Gender and Human Rights Politics in JapanThe main purpose of this book is to revisit prevailing conceptions of the Japanese statewhich tend to focus on bureaucratic dominance, party politics, and interest groupsand argue that these institutions cannot explain the extensive legal and political changes concerning women's and childrens human rights since the late 1990s. Instead, the author advances a constructivist approach to examine the impact of global human rights norms on Japan. This