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A

"Abdication" thesis, 164 n10.

See also Legislative dominance thesis

Administrative guidance, 7

Administrative officials (jimukan ). See Ministry of Construction: Public works bureaucrats, administrative officials

AEG Westinghouse, 152

Agriculture. See Farmers

Akita, George, 179 n12

Allinson, Gary, 173 n6

Amakudari ("descent from heaven"), 2 , 9 , 18 , 40 -41, 46 , 68 -78, 110 -111, 140 , 146 , 148 , 166 n6, 168 nn7,8, 169 nn10,11, 170 n12.

See also Civil service employment system; Institutional reform; Institutions; Public works bureaucrats, gilded promotion

Amano Kosei, 93 , 120 -121

Amsden, Alice, 5

Anchordoguy, Marie, 8

Antimonopoly law. See Antitrust

Antitrust, 46 -48, 125 -126, 138 , 139 , 148 , 166 n10

reform, 130 -132

Aoki Corporation, 32

Aoki Koyo, 171 n4

Apportionment, 99 -100, 174 n15.

See also Electoral institutions

Apter, David, 179 n9

Archer, J. C., 10

Arlacchi, Pino, 180 n18

Asami Takeo, 94

Asano Chiaki, 71 , 114 , 120

Asch, Peter, 166 n9

Aschworth, William, 14

Auerbach, Stuart, 26

Australia, electoral institutions, 97

B

Baerwald, Hans, 105 , 164 n8, 174 nn1,2

Baldridge, Malcolm, 151

Ban Noboru, 146

Banks, Jeffrey, 164 n6

Bayard, Thomas, 179 n8

Beason, Richard, 163 n3

Bechtel Group, 35 , 125 , 152 , 153 , 177 n1

Bell, Daniel, 179 n14

Berger, Suzanne, 164 n9

Berlusconi, Silvio, 147

Bhagwati, Jagdish, 46 , 178 n4

Bid-rigging. See Dango

Blustein, Paul, 41 , 130

Bokuyukai, 89

Bolland, John, 108 , 174 n3

Bovetti, Keith, 25

Bradford, Hazel, 127 , 129 , 178 n5

Brooks, Jack, 26 , 152 -153

Bubble economy, 36 , 125 , 131 , 143

Bureaucratic dominance thesis, 19 , 164 n8.

See also Dual political economy model

Bureaucrats, motives of, 18 -19, 52 , 78 -80, 166 n1.

See also Public works bureaucrats

C

Cain, Bruce, 88

Calder, Kent, 4 , 11 , 15 , 16 , 163 nn3,4, 164 n8, 167 n2

Campaign contributors, 10 -11, 13 , 47 -48, 90 , 91 -93, 95 -96, 97 -99, 109 , 113 -115, 118 -119, 133 , 173 n11.

See also Liberal Democratic Party, campaign financing

Campaign costs, 94 -96, 173 n11.

See also Liberal Democratic Party

Campaign finance law. See Electoral institutions, Political Funds Control Law


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Campbell, John, 7 , 112 , 164 n8

Candidate endorsement. See Liberal Democratic Party, factions/factional lineages

Career politician, 2 , 3 , 82 -84, 171 n2.

See also Liberal Democratic Party, candidates' attributes

Caro, Robert, 11

Cartels. See Dango system

Cassese, Sabino, 57

Chida, Tomohei, 8

Chisaki Kogyo, 33

Chittiwatanapong, Prasert, 30

Christian Democratic Party (DC) (Italy), 56 -57, 83 , 90 , 101 , 141 , 142 , 143 -145

electoral dominance, 23 , 83 , 171 n1

factionalism, 104

"opening to the left" strategy, 180 n17

Chuma Tatsui, 110 -111

Chun, Doo Hwan, 151

Civil service employment system, 17 -18, 140

reform, 73 -74, 146 , 148 .

See also Amakudari ; Institutional reform; Institutions

Clark, Rodney, 164 n9

Clausen, Aage, 4 , 9 , 165 n11

"Clean hands" operation. See Mani Pulite operation

Clientelism, 2 , 3 , 9 -16, 105 -112, 129 , 133 -138, 145 .

See also Pork barrel politics

Clientelist state, 8 -16, 22 , 134 -138

policy protagonists, 9 , 19

policy tools, 9 -10.

See also Clientelism; Economic inefficiency; Developmental state; Dual political economy model; Particularism; Political corruption

Clinton Administration, 127 , 142 , 154

Coal-mining industry, 8 , 20

Cohen, Stephen S., 8 , 168 n8

Collusive action, conditions, 28 , 36 -48

Constituency service, 84 , 85 , 88 , 90 , 95 , 102 , 111 , 123 , 133 , 136 , 173 n9

Constitutional Government Party (Kenseito), 115

Construction caucus. See Liberal Democratic Party, construction tribe

Construction contractors, 2 , 3 , 29 , 48 , 111 , 117 , 119 , 126 , 139

motives, 16 , 48 -49.

See also Construction industry

Construction Fellowship Society, 147

Construction friction (kensetsu masatsu ), 1 -2, 25 -26, 51 -52, 78 -82, 103 -104, 122 -132.

See also Major Projects Agreement; Structural Impediments Initiative; United States, trade friction with Japan; United States-Japan Construction Market Agreement

Construction industry, 9 , 15 , 20 , 47 , 136

campaign contributions, 11 , 13 , 47 -48, 82 -83, 89 -90, 92 , 93 , 95 , 114 , 117 , 119

construction costs, 14 , 48 , 166 n12

historical development, 33 -36

industry associations, 37 , 41 , 50 , 110 , 117 -122, 126 , 130 -131, 132 , 139 , 159 -161, 166 n8

organization, 37 , 41 , 43 , 132 , 139

overseas activities, 29 -30, 32 , 34 -36

size (number of firms and laborers), 29 -30, 132

subcontracting, 33

two-tier structure, 28 , 30 -33, 165 nn6,7

Western engineers, 34 .

See also Amakudari ; Campaign contributors; Construction contractors; Dango system; Liberal Democratic Party, campaign financing

Construction Machine (kensetsu masshin ), 76 -77, 170 n12.

See also Amakudari ; Liberal Democratic Party, candidates' attributes; Liberal Democratic Party, candidates' campaign costs; Public works bureaucrats

Construction market, 1 , 29 , 178 n7

"Ice age" of construction spending, 29 , 36 , 43 , 121

public works, spending, 15 , 126 -127, 129 , 177 n10, 178 n7

Construction Ministry. See Ministry of Construction; Public works bureaucrats

Construction tribe. See Liberal Democratic Party, construction tribe

Corruption, 11 -13, 136

Cox, Gary, 109

Craxi, Bettino, 145

Credit-claiming, 62 , 88 , 90 , 119 -122, 133 , 177 n12

Culturalist theories, 20 -21, 22 , 79 , 105 -107, 123 , 174 n2

Curtis, Gerald, 95 , 112 , 171 n3, 173 nn6,8, 174 nn13,2, 179 n10

Cutts, Robert, 165 n2

D

Dango system, 14 , 17 , 20 , 27 -28, 36 -50, 125 -127, 132 -134, 147 -148, 165 n2.

See also Construction industry; Economic inefficiency; Political corruption; United States, trade friction with Japan

Davies, Peter, 8

DC. See Christian Democratic Party (Italy)

Declining industries, 8 , 20 .

See also Clientelist state; Structural policy

Deliberative councils (shingikai, kondankai ), 79

"Descent from heaven." See Amakudari

Designated competitive tendering, 37 -38


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Destler, I. M., 8

Developmental state, 5 -8, 134 -138, 163 nn4,5

policy protagonists, 6 -7, 19

policy tools 7 -8.

See also Clientelist state; Dual political economy model; Strategic policy

Discretionary contract, 37

Distribution system, 4 , 125

Distributive policy. See Structural policy

Dodge Line, 58

Dore, Ronald 164 n9

Downs, Anthony, 166 n1

Drew, Elizabeth, 10

Dual economy theory, 20

Dual political economy model, 3 -16, 19 -20, 134 -137, 163 n2

prospects for transnational emulation, 137 -138.

See also Clientelist state; Developmental state; Economic inefficiency; Industrial dualism; Particularism; Political corruption

Dubro, Alex, 48

Duus, Peter, 179 n12

E

Economic inefficiency, 3 -4, 13 -14, 48 , 136 , 166 n11.

See also Clientelism; Clientelist state; Construction industry, construction costs; Dango system; Dual political economy model; Farmers

Economic Planning Agency, 56

Economic Policy, 4 -14, 137 .

See also Clientelist state; Developmental state; Dual political economic model; Policy market

"Edifice complex," 14

Ehrenhalt, Alan, 84

Election Law, (1889), 99 , 174 n14

Electoral institutions, 17 -18, 84 -85, 96 -101, 123 , 140 -141

origins, 99 -100, 174 n14

Political Funds Control Law (PFCL), 11 , 97 -98, 100 -101, 141 , 174 n4

reform, 99 -101

single nontransferable vote (SnTV), 17 , 96 -101, 123 , 140 -141.

See also Apportionment; Institutional reform; Institutions

Electoral reform. See Institutional reform

Elliott, Kimberly Ann, 179 n8

England. See Great Britain

Erickson, Walter. 49 , 165 n4

European Community, construction spending, 29

Etsuzankai , 89 , 90 , 91

F

Factions. See Liberal Democratic Party, factions/factional lineages

Fair Trade Commission. See Japan Fair Trade Commission

Farmers, 10 , 13 -14, 17 , 20 , 29 , 47 , 81 , 83 , 117 , 134 , 135 , 143 , 164 n7, 179 n11.

See also Clientelism; Clientelist state; Economic inefficiency; Particularism

Farnsworth, Lee, 174 n2

Fenno, Richard, 84

Ferejohn, John, 14

Finance Law (1890), 34

Fiorina, Morris, 102

Fiscal Investment and Loan Plan, 15 , 53

Fluor Daniel, 153 , 178 n1

Foreign aid, 30

Foreign Ministry, 130

France: civil service, 20 , 56

construction market, 29

indicative planning, 8

pantouflage , 68 , 168 n8

public works spending, 15

subsidies, 14 -15

Franklin, Grace, 163 n2, 165 n11

Friman, Richard, 8

Fujita Corporation, 32

Fukai, Shigeko, 11 , 91 , 94

Fukaya Takashi, 91

Fukuda Corporation, 33 , 94

Fukuda faction, 110

Fukuda Takeo, 110 , 120 , 167 n4

Fukuda Tadashi, 94

Fukui, Haruhiro, 91 , 94 , 115 , 176 n8

Fukuoka Masayuki, 11 , 91 , 120 , 173 n12, 174 n4

Fukushima Prefecture public works scandal, 39 , 42 , 93

Futada Koji, 173 n10

G

Gaiatsu (external pressure), 3 , 9 , 18 , 37 , 50 , 81 -82, 129 -134, 136 , 143 , 178 n6.

See also Construction friction; United States, trade friction with Japan

Generalist. See Public works bureaucrats, administrative officials

Genther, Phyllis, 8

Germany, career politician, 84

construction market, 29

subsidies, 15

Gerth, H. H., 84

Gilded promotion, 75 -76, 167 n4

Gilpin, Robert, 20

Goldfield, H. B., 25 -26

Gorvin, Ian, 170 n1

Goto Dismantling Company, 44

Government officials. See Bureaucrat, motives; Public works bureaucrats

Government procurement system, 14 , 17 -18, 25 -26, 37 -41, 46 , 50 , 70 -71, 78 -79, 118 , 125 , 139 , 178 n3

prewar system, 34

reform, 127 -128, 145 -146

types, 37 -38.

See also Institutions; Institutional reform


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Great Britain: career politician, 84

construction market 29

government procurement system, 37

subsidies, 14 -15

Grofman, Bernard, 140

H

Haar, Burl, 38 , 165 n4

Hama Yukai , 73

Hancock, Donald, 171 n2

Hanshin Superhighway Corporation, 63

Hara Kei, 119

Hasegawa Fumio, 34

Hasegawa Tokunosuke, 11 , 47

Hashimoto Ryutaro, 26 , 103

Hata Tsutomu, 144 , 147

Hay, Donald, 165 n4

Hay, George, 166 n9

Hayami, Yujiro, 179 n11

Hazama Corporation, 32 , 35 , 40 , 93

Health care industry, 14

Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum, 177 n1

Hereditary politicians, 87 -88, 140 , 164 nn4,5

Hershey, Robert, 127

Hibbing, John, 85

Hillman, Jimmye, 179 n11

Hills, Carla, 153

Hippo, Yasuyuki, 35

Hiraizumi Wataru, 92 , 94

Hirose Michisada, 11 , 15 , 16 , 112 , 171 n3, 173 nn9,11, 177 n12, 179 n9

Hokkaido Development Agency, 46

Home Ministry. See Naimusho

Honda Yasuharu, 40 , 57 , 71

Honma Shuntaro, 92 , 95 , 98 , 154

Honzawa Jiro, 108

Hoshi Tooru, 119

Hosokawa Morihiro, 100 , 128 , 147 , 154

Housing Finance Corporation, 54

Hout, Thomas, 163 n2

Howell, Thomas, 47 , 166 n10

Hrebenar, Ronald, 11 , 96

Huntington, Samuel, 163 n2

Hyundai Engineering and Construction, 124

I

Igarashi Akio, 87

Igarashi Kozo, 146

Iinuma, Y., 39

Ike, Nobutaka, 12 , 174 n1

Ikeda factional lineage, 107 .

See also Liberal Democratic Party, factions/factional lineages

Ikeda Hayato, 36 , 61

Illegal aliens, 33

Imai Isamu, 77

IMF (International Monetary Fund), 128

Immigrant Workers, 33

Industrial dualism, 20 , 164 n9.

See also Dual political economy model

Industrial policy. See Economic policy

Industry associations. See Construction industry, industry associations; Construction industry, organization

Inefficiency. See Economic inefficiency

Inoue, Ryuichiro, 163 n3

Inoguchi Takashi, 115 , 123 , 164 n8, 175 n7, 176 n8, 177 n12, 179 n13

Inoue Takashi, 99 , 170 n12.

See also Construction Machine

Institutional reform, 50 , 142 -148

conditions for, 142 -145, 179 nn13,14,15

Institutional synergism, 18 , 21 , 22 , 141 -142

Institutionalist theories, 21 -22.

See also Dual political economy model; Institutional synergism; Legislative dominance thesis

Institutions, 17 -19, 123 , 138 -142.

See also Civil service employment system; Electoral institutions; Government procurement system; Institutional reform; Institutional synergism; Political party system

Ireland, electoral institutions, 97

Ishi Hiromitsu, 143

Ishida, Takeshi, 174 n2

Ishihara Shintaro, 166 n11

Ishii Tooru, 95 , 154

Ishikawa Masumi, 11 , 173 n11, 179 n9

Ishikawa Rokuro, 26 , 94

Italy: career politicians, 84

civil service, 20 , 56 -57, 137

clientelism, 90 , 101 , 119

electoral institutions, 97

government procurement system, 37

institutional reform, 142 -145

Mafia, 12

political corruption, 12 , 23 , 49 , 137 -138, 166 n11

public works, 12 , 49 .

See also Christian Democratic Party (DC); Mani Pulite operation

Itasaka Hidenori, 38 , 111 , 117 , 175 n7

Ito Hirokazu, 48

Ito Shinji, 82

Ito Yasuo, 57 , 72

Iwai Tomoaki, 97 , 115 , 123 , 164 n8, 173 nn11,12, 174 n4, 175 n7, 176 n8, 177 n12

Iwasawa, Tadayasu, 58 -59, 76

Iyasu Tadashi, 173 nn6,8, 174 n1

J

Jackson, William, 171 n2

Japan Civil Engineering Contractors' Association, 41


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Japan Communist Party, 84 , 99 , 107

Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), 27 -28, 47 , 126 , 130 -131, 148 , 153

Japan Federation of Construction Contractors, 41 , 124 , 146

Japan Highway Corporation, 54 , 66 , 71 , 168 n9

Japan National Railways Corporation, 72

Japan Housing Corporation, 54 , 71 , 75

Japan Socialist Party, 16 , 58 , 100 , 101 , 107

personal support organizations, 173 n6

JFTC. See Japan Fair Trade Commission

Jin Ikko, 39 , 40 , 57 , 64 , 72 , 75 , 77 , 111 , 169 n10, 170 n12

Johannes, John, 177 n12

Johnson, Chalmers, 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 19 , 68 , 78 , 105 , 113 , 114 , 135 , 163 nn2,3, 164 n8, 166 n1, 167 nn3,4,6, 174 n2

Johnson, Emory, 10

K

Kaifu Toshiki, 100 , 143

Kajima Corporation, 26 , 30 , 32 , 34 , 35 , 47 , 70 , 71 , 92 , 94 , 118 -119, 126 , 152 -153

Kajima Iwakichi, 34

Kajima Morinosuke, 94

Kanemaru Shin, 53 , 76 , 92 , 94 , 100 , 104 , 110 , 121 , 144 , 147 , 180 n16

construction tribalist, 38 , 40 , 114 , 118 -119, 120 , 161 , 177 n11

personal support organizations (Kenshinkai, Kushinkai ), 89 -90, 173 n7

Sagawa Kyubin scandal, 12 -13, 39 , 95 , 109 , 153 -154

ties to construction industry, 94 .

See also Takeshita faction

Kansai International Airport (KIA), 25 , 27 , 44 , 51 , 54 , 80 , 129 , 151 -153

Kansai International Airport Corporation (KIAC), 25 , 49 , 151 , 153

Kantor, Mickey, 127 , 128 -129, 154

Kaplan, David, 48

Kasumi Jiro, 114 , 166 n11

Kasumigaseki District, 52 , 53 , 57 , 59 , 60

Katayama Tetsu, 58

Kato Yutaka, 167 n3

Katzenstein, Peter, 163 n5

Kawakami, Tamio, 174 nn2,4

Kawamura Toshio, 174 n15

Kawasaki Construction Contractors' Association, 45

Keiretsu groupings, 125

Kelley, Daniel, 166 n9

Kennedy, Paul, 178 n4

Kensetsusho Setchi Ho , 54 -55

Kenshinkai. See Kanemaru Shin, personal support organizations

Keohane, Robert, 46

KIA. See Kansai International Airport

Kiewit Construction Company, 35

Kimura Hitoshi, 44

King, Anthony, 171 n2

Kishi factional lineage, 107 , 110 .

See also Liberal Democratic Party, factions/factional lineages

Kiyoyama Shinji, 126

Kobayashi Yosaji, 58 -59

Kobe earthquake, 15 , 49

Koenkai. See Liberal Democratic Party, personal support organizations

Kohno, Masaru, 16 , 174 nn3,4

Komatsu Hideki, 13

Komeito, 84 , 107

Kono factional lineage, 107 , 110 .

See also Kono Ichiro; Liberal Democratic Party, factions/factional lineages

Kono Ichiro, 61 -62, 110 , 114 , 120

Kono tempest, 61 -62

Kono Tsutomu, 167 n3

Koshiishi Azuma, 146

Krauss, Ellis, 52 , 104 , 129 -130, 164 n8, 165 n1

Krizan, William, 178 n5

Kuhlman, John, 39 , 165 n4

Kumagai Gumi, 30 , 72 , 93 , 153

Kumagai Tasaburo, 93

Kusayanagi Daizo, 167 n2

Kushinkai, 89 -90, 173 n7

Kyogoku Jun'ichi, 90 , 136 , 171 n3, 179 n10

Kyosaka Motoji, 40

Kyoto University. See University of Kyoto

L

La Guardia, Fiorello, 11

La Palombara, Joseph, 90 , 101 , 141

Land developers, 9

Land Policy, 4 , 11 , 13 , 98 , 118 , 142

Law for the Establishment of a Ministry of Construction, 54 -55

LDP. See Liberal Democratic Party

Legislative dominance thesis, 19 , 22 , 62 , 164 n8, 165 n12.

See also Dual political economy model

Lesbirel, Hayden, 8

Levy, Sidney, 30 , 33

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), 2 , 14 -16, 47 , 53 , 83 -96

candidates' attributes, 85 -88, 133

candidates' campaign costs, 94 -96, 173 n11

campaign financing, 11 , 98 , 173 n12

construction tribe, 38 , 40 , 67 , 81 , 104 , 112 -115, 118 -119, 131 , 133 -135

electoral dominance, 171 n1

factions/factional lineages, 17 , 20 , 105 -112, 122 -123, 133 , 140 -141, 174 nn2, 5,


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175 n6

grassroots support, 82 -84

hereditary politicians, 87 -88, 140 , 164 nn4,5

personal support organizations (koenkai ), 17 , 20 , 87 -94, 173 nn3,8

Policy Affairs Research Council, 21 , 67 , 115 -117, 159 -161, 176 n8, 177 n9

policy tribes/tribalists, 79 , 104 , 112 -122, 175 n7

Tax System Committee, 67

Treasury Bureau, 95 .

See also Campaign contributors; Career politician: Pork barrel politics

"Loaning out" (shukko ), 59 , 63 , 77

Los Angeles Trolley War, 153

Lowi, Theodore, 4 , 9 , 21 , 163 n2, 165 n11, 178 n6

M

Mabuchi Construction, 126

MacArthur, Douglas, 58

MacDougall, Terry, 12

Mackie, Thomas, 174 n13

Maeda Koki, 61

Maeda Kunio, 79 , 165 n2, 166 n11

Maeda Tetsuji, 13 , 165 nn2,7, 166 n7

Magaziner, Ira, 163 n2

Magelby, David, 173 n11

Major Projects Agreement (MPA), 122 , 124 -125, 131 , 153 , 178 n6.

See also Construction friction; Gaiatsu (external pressure); United States, trade friction with Japan

Malapportionment. See Apportionment; Electoral institutions, single nontransferable vote; Institutional reform

Management Harmony Society, 130 -131, 147 -149, 153

Mani Pulite ("clean hands") operation, 12 , 23 , 37 , 143 -144, 147 , 180 n18.

See also Italy, political corruption

Marine Land Reclamation Construction Association. See Dango system

Marshall, Andrew, 119 , 167 n2

Martin, Jacques, 179 n13

Mass media, 9 , 43 , 51 , 124 , 128 , 136 , 147 -148

Masumi Junnosuke, 107 , 171 n3, 173 nn6,9, 174 nn13,1,2, 179 n10

Matoba Toshihiro, 90 , 173 nn8,9

Matsui Kensetsu, 33

Matsui Shigeaki, 174 n15

Matsumoto, Koji, 44 , 99

Matsumoto Seicho, 53 , 167 nn3,6

Matsuyama Yukio, 105

Matsuzaki Tetsuhisa, 87 , 164 n8, 174 n5, 175 n7, 176 n8

Mayhew, David, 88 , 112 , 119 , 177 n12

McAdams, John, 177 n12

McCubbins, Matthew, 62 , 114 -115, 164 nn8,10, 165 n12

McGill, Peter, 46

McMillan, John, 28 , 48

Mihashi Shin'ichi, 60 , 75

Miki factional lineage, 107 .

See also Liberal Democratic Party, factions/factional lineages

Mikuriya Takashi, 179 n12

Mills, C. Wright, 84

Minami Renpei, 39 , 41 , 50 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 77

MITI. See Ministry of International Trade and Industry

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry, 9 , 25 , 65 , 66 , 74

Ministry of Construction, 9 , 26 , 51 , 110 , 111 , 120 , 121 , 128 , 146 , 148

budget, 53

City Bureau, 55 , 60 , 64

Housing Bureau, 60 , 64

Law for Establishment of, 54 -55

Minister's Secretariat, 55 , 59 , 60 , 70

mission, 54 -55

organization, 55

politicization and reputation, 53 , 120 , 167 n2

pork barrel politics, 159 -161

regional construction bureaus, 61

River Bureau, 39 , 55 , 60 , 64 , 66 , 75

Road Bureau, 39 , 55 , 58 , 60 , 64 , 65 -67

sectionalism, 63 -70

status, 53 .

See also Amakudari ; Bureaucrat, motives; Civil service employment system; Construction Machine; Naimusho ; Public works bureaucrats

Ministry of Finance, 6 , 9 , 53 , 56 , 65 , 66 , 69 , 74 -75, 167 n4

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 130

Ministry of Health and Welfare, 54 , 65

Ministry of Home Affairs, 54 , 97

Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), 6 -8, 9 , 53 , 56 , 62 , 63 , 65 , 67 , 74

Ministry of Justice, 7 , 44

Ministry of Labor, 7 , 54 , 63

Ministry of Transport, 9 , 26 , 51 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 127 , 151

Mitsui Construction, 32

Miyashige Mamoru, 167 n3

Miyazawa Kiichi, 100 , 143

MOC. See Ministry of Construction

Mochizuki Komei, 89

Morita Akio, 166 n11

Moriya Mitsuo, 92

Morris, Derek, 165 n4

Morrison Knudsen Corporation, 35 , 177 n1

MP (Member of Parliament). See Liberal Democratic Party

MPA. See Major Projects Agreement


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Murakami Yasusuke, 16

Muramatsu, Michio, 164 n8

Muraoka Kanezo, 173 n10

Murayama Tomiichi, 147

Murkowski, Frank, 26 , 103 , 151 -153

Myrdal, Gunnar, 16

N

Naimusho (Home Ministry), Civil Engineering Bureau, 54 , 58 , 62

Naito Masayuki, 167 n4

Najita Tetsuo, 179 n12

Nakamura Kishiro, 121 , 126 , 131 , 154

Nakamura Yoshimitsu, 33 , 34

Nakane Chie, 174 n1

Nakasone faction, 96 , 111 .

See also Liberal Democratic Party, factions/factional lineages

Nakasone Yasuhiro, 81 , 94 , 96 , 111 , 151 -152

Nakata Masami, 59

Nanbe Tetsuya, 75

National Land Agency, 77

Nawa Tetsuro, 27

Nelson, Candice, 173 n11

New Liberal Club, 83 , 171 n5

Nishimatsu Construction, 32

Nishio Suehiro, 58

Nishioka Toshiro, 58 , 167 n5

Nishizawa, Yoshitaka, 16

Niskanen, William, 166 n1

Noble, Gregory, 62 , 114 -115, 164 nn8,10, 165 n12

Norota Hosei, 173 n10

North, Douglass, 17 , 148

Nye, Joseph, 46 , 178 n4

O

Obayashi Corporation, 30 , 34 , 35 , 44

Occupation. See United States, occupation of Japan

Odawara Atsushi, 180 n16

Ohashi Takeo, 58 , 167 n3

Okimoto, Daniel, 7 , 8 , 163 n2, 167 n2

Okuno Hitoshi, 173 n9

Olson, Mancur, 36 , 43

Omiya Kenichiro, 53

Onis, Ziya, 7

Ono Banboku, 120 , 123

personal support Organization (Bokuyukai ), 89

Ono factional lineage, 107 .

See also Liberal Democratic Party, factions/factional lineages

Open competitive tendering, 37

Organized crime. See Yakuza

Overseas Bechtel. See Bechtel Group

Oyama Masahiro, 40 , 154

Ozawa Ichiro, 53 , 76 , 145 , 147

construction tribalist, 40 , 92

founding of Shinsei Party, 100 , 144 -145

construction friction, 103 -104, 122 , 124 , 178 n6

ties to construction industry, 94 .

See also Major Projects Agreement

P

Pantouflage, 68 , 168 n8

PARC. See Liberal Democratic Party, Policy Affairs Research Council

Park, Yung, 175 n7

Parsons, Ralph M., Company, 177 n1

Particularism, 10 -11, 18 , 101 , 136 , 140 .

See also Clientelism; Clientelist state; Construction industry; Dango system; Dual political economy model; Farmers; Small retailers

Party endorsement. See Liberal Democratic Party, factions/factional lineages

Party system. See Political party system

Patrick, Hugh, 46 , 163 n2, 178 n4

Peck, Merton, 8

Pempel, T. J., 6 , 15 , 18 , 164 n8, 179 n9

Pennock, Roland, 10

Penta-Ocean Corporation, 32

Personal Vote, 88 , 139

Personnel "loans," 59 , 63

Peterzell, Jay, 178 n2

PFCL. See Electoral institutions, Political Funds Control Law

Piore, Michael, 164 n9

Plaza Accord, 129

Police Agency, 61 , 65

Policy Affairs Research Council. See Liberal Democratic Party, Policy Affairs Research Council

Policy market, 4 -5.

See also Dual political economy model; Strategic policy; Structural policy

"Policy-determines-politics" thesis, 21 , 165 n11

Policy, tribes (zoku ). See Liberal Democratic Party, policy tribes/tribalists

Political clientelism. See Clientelism

Political corruption, 11 -13, 38 , 136 .

See also Clientelism; Clientelist state; Dango system; Dual political economy model; Fukushima Prefecture public works scandal; Italy, political corruption; Mani Pulite operation; Recruit scandal; Sagawa Kyubin scandal; Zenekon scandal

Political Funds Control Law (PFCL). See Electoral institutions

Political party system, 18 , 83 , 141

end of single-party dominance, 146 .

See also Institutional reform; Institutions

Politician, motives, 18 -19, 88 , 112 , 115 , 119


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Polsby, Nelson, 171 n2

Pomelroy Corporation, 35

Pork barrel politics, 14 , 17 , 88 , 117 -119, 134 -135, 136 , 139 , 145 , 159 -161.

See also Clientelism

Posner, Richard, 38

Potashnick Construction, 163 n1

Prime Minister's Office, 55 , 130

Principal-agent theory 22 , 165 n12

Pring, George, 14

Public corporations, 54 , 63 , 68 , 69 , 71 , 72 , 74 -75.

See also Amakudari ; Japan Highway Corporation

Public Prosecutors Office, 44

Public Safety Commission, 65

Public works bureaucrats, 2 , 3 , 48 , 55 -63, 108 , 110 -110, 113 , 133 , 140

administrative officials (jimukan ), 52 , 57 -61

career officials, 55 -63

educational attainment, 56 -57

factional conflict, 57 -61

gilded promotion, 75 -76, 167 n4

"loaning out" (shukko ), 59 , 63

non-career officials, 55 56

political meddling in personnel matters, 57 , 61 -62

powers, 62 -63, 121 -122

promotion ladders, 58 -61

status, 56 -57

technical officials (gikan ), 52 , 57 -61, 76 , 78 -79, 80 , 133 .

See also Amakudari ; Bureaucrat, motives; Construction Machine; Ministry of Construction

Public works spending. See Construction market

Putnam, Robert, 178 n6

R

Ramseyer, Mark, 15 , 19 , 22 , 62 , 105 , 165 n12, 167 n2

Reagan, Ronald, 103 , 152 , 153

Real estate industry, 9 , 11 , 15 , 69 , 111 .

See also Liberal Democratic Party, campaign financing

Recruit scandal, 13 , 96 , 98 . 100 , 143 .

See also Political corruption; Takeshita Noboru

Reed, Steven, 108 , 174 n3

Reform Forum 21 , 144

Research Institute on Construction and the Economy, 79

"Revisionists," 163 n3

Rigger, Shelley, 96

Ripley Randall, 163 n2, 165 n11

Road Law (Doro Ho ) (1952), 65 -66

Rockman, Bert, 141

Rose, Richard, 174 n13

Rosenbluth, Frances McCall, 15 , 16 , 19 , 22 , 62 , 105 , 109 , 165 n12, 167 n2, 179 n8

Rosovsky, Henry, 163 n2

Ross, David, 166 n9

Rothenberg, Robert, 179 n11

S

Sagawa Kyubin scandal, 12 -13, 39 , 89 , 95 , 100 , 127 , 143 , 153 -154, 180 n16.

See also Kanemaru Shin; Political corruption

Sahashi Shigeru, 78

Saitama Saturday, Society, 41 , 42 , 126 , 131 , 148

Saito Kyohei, 167 n2

Sakakibara, Eisuke, 15

Sakamoto Gumi, 94

Sakano Shigenobu, 170 n12.

See also Construction Machine

Sako Hajime, 124

Samsung Construction, 124

Samuels, Richard, 7 , 163 n4, 164 n8

Sanger, David, 40 , 127

Sartori, Giovanni, 21 , 83 , 171 n2

Sato Bunsei, 111

Sato factional lineage, 107 , 110 -112.

See also Liberal Democratic Party, factions/factional lineages; Takeshita faction; Tanaka faction

Sato Kogyo, 32

Sato Seizaburo, 87 , 164 n8, 174 n5, 175 n7, 176 n8

Sato Takao, 173 n10

Sato Takayoshi, 14 , 166 n12

Sawa, Nagayo, 179 n9

Scalapino, Robert, 174 nn1,2, 179 n12

Schal Associates, 125 , 153 , 177 n1

Scherer, F M., 166 n9

Schoenberger, Karl, 43 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50

Schoppa, Leonard, 112 , 122 , 175 n7, 178 n6, 179 n8

Schorr, Daniel, 179 n14

Section 301 provision. See United States, trade policy

Sectionalism, 16 -17, 63 -67

intraministerial, 63 -64

interministerial, 64 -67, 113

Seiyukai, 119

Select competition, 37 -38

Setzer, Steven, 178 n5

"Shady joint venture," 45

Shefter, Martin, 137

Sheridan, Kyoko, 7

Shimizu Corporation, 30 , 32 , 35 , 47

Shimizu, Kazuhiko, 125

Shimizu, Kisuke II, 34

Shimojo Shin'ichiro, 94

Shinsei Party, 100 , 144 -145.

See also Ozawa Ichiro

Shipbuilding industry, 8 , 20


213

Shiraishi, Kojiro, 13

Shizuoka Prefecture bid-rigging scandal (1981), 38

Shukko ("Loaning out"), 59 , 63 , 77

SII. See Structural Impediments Initiative

Simon, Herbert, 166 n1

Single nontransferable vote (SnTV). See under Electoral institutions

Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, 7

Small retailers, 4 , 10 -11, 15 , 17 , 20 , 47 , 83 , 117 , 125 , 134 , 135 -136.

See also Clientelism; Clientelist state; Particularism

Smith, Maureen, 78 -79

Smith, Richard, 166 n8

SnTV. See under Electoral institutions

Soma Masao, 174 n14

South Korea, construction firms, 124

Souvenir project, 70

Spain, construction market, 29

Special Measures Law for Road Facilities (Doro Seibi Tokubetsu Sochi Ho ) (1952), 66

Stark, Pete, 103 , 152

Stars and Stripes Friendship Association, 125 -126

Steel industry, 1 , 8 , 20 , 47

Steinhoff, Patricia. 179 n9

Stigler, George, 166 n9

Stockwin, J. A. A., 174 n2

Strategic policy, 5 -6, 19 .

See also Developmental state; Dual political economy model; Policy market

Structural Impediments Initiative (SII), 125 -121, 136 , 143 , 152 , 153 .

See also Construction friction; Gaiatsu ; United States, trade friction with Japan

Structural Policy, 5 , 8 -10, 17 -18, 19 , 21 .

See also Clientelism; Clientelist state; Dual political economy model; Policy market

Subsidies, 9 -11, 14 -16, 65 , 90 , 111 , 173 n9.

See also Clientelism; Clientelist state; Farmers; Particularism

Sumitomo Corporation, 70

Super 301 provision. See United States, trade policy

T

Taisei Corporation, 30 , 35 , 44 , 47 , 92 , 118

"Taisho Democracy," 34

Taiwan, electoral institutions, 96

Takemura Masayoshi, 128 , 132 , 154

Takenaka Corporation, 30 , 71 , 94 , 180 n19

Takeshita faction, 53 , 76 , 100 , 104 , 108 -109, 144 .

See also Kanemaru Shin; Liberal Democratic Party, factions/factional lineages; Sato factional lineage; Takeshita Noboru

Takeshita Noboru, 120 , 121

construction tribalist, 40 , 111 -112

personal support organizations, 90

construction friction, 81 -82, 102 , 103 , 178 n6

ties to construction industry, 94 .

See also Construction friction; Major Projects Agreement; Takeshita faction

Takeuchi Fujio, 40 , 78 , 91 -92, 95 , 118 , 154

Takeuchi Yoshio, 49

Tammany Hall, 11

Tamura Hajime, 113

Tamura, Saburo, 35

Tanaka faction, 53 , 76 , 108 -109, 110 .

See also Kanemaru Shin; Liberal Democratic Party, factions/factional lineages; Sato factional lineage; Tanaka Kakuei; Takeshita Noboru

Tanaka Kakuei, 36 , 53 , 167 n4

construction tribalist, 110 -111, 112 , 114 , 120

fundraising scheme, 96

personal support organization (Etsuzankai ), 89 , 90 , 91

recruitment of ex-Ministry of Construction bureaucrats, 76 , 110 -1

sponsor of road laws, 64 -66

ties to construction industry, 93 -94.

See also Liberal Democratic Party, factions/factional lineages

Tanaka Rokusuke, 104

Taoka Shunji, 165 n2

Tawara Takashi, 77 , 110 -111

Taylor, Jared, 179 n9

Technical officials (gikan ). See Ministry of Construction; Public works bureaucrats, technical officials

Technician. See Public works bureaucrats, technical officials

Temporary Measures Law Concerning Financial Resources for Road Facilities Expenses (Doro Seibi Hi no Zaigento ni Kansuru Rinji Sochi Ho ) (1953), 66 -67

Textile industry, 8

Thayer, Nathaniel, 83 , 84 , 105 , 173 nn6,8,9, 174 n2

Thompson, Dennis, 11

Tishman Realty and Construction, 124 , 177 n1

Tobishima Corporation, 32 , 44 , 71 , 118 -119

Toda Corporation, 32

Togawa Isamu, 96

Tohoku Construction Industry Conference, 41

Tokyo University. See University of Tokyo

Tokyo Construction, 32


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Tomita, nobuo, 173 n8

Tonedachi Masaaki, 174 n15

Totetsu Kogyo, 72

Totten, George, 174 nn2,4

Toyama, Michiko, 119 , 167 n2

Turner Construction, 177 n1

Tyson, Laura, 163 n3

U

Uchiyama Shozo, 165 n2

Uera Sukemasa, 44

University of Kyoto (Kyodai), 56 , 58 , 167 n3

University of Tokyo (Todai), 56 -57, 58 , 68

United States:

Army Corps of Engineers, 37

career politicians 84

civil service, 20

civil service employment system, 68 , 140

Commerce and International Trade Agency, 25

commercial R&D, 8 , 164 n6

Congress, 2 , 8 , 21 , 26 , 81 , 88 , 112 , 130

construction market, 29

defense industries, 4 , 163 n3

Department of Justice, 126 , 130 , 153

occupation of Japan, 35 -36, 54 , 58 , 65 , 99 , 146

government procurement system, 37

public works, 15

subsidies, 14 -15

trade friction with Japan, 1 -2, 25 -26, 51 -52, 78 -80, 81 -82

trade policy, 26 , 128 -129, 132 , 151 , 153 , 154 , 178 n6.

See also Construction friction; Gaiatsu ; Major Projects Agreement; Structural Impediments Initiative

United States-Japan Construction Market Agreement, 153

USTR (United States Trade Representative), 26 , 81 , 152 .

See also Gaiatsu ; Hills, Carla; Kantor, Mickey; United States, trade friction with Japan; United States, trade policy; Yeutter, Clayton

Upham, Frank, 11

Utopia Research Group, 173 n12, 174 n4

V

Van der Meer, Cornelius, 179 n11

van Wolferen, Karel, 54 , 77 , 135 , 164 n8, 177 n12, 179 n9

Verity, William, 122

Vogel, Steven, 163 n3

"Voice of heaven" (ten no koe ). See Dango system; Liberal Democratic Party construction tribe; Political corruption: Sagawa Kyubin scandal; Zenekon scandal

W

Wada Tsutomu, 167 n3

Wade, Robert, 5

Wakata, Kyoji, 177 n12

Walston, James, 177 n12

Ward, Robert, 174 n1

Watanabe Eiichi, 113

Watanabe Michio, 96

Watanabe Shoichi, 30 , 165 n2

Watanuki Joji, 89

Weaver, Kent, 141

Weber, Max, 84

Weinstein, David, 163 n3

Whipple, Benjamin, 163 n4

Wilsford, David, 168 n8

Wilson, Rick, 10

Wolff, Alan, 47 , 166 n10

Wood, Christopher, 143

Woodall, Brian, 11 , 163 nn2,3, 165 n2, 178 n4, 179 n12

Y

Yakuza (organized underworld), 13 , 41 , 43 , 48 , 139 .

See also Dango system

Yamada, Saburo, 179 n11

Yamagata Aritomo, 99

Yamaguchi Takehira, 91 -92

Yamaguchi Yasushi, 171 n3

Yamamoto Nobuo, 46 , 72 , 166 n6

Yamamura, Kozo, 163 n2

Yamanashi Prefectural Contractors' Association, 89 -90

Yeutter, Clayton, 103 , 122 , 124 , 151 -152

Yokohama Friendship Association, 73

Yokosuka Naval Base bid-rigging incident, 125 -126, 130 , 153

Yokota Air Force Base bid-rigging incident, 130

Yoneda Masafumi, 76

Yonemoto Kazuhiro, 93 , 173 nn6,7

Yoshida Shigeru, 104 , 119 -120

Yoshida Shin'ichi, 39 , 42 , 71 , 93

Yoshikawa, Aki, 8 , 163 n3

Yoshino, Kaye, 8

Yuasa Hiroshi, 175 n7

Z

Zenekon (general contractors) scandal, 13 , 28 , 39 , 40 , 43 -44, 47 , 53 , 70 , 78 , 88 , 93 , 95 , 114 , 127 -128, 135 , 143 -144, 148 , 173 n10.

See also Political corruption

Zoku. See Liberal Democratic Party, policy tribes/tribalists

Zoku giin. See Liberal Democratic Party, policy tribes/tribalists

Zysman, John, 163 n2


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