Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Japan elections useful resources for academic research
The 47th general election of members of the House of Representatives of Japan was held on 14 December 2014. Here are some starting points for tracing information.
IFES has a basic description of the electoral system and information on registered voters and turnout.
For historic data try the IPU website.
The Wall Street Journal Japan Real Time blog has some news coverage and interviews with voters.
Basic English language news coverage from the BBC
Guardian newspaper
Japan Times
Economist
American Enterprise Institute coverage.
The Conversation analysis from UK academics.
NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation). coverage (Japanese)
Monday, 22 July 2013
Japan elections - why do they matter?
This weekend Japanese elections took place. for background information on the electroal system and previous results see the IPU website. also useful is this guide from UC Irvine which directs users to sources of data on past elections
The Japan Real Time Blog (from the Wall Street Journal) - posed the question of why they matter. Read the answer and further discussion on the blog
The University of Warwick also has some discussion
other useful think tanks which discuss and have full text papers on Japanese politics include:
East Asia Forum - from National Bureau of Economic Research
ISN Zurich has articles on Japanese politics and security
CSIS - Japan research
Heritage Foundation.
Rand research
Council on Foreign relationsBrookings Institution Japan research
The Harvard Business school has a Japan research center which focusses on economic issues.
Pew Research Center has some recent polls on attitudes in Japan.
Japanese press discussion of the same issues can be found on
Real Time Politics.jp
Yomiuri Shimbun:
Asahi Shimbun
The Japan Real Time Blog (from the Wall Street Journal) - posed the question of why they matter. Read the answer and further discussion on the blog
The University of Warwick also has some discussion
other useful think tanks which discuss and have full text papers on Japanese politics include:
East Asia Forum - from National Bureau of Economic Research
ISN Zurich has articles on Japanese politics and security
CSIS - Japan research
Heritage Foundation.
Rand research
Council on Foreign relationsBrookings Institution Japan research
The Harvard Business school has a Japan research center which focusses on economic issues.
Pew Research Center has some recent polls on attitudes in Japan.
Japanese press discussion of the same issues can be found on
Real Time Politics.jp
Yomiuri Shimbun:
Asahi Shimbun
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Finding historic Japanese election materials
Japanese Politics Central has results from 1946 onwards. These include seats, national level and district level. It also links to Japanese sources of election results.
The Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP) currently includes 24 national election surveys conducted in 19 countries since 1990. It is based at the Social Sciences Institute of the University of Lisbon. The 3 phases of research share a common concern with the processes of intermediation through which citizens receive information about policies, parties, candidates, and politics in general during the course of election campaigns. It includes data taken from Japan in 1993
The Japanese Data Archive us based at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. It provides access to a large collection of materials relating to Japanese public opinion poll research. It includes free access to JPOLL an online question level database of Japanese material. This contains over 10,000 questions and responses from Japan's major social, cultural and political attitude surveys conducted in the last decade. Free registration is required. All materials are translated into English. The site also holds a searchable catalogue of datasets. It provides references to over 1,500 research reports and 200 series from 1980 onwards, with some party identification data available from 1946 onwards.
A User's Guide to Past Japanese Election Studies (English language)
Part of the Virtual Library on Democracy created by The Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of California, Irvine, this provides an annotated list of major election surveys and information on where data may be obtained. Most are not in ful text online but it indicates where they may be found.
For Japanese language readers! The Association for Promoting Fair Elections
Includes data on voter turnout rate changes on national and local levels from 1946 on and public opinion polls from all postwar elections.
Asian election Studies is another good site.It includes news, conference alerts and links to studies and statistics on elections in a number of Asian nations.
The Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP) currently includes 24 national election surveys conducted in 19 countries since 1990. It is based at the Social Sciences Institute of the University of Lisbon. The 3 phases of research share a common concern with the processes of intermediation through which citizens receive information about policies, parties, candidates, and politics in general during the course of election campaigns. It includes data taken from Japan in 1993
The Japanese Data Archive us based at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. It provides access to a large collection of materials relating to Japanese public opinion poll research. It includes free access to JPOLL an online question level database of Japanese material. This contains over 10,000 questions and responses from Japan's major social, cultural and political attitude surveys conducted in the last decade. Free registration is required. All materials are translated into English. The site also holds a searchable catalogue of datasets. It provides references to over 1,500 research reports and 200 series from 1980 onwards, with some party identification data available from 1946 onwards.
A User's Guide to Past Japanese Election Studies (English language)
Part of the Virtual Library on Democracy created by The Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of California, Irvine, this provides an annotated list of major election surveys and information on where data may be obtained. Most are not in ful text online but it indicates where they may be found.
For Japanese language readers! The Association for Promoting Fair Elections
Includes data on voter turnout rate changes on national and local levels from 1946 on and public opinion polls from all postwar elections.
Asian election Studies is another good site.It includes news, conference alerts and links to studies and statistics on elections in a number of Asian nations.
Japan elections: how badly did the DJP do?
Japanese elections on the 11th July lead to a loss of seats for the Democratic Party.
Here are some starting points on what was at stake and how to find out more about Japanese politics.
CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies has a good introduction to the issues and the implications of the results for the foreign policy of the USA.
The Liberal Democratic Party has its own website where you can find news stories, manifestos and analysis of events.
Other political parties such as the Social Democratic Party have their own viewpoints.
However, if you are looking for English language stories. Some recomended starting points are:
IFES election Guide which also has links to brief summaries of statistics on past elections.
The ACE Electoral Project has some articles on the issues at stake. There are also some links to about a dozen papers and articles on electoral reform in Japan on the site.
Japanese Broadcasting Corporation website NHK World has some reports, video interviews with coverage and reactions to the elections.
Japan News Review is an online newspaper/news aggregator founded in 2007, based in Sweden. It contains news stories linking to English-language articles and its own translations of Japanese.
finally dont forget Japanese Politics Central. This great site website hosted by the University of Virginia, brings together information on various aspects of Japanese politics, including election results; cabinet and party support rates; biographies of Japanese politicians; and bibliographic information. The "bibliography on Japanese politics topics" presents extensive bibliographic resources in alphabetically organized topic areas, and should be useful to anyone embarking on studies in Japanese politics.
Here are some starting points on what was at stake and how to find out more about Japanese politics.
CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies has a good introduction to the issues and the implications of the results for the foreign policy of the USA.
The Liberal Democratic Party has its own website where you can find news stories, manifestos and analysis of events.
Other political parties such as the Social Democratic Party have their own viewpoints.
However, if you are looking for English language stories. Some recomended starting points are:
IFES election Guide which also has links to brief summaries of statistics on past elections.
The ACE Electoral Project has some articles on the issues at stake. There are also some links to about a dozen papers and articles on electoral reform in Japan on the site.
Japanese Broadcasting Corporation website NHK World has some reports, video interviews with coverage and reactions to the elections.
Japan News Review is an online newspaper/news aggregator founded in 2007, based in Sweden. It contains news stories linking to English-language articles and its own translations of Japanese.
finally dont forget Japanese Politics Central. This great site website hosted by the University of Virginia, brings together information on various aspects of Japanese politics, including election results; cabinet and party support rates; biographies of Japanese politicians; and bibliographic information. The "bibliography on Japanese politics topics" presents extensive bibliographic resources in alphabetically organized topic areas, and should be useful to anyone embarking on studies in Japanese politics.
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