Dec 20,2018 Special Forum

National Identity and Democracy: Lessons from the Case of Japan

The relationship between national identity and democracy is a complicated one. National identity provides a foundation for democratic politics in at least two senses. First, the spread of national identity can prepare the ground for democracy in the sense that nationalism breaks the elite’s monopoly on politics and transforms the masses into participants in the […]

Tadashi Anno

Asianism , Imperial restoration , Meiji Constitution , peace diplomacy , Taisho democracy