The New Age of Japanese Politics: Articulating the Need for Political Ecology

Abstract

In comparison with politics of other advanced societies, we can point out a particularity of our society. In almost all advanced society there are green parties in National Parliament, but we notice the absence of such a green party. The nonexistence of such a party suggests that the old type of politics continues to exercise a persistent force and dominates in our politics. As a consequence, that domination may hinder political forces of “New Politics” from gaining access to the party system. An analysis of the situation may contemplate the necessity of New Politics and the persistence of “Old Politics.” As a conclusion, we propose that for resolving contemporary problems (pertaining to the environment, nuclear power generation, etc.) and improving the quality of our politics, we require the existence of a party advocating the principles of “New Politics.”