About the Author

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Mieko Nakabayashi is Professor of Political Science at Waseda University. She received her PhD in International Public Policy from Osaka University and her Master's degree in Political Science from Washington State University. She served as an elected member of Japan's House of Representatives from 2009 to 2012 and as a professional staff member of the US Senate Budget Committee between 1993 and 2002. Her latest books include Declining American Hegemony (Shogakukan-shinsho, 2020; in Japanese) among others. Her research interests are international public policies and politics in the US and Japan. Hideaki Tanaka is Professor of the Graduate School of Governance Studies, Meiji University. He completed his MSc in Social Policy and Planning at the London School of Economics and Political Science and his Doctor of Policy Studies at the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies. He worked in the Ministry of Finance, Cabinet Office, and other Japanese ministries between 1985 and 2012. His research interest includes public finance. His major publications in English are The Democratic Party of Japan in Power (co-author, 2017, Routledge) and Policy Analysis in Japan (co-author, 2015, Policy Press)