Quasi-One-Party Politics and Elites in Japan: Exploring Power Relations with Latin America.

Abstract

The relationship between the Japanese political elite and the Latin American political elites has historical aspects related to global and timeless conjunctural processes. After World War II, Japanese foreign policy remained anchored to business and cooperation, an action that increased the relationship with Latin America; this fact tied with the conformation of the Japanese political elite, which in its roots maintains similarities with the conformation of some Latin American elites because it is divided into three subgroups: the political elite (represented by the Liberal Democratic Party), the bureaucratic elite and the business elite. The close relationship between elites and their meticulous organizational structure is reflected in its party system, represented by the Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed Japan since 1955, years that allow a close relationship with the Latin American political elite. This study aims to analyze the relationship of Japanese political elites and their interaction with Latin American political elites.