Abstract
In 1989 a large political shift began. On January 7th the Showa Emperor passed away and Heisei was decided on as the name of the new era. Various important political incidents and scandals occurred and the Takeshita and Uno Cabinets resigned. Some people imagined that this political shift would be like that of the Taisho era, in which the Meiji Emperor's death also indicated the start of far-reaching changes. Nobody knows when “the Heisei Political Shift” will conclude, but its first climax might be seen as the resignation of the Miyazawa Cabinet and the end of the Liberal Democratic Party's monopoly of government in 1993. It is often said that the end of the Cold War brought about this political shift, but few have explained how. This article hypothesizes that the Plaza Accords were one of the main causes of “the Heisei Political Shift”. It focuses on the unique economic consultant Kenichi Ohmae who established the network of Heisei Ishin (Heisei Restoration).
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