- GOVERNMENT IN JAPAN: DEMOCRACY, THE BUDGET, ORGANIZATION, WOMEN
- JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SYMBOLS: THE EMPEROR, THE KIMIGAYO, NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AND HINOMARU FLAG
- JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, CABINET AND PARLIAMENT (THE DIET)
- ELECTIONS IN JAPAN: LOGISTICS, TURNOUT, CAMPAIGNS, VOTER PATTERNS AND HEREDITARY SEATS
- POLITICS IN JAPAN: BUREAUCRATS, IRON TRIANGLES, PUBLIC WORKS AND REFORM ATTEMPTS
- JAPAN'S RULING POLITICAL PARTY: THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN (LDP)
- JAPAN'S MAIN OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTY: THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN (DPJ, MINSHUTO)
- SOCIALISTS, COMMUNISTS, SMALL PARTIES, RIGHT WING EXTREMISTS AND ULTRANATIONALISTS IN JAPAN
- WELL-KNOWN JAPANESE POLITICIANS IN THE 1990s AND 2000s: WOMEN, COMEDIANS, CELEBRETIES, ISHIHARA. HASHIMOTO AND OZAWA
- BUREAUCRACY IN JAPAN: HISTORY, DAILY LIFE AND POWERFUL MINISTRIES
- PROBLEMS WITH THE JAPANESE BUREAUCRACY AND EFFORTS TO REFORM IT
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN JAPAN
- CORRUPTION AND GOVERNMENT SCANDALS IN JAPAN
- TAXES, THE NATIONAL BUDGET AND WELFARE IN JAPAN
- PENSIONS AND SOCIAL SECURITY IN JAPAN
