Electoral pressures for change: the effect of political reform / dynamics of coalition politics in Japan / ministry of finance and the Bank of Japan at the crossroads / big bang financial systems reforms: implications for corporate governance / changing ministry of international trade and industry / Reform and continuity in Japan's shingikai deliberation councils / Re-regulating Japanese transactions: the competition law dimension / Japanese women and the 'new' administrative state / Agricultural policy and agricultural policymaking: perpetuating the status quo