Theater Politics "under The Japanese Media, Research, And Government Relations

With excellent manipulation of public media, Koizumi Junichiro, the ex-premier of Japan, led the nation into the era of "Dramaturgical Politics" and maintained his power for a period of 65 months. As the predecessor, Abe Shinzo, attempted to build a "beautiful nation" by following Koizumi's "Dramaturgical Politics". However, he fell out of the power within a year. What was the reason for the rapid abortion of Mr. Abe's regime? Who was the director behind everything? And what was the correlation between the government and the public media under the realm of "Dramaturgical Politics"?Based on the "Dramaturgical Politics" directed by Koizumi and Abe, this paper explores and analyzes the interactive proceedings between the Japanese public media and the Japanese government from a perspective of political communication. The objective of the paper is to demonstrate the respective influences and interactions of the Japanese public media and the Japanese politicians in the political activities and to understand the relation between the Japanese public media and Japanese government and the nature of the "Dramaturgical Politics".The research material for the study is mainly based on the reports from the Japanese mainstream media and the relevant news from the Chinese official media. The power interaction behind the "Dramaturgical Politics is revealed by the content analysis and case study. As the results, firstly, the "Dramaturgical Politics" was a collaboration of the Japanese public media and the Japanese government. The democratic critics was unavailable under such deceptive show; secondly, the Japanese public media interacted with the government in the "Dramaturgical Politics" - while the government's media strategy fit the interest of media, the media was reconciled to be the tool for propaganda purpose; When the government's media strategy contradicted the media's interest, the media would then seize the right to speak and direct the agenda of the government; last but not least, "Dramaturgical Politics" reflected the conservative thoughts of the overall Japanese society.Further study shall be carried out to explore how media and the public react to the political stars' showcase strategy, especially in the era of extreme individual showcase speculation.