Nothing New? Bureaucratic Reforms and the Reorganization of the Ministry of Communications (Teishinshō) in Occupied Japan (1945–1952)

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ID7473333
AutoresDaniel Wollnik (0009-0003-1708-9005, Ruhr University Bochum, autor de correspondencia)
Año2026
Volumen24
Fecha de publicación2026-01-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJapan focus (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/apj.2025.10028
OpenAlexW7119022921
IdiomaEN
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This article reconsiders prevailing assumptions of bureaucratic continuity in postwar Japan by examining the case of the Ministry of Communications during the Allied Occupation. While existing scholarship emphasizes institutional inertia, this study shows how structural reform and inter-institutional negotiations involving both American authority and Japanese agency reshaped parts of Japan’s administrative system. The case calls for a more differentiated, organization-focused perspective on postwar reforms and demonstrates that these transformations had enduring effects beyond 1952

Agency (philosophy · Bureaucracy · Christian ministry · Negotiation · Nothing · Scholarship · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Japanese History and Culture · Media Influence and Politics

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