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The article presents information on presidentialization in Japan. Both academics and journalists have given increasing attention to the rising importance of prime ministers a phenomenon often referred to presidentialization. Although many commentators use the term differently, and the term blurs the line between the very different institutional contexts of a parliamentary and presidential system, one careful definition of the term is the movement over time away from collective to personalized government, movement away from a pattern of governmental and electoral politics dominated by the political party towards one where the party leader becomes a more autonomous political force.