2005年日本眾議院改選的政經意涵

The Implication of Japanese Diet Election in 2005

在1990年代全球化的浪潮下，東亞國家紛紛實施政治民主化與市場自由化，來改變過去以政府為主導的經濟發展體制，但是日本卻是東亞國家當中改變幅度最小的國家，去年9月11日，日本首相小泉純一郎所領導的自民賞，在日本國會改選當中獲得壓倒性的勝利，這是日本戰後以來最重要的一次選舉，因為在這次選舉之後，道路公團改革及郵政民營化將會逐漸瓦解自民賞內的派閣勢力，其次自民賞內大量新人的當選也會促成日本朝野新保守勢力的匯集，這將徹底改變過去政府主導的政經體制，同時也改變過去日本政界、官界及財界鐵三角的共生關係。本文主要論點認為：造成日本這次巨大改變是來自於經濟層面的因素，日本經濟的持續衰退營造小泉改革的環境，同時也讓小泉得以放手進行改革，然而造成日本這波戰後以來最長一次的經濟衰退卻是與全球化效應息息相關的，因此，本文將嘗試從全球化對國內體制的影響來分析這次日本國會改選的真正意涵。

Due to globalization trends of the 1990s, East Asian states have carried out political democratization and market liberalization. But Japan is one of the states has been most limited. When the Japanese premier, Junichiro Koizumi, lead the Liberal Democracy Party to overwhelming success on September 11, 2005, an overall change has begun in Japanese politics. After the election, Highway Union reformation and Post privatization result in the disintegration of the clans within the LDP. On the other hand, the entrance of a large number fresh congressman into the Diet will facilitate the convergence of neo-conservation. The prime argument of this paper is that the Japanese economic recession from the 1990 is the main impetus for the tremendous change. The long-term recession in Japan is also closely linked to globalization. This paper attempts to explore the globalization dimension the implication of the Japanese diet election in 2005.