We invite submissions for upcoming issues of The Japanese Political Economy, which aims to publish high quality, original articles that explore the many facets of and interactions between Japan’s domestic and international political economy. The journal welcomes a broad range of scholarship that will contribute both theoretically and empirically to the field.  Included in this broad range are economic and/or political comparisons of Japan to other East Asian countries or to other countries. Topics in Japanese political economic history and comparative political economic history are welcome. Policy studies and papers that focus on the structure and evolution of Japanese firms, industries, and regulation are also relevant.  All manuscripts must be contributed and published in English.

The journal is edited by Dr. A. Maria Toyoda of Villanova University. Manuscripts should be emailed toamaria.toyoda@villanova.edu or submitted online at https://editorialexpress.com/jpe. Manuscripts should be limited to 12,000 words, including text, tables and figures, notes, references. Font size must be 12 point for all parts of the manuscript, and all body text should be double-spaced. Please include an abstract limited to 150 words.

All submissions must be original work that is not under consideration by another journal. We will not consider submissions that include tables, figures and substantial portions of text that have been previously published. Submitted articles undergo a double-blind peer review process that is overseen by the journal’s Editorial Board.

Questions on submissions should be directed to the editor at  amaria.toyoda@villanova.edu