Political Speech, Scandals, and the News Media in Japan

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Matthew M. Carlson, University of Vermont; Yukio Maeda, University of Tokyo

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Project Citation: 

Carlson, Matthew M. , and Maeda, Yukio. Political Speech, Scandals, and the News Media in Japan. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-05-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/E247595V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary
            This data file is the product of a study on politics and mass media in Japan, with a particular emphasis on gaffes made by cabinet ministers. The dataset contains the basic information necessary to replicate the tables and figures in our published paper, “Political Speech, Scandals, and the News Media in Japan.” This includes variables on the positions held by cabinet ministers, the location of the gaffe, the duration of news coverage on each gaffe for two newspapers, the types of political actors who criticized the ministers’ gaffes, and whether the gaffe was linked to the minister's resignation from 1960 to 2024. The data does not contain the actual names of the cabinet ministers or the text of the gaffes. 
            The list of problematic statements made by cabinet ministers was compiled using several books and two newspaper databases. Details of the data collection process are provided in a separate document.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (24K04712)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Political Scandals; Public Opinion; Newspapers; Cabinet Ministers; Gaffes
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Japan
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 7/1960 – 10/2024
Universe:  View help for Universe Gaffes made by cabinet ministers in Japan from July 1960 to October 2024. 
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) event/transaction data

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation gaffe

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V1 [2026-05-08]

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