The Origin of Japan’s Protectionist Agricultural Policy: Agricultural Administration in Modern Japan

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Hironori Sasada

The Origin of Japan’s Protectionist Agricultural Policy

Agricultural Administration in Modern Japan

Hironori Sasada

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English

Routledge
30 January 2025

Regional studies; Politics & government; Agriculture & related industries

Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

This book explores the origins of Japan’s protectionist agricultural policies through an in-depth historical analysis of Japanese agricultural policies between the Meiji period and the end of WWII.

It offers a constructivist account for the rise of protectionism, examining the policies of prewar agricultural bureaucrats who played critical roles in the policymaking process. It argues that protectionist agricultural policy in Japan was not originally generated by the ""iron triangle"" (a political alliance consisted of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Agricultural Ministry, and farmers’ organizations) but by a prewar agricultural bureaucrats’ policy idea called shōnō ron (thoughts on small-scale farming). Ultimately the book reveals how, contrary to suggestions of previous scholarship, the protective measures based on shōnō ron forged the necessary conditions for the emergence of ""iron triangle"" after the end of WWII, which in turn institutionalized Japan’s subsequent protectionist agricultural regime.

Examining such topics as the origin of protectionist policy, the formation of actors’ preferences, and the broader effects of agricultural policy ideas, this book will be a valuable reading for scholars and students of Japanese politics, agricultural policy, and political economy.

By: Hironori Sasada
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 330g
ISBN: 9781032539430
ISBN 10: 1032539437
Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 30 January 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hironori Sasada is Professor of Japanese studies at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. His areas of specialty include political economy of Japan and East Asia, foreign policy, and party politics.