Download or read book Contemporary Government Reform in Japan written by E. Kawabata and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-09-18 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines several major reforms in Japan - in the postal business, transportation, telecommunications and technology - and evaluates the impact of these changes since the early 1980s. Conceptually, the book presents the dual state as being a fundamental feature of the Japanese political economy that determines government reform dynamics.