Politics of economic analysis Japanese postal service privatization

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 政治學所 === 96 === Abstract Since 1970, Japan''s postal industry is the highest places in the political and economic contradictions, and the postal reform has been regarded as a "forbidden zone" in Japan''s political circles. In the decision-making proces...

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Main Authors: Feng-Wei Chang, 張峰維
Other Authors: Pei-Shan Lee
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02322179012201924770
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Summary:碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 政治學所 === 96 === Abstract Since 1970, Japan''s postal industry is the highest places in the political and economic contradictions, and the postal reform has been regarded as a "forbidden zone" in Japan''s political circles. In the decision-making process of the postal privatization, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party was forced by inside and outside of factions and interest groups, which are always function in mutual checks and balances. Finally, it caused the serious differences and led to the early arrival of the 2005 election. Therefore, this paper tries to study various reports, journals, papers, media, and other relevant documentations to study, observe the Japanese bureaucracy, the LDP Post family members and interest groups in the postal privatization reform on the issue of interaction, in order to examine Japan’s political and economic system, and explore the real face of Koizumi''s reforms. The study showed that the possible answers to the Congress election are expanding politicians’ power and making sure the control of the financial sources. Overall, it is not a simple questions in the demands of the "privatization" during the election; in other words, the strategies behind the decision-making involved in the question of who will control the postal savings funds, as well as how to dispose Japan''s huge postal system assets. However, "American factor" also affects the decision-making process in the Japan''s reform. Nevertheless, the implementation of Koizumi''s postal privatization policy cuts off the LDP''s money supply and forces, abolish the Government''s intervention about deposits matter and insurance business; therefore, he can smash wings’ manners to control economic policies, through postal privatization to stimulate private economic growth and sold all of the shares of Post Corporation by the Government to alleviate the current financial predicament. As a result, the adjustment that owing to the wave of globalization establishes suitable and the best political and economic systems for Japan after building of the liberalization.