This research attempts to delineate the citizen-party-government relationship<br />
in postwar Japan, drawing upon the modeling methods that Brandt and Freeman (2009) used to describe the American macro polity. The<br />
main focus will be placed on the integration of the mandate and accountability processes in Japan by examining how the Japanese government has reacted to the wishes and actions of the Japanese electorate, and whether it, in response, has rationally reevaluated its support of the government. By conducting an important comparison between these findings and those of the abovementioned analysis of the American macro polity, we suggest that Japan is different because the government’s system of policy responsiveness ensures that mandate representation is likely to exist in the country, while accountability representation is limited. Further, we also confirm the link between feedback from government-provided compensation and public<br />
opinion.