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This chapter focuses on four Japanese postwar prime ministers to examine how their oratory changed over time. It focuses in particular on the way in which these leaders’ individual characteristics, including personality, beliefs, values, and skills, interacted with institutional and situational factors in shaping their rhetorical appeals in the National Parliament and its committees, lectures to supporters and voters, and media interviews. Highlighting aspects of individual attributes and characteristics of the era they served in office, the chapter further details their rhetoric on such issues as economy policy, administrative and fiscal reform, and national security, as well as their communication style when addressing voters and political opponents. In the last section, we offer our ideas on changes in Japanese political oratory in recent decades. The chapter notes that changes in communication style occurred in Japan in the 1980s, following the development and expansion of the mass media, including the widespread use of television and the internet, and the shift from bureaucrat-led to prime minister-led politics.

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From Occupation to Global Stage: Japanese Political Rhetoric Through Four Prime Ministers

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    2026年

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  • Ken Kinoshita,
  • Ofer Feldman

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This chapter focuses on four Japanese postwar prime ministers to examine how their oratory changed over time. It focuses in particular on the way in which these leaders’ individual characteristics, including personality, beliefs, values, and skills, interacted with institutional and situational factors in shaping their rhetorical appeals in the National Parliament and its committees, lectures to supporters and voters, and media interviews. Highlighting aspects of individual attributes and characteristics of the era they served in office, the chapter further details their rhetoric on such issues as economy policy, administrative and fiscal reform, and national security, as well as their communication style when addressing voters and political opponents. In the last section, we offer our ideas on changes in Japanese political oratory in recent decades. The chapter notes that changes in communication style occurred in Japan in the 1980s, following the development and expansion of the mass media, including the widespread use of television and the internet, and the shift from bureaucrat-led to prime minister-led politics.