Items of News
| Published date | 01 June 1982 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002085238204800221 |
| Date | 01 June 1982 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
ITEMS
OF
NEWS
CONTENTS
ARTICLE
(page
281)
Sources
of
written
material
on
Japan
CHRONICLE
OF THE
INSTITUTE
(pages
283
to
285)
SOURCES
OF
WRITTEN
MATERIAL
ON
JAPAN
On
the
occasion
of
the
publication
of
this
special
number
devoted
to
Japan,
we
are
happy
to
print
the
following
list
of
publications
which
provide
foreign
readers
with
useful
in-
formation
on
the
administrative
life
of
this
country.
This
list
has
been
drawn
up
by
Mr.
Toshiyuki
Masujima.
1.
The
Japanese
Institute
of
International
Af-
fairs
(Nihon
Kokusai
Mondai
Kenkyusho),
White
Papers
of
Japan,
published
annually
since
1969.
Annual
abstract
of
official
reports
and
sta-
tistics
of
the
Japanese
Government.
Useful
for
general
understanding
of
the
activities
of
the
Japanese
Government.
2.
The
Administrative
Management
Agency,
Organization
of
the
Government
of
Japan,
published
annually
since
1965.
Basic
administrative
organizations
and
their
scope
of
authority
are
briefly
described.
3.
The
Budget
Bureau,
Ministry
of
Finance,
The
Budget
in
Brief,
issued
annually
since
1971.
The
budget
of
the
current
year
with
econ-
omic
outlook
and
outline
of
fiscal
invest-
ment
and
loan
programs.
4.
The
National
Personnel
Authority,
Annual
Report,
issued
annually
since
1959.
The
activities
of
the
NPA
concerning
em-
ployment,
compensation,
discipline,
train-
ing,
etc.,
of
the
national
public
employees
are
outlined.
5.
The
Local
Government
Research
&
Data
Center
(Chiho
Jichi
Kenkyu
Shiryo
Center),
Local
Government
Review,
issued
annually
since
1973.
Contains
four
or
five
articles
by
scholars
and
government
officials
on
local
govern-
.
ment.
6.
The
Board
of
Audit,
The
Audit
Report
of
Final
Accounts
for
Fiscal
1977
(Sum-
mary).
Summarized
edition
of
the
Audit
Report
for
Fiscal
1977.
Useful
for
understanding
kinds
of
irregularities
or
improprieties
ac-
tually
observed
and
the
response
by
the
Board
of
Audit.
For
further
information
on
government
publications,
please
contact
the
Government
Publication
Service
Center,
1-2,
Kasumigaseki,
Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo,
or
1-3,
Otemachi,
Chi-
yoda-ku,
Tokyo.
For
the
reference
of
the
theoretical
articles
by
individual
authors,
the
detailed
bibliography
is
given
in
Japan’s
Political
System,
2nd
ed.,
by
Robert
E.
Ward
(Prentice-Hall
Inc.
1978).
To
gain
broader
perspective,
The
Japanese,
by
Edwin
O.
Reischauer
(Harvard
University
Press,
1978)
and
its
bibliography
may
be
use-
ful.
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