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Over seventy-five years have passed without any changes in the Japanese Constitution. A similar length of time has elapsed without the resolving of small island disputes with three of Japan's neighbors. The United States is involved in all of these protracted issues. The two sets of problems are: (1) revision of the status of the emperor and Article 9 with its war renunciation clause, and (2) island disputes with Russia, South Korea, and China. Individuals and organizations engaged the planning, formulation, and implementation of policies are discussed, including the prospects for change. The resolution of these problems will go a long way in determining the nature of the move and the direction Japan takes, and what role it will play in the global community.

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Minoru Yanagihashi is a second-generation Japanese American. He grew up in Honolulu, Hawai'i, and early on, developed an interest in Japanese history and politics. He holds degrees from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa (BA), University of Washington (MLS), University of California, Berkeley (MA), and University of Michigan (PhD). Before his academic career, he served as an infantry officer in South Korea and was also a reference librarian at California State University at Los Angeles. He did field research on electoral politics in Hyogo Prefecture under a Fulbright-Hays grant. He has taught at several universities, including the University of Michigan and the University of Arizona. Besides electoral politics, he has interest in Japanese foreign policy and relations.

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