 'Pro-regime Right'

2. Japanese Media and Postwar Democracy … JUNG, Ji Hee
"Fair and Objective News Reporting" and the Contemporaneous Histories of Cold War Liberalism

3. Battlefield Called 'Family' … LEE, Eun-Gyong
Discussion on the Amendment of Article 24 of the Constitution of Japan and the Argument of "Family Protection"

Part 2. Democracy as System

4. Why Oppositions Split … SOHN, Sukeui
Reliance on Organized Support and Its Institutional Dynamics

5. Dual Structure of Policy Orientations toward Japan's Economic Security Policy … LEE, Junghwan
Consensus in the Foreign Policy Arena and Latent Cleavage in the Economic Policy Arena

6. Japan's Value-Oriented Diplomacy and the Democratic Diplomatic Network … OH, Seunghee

Part 3. Democracy as Practice

7. Development of Japan's Postwar Democracy and Conservation of War-Related Sites … HAN, Jung-Sun
Focusing on the Movement to Preserve War-Related Sites

8. Aichi Triennale 2019 as a Japanese-style Art Project … KIM, Hyojin
Contemporary Art in the Era of the Internet and Social Networks

9. Democracy without Women and the Transgression of "K-feminism" Literature … KIM, Jiyoung
With a Focus on the Reception of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 in Japan

Reference
Abstract in English
Index

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