{"product_id":"9781498516778","title":"The Abe Restoration: Contemporary Japanese Politics and Reformation","description":"Shinzo Abe returned to office as Prime Minister of Japan 2012, leading the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for a second time. This book examines how Abe has sought a restoration of Japanese primacy at three levels: political, through the restoration of the traditional postwar parliamentary dominance of the LDP; economic, through his signature policy known as “Abenomics,” which aims to restore Japan’s economic prosperity and end decades-long deflationary stagnation; and strategic, in which Abe wishes to restore Japan to a prominent role in regional and international security by reinterpreting and potentially altering or even abolishing Article 9 of the constitution, which would allow greater deployment of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. This study argues that Abe has achieved overall political dominance, being re-elected in 2014, and has passed controversial legislation allowing Japan to exercise collective self-defense, but it also contends that Abenomics has yet to lift the country out of its long-running deflationary stagnation.","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131009057008,"sku":"9781498516778","price":40.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781498516778_p0.jpg?v=1769896502","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781498516778","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}