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Japan Policy-Making Dynamics
Despite an increasingly unpredictable domestic and
international environment, policy making conforms to wellestablished postwar patterns. The close collaboration of
the ruling
party, the elite bureaucracy, and important interest
groups often
make it difficult to tell who exactly is responsible for
specific
policy decisions. The tendency for insiders to guard
information on
such matters compounds the difficulty, especially for
foreigners
wishing to understand how domestic decision making can be
influenced to reduce trade problems.
Data as of January 1994
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