High Modernism and Populism in Post-War Japan
Tanaka Kakuei's Plan for Remodelling the Japanese Archipelago
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4810259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Taro Tsuda (0000-0003-4028-1444, Meiji University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 453-477 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00472336.2023.2193820 |
| OpenAlex | W4366262733 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 37 |
A sweeping proposal to re-orient development from Japan's metropolitan core to its peripheries, Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei's 1972 "Plan to Remodel the Japanese Archipelago" was published as a bestselling book and helped propel Tanaka to the premiership. This article argues that the Plan was part of an innovative style of politics that defies a standard dichotomy of technocracy and populism in scholarship on Japanese politics. Tanaka's plan and its genesis are informative on three levels: (i) individual biography, represented by the remarkable political figure of Tanaka; (ii) domestic politics and Japan's trajectory of regional development; and (iii) the international environment, as it was deeply informed by global forces in the early 1970s. As an embodiment of "high modernism," the Plan had major potential and pitfalls and shaped the fabric of Japanese life well after Tanaka's years in office
Archipelago · Art history · Biography · Economic history · Historiography · Metropolitan area · Modernism (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Technocracy · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |