Politics deals with power, control, influence and involves the capacity for one person or group to persuade another person or group to behave in a preferred manner. The Curtis piece illustrates the koenkai as political organizations that seem to serve as intermediaries between political leaders and the public. The political function of koenkai in Japanese politics plays an important role in the procurement, retention, and exercise of power for Diet candidates and Diet members. I …showed first 75 words of 590 total…

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