FROM THE EDITOR (SHIRAISHI Takashi)

CHRONOLOGY
November – December 2009

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE KANTEI’S LEADERSHIP (TAKENAKA Harukata)
Prospects for a Two-Headed Administration (KAKIZAKI Meiji)
Fiscal Policymaking in the Hatoyama Era (ITOH Motoshige)

ELECTION 2009
Who Ended the LDP’s Reign? (TANIGUCHI Masaki, UENOHARA Hideaki, SAKAIYA Shirô)
SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM (NARIAI Osamu)
Prospects for Pension Reform (NISHIZAWA Kazuhiko)
Designing an Employment-Based Welfare Policy (MIYAMOTO Tar)

MANAGEMENT
My Business Ambition (YANAI Tadashi, interviewed by Ozaki Mariko)

ARCHITECTURE
Blurring the Boundaries Between Inside and Outside (ITO Toyo, interviewed by KAWASHIMA Yôko)

VOICES OF JAPAN
The Evolving Face of the Japanese (HARASHIMA Hiroshi, interviewed by KÔNO Michikazu)

WAR RESPONSIBILITY
A-bombs Fall on Japan (Yomiuri Shimbun War Responsibility Reexamination Committee)