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Japan Meets the Sharing Economy: Contending Frames

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  • Thomas G ALTURA
  • Yuki HASHIMOTO
  • Sanford M JACOBY
  • Kaoru KANAI
  • Kazuro SAGUCHI

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The ‘sharing economy’ epitomized by Airbnb and Uber has challenged business, labor, and regulatory institutions throughout the world. The arrival of Airbnb and Uber in Japan provided an opportunity for Prime Minister Abe’s administration to demonstrate its commitment to deregulation. Both platform companies garnered support from powerful governmental and industry actors who framed the sharing economy as a solution to various economic and social problems. However, they met resistance from actors elsewhere in government, the private sector, and civil society, who constructed competing frames. Unlike studies that compare national responses to the sharing economy, we contrast the different experiences and fates of Airbnb and Uber within a single country. Doing so highlights actors, framing processes, and within-country heterogeneity. The study reveals the limits of overly institutionalized understandings of Japanese political economy. It also contributes to current debates concerning Prime Minister Abe’s efforts at implementing deregulation during the 2010s.

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  • Thomas G ALTURA & Yuki HASHIMOTO & Sanford M JACOBY & Kaoru KANAI & Kazuro SAGUCHI, 2021. "Japan Meets the Sharing Economy: Contending Frames," Social Science Japan Journal, University of Tokyo and Oxford University Press, vol. 24(1), pages 137-161.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:sscijp:v:24:y:2021:i:1:p:137-161.
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    1. HASHIMOTO Yuki & KOMAE Kazutomo, 2021. "Paratransit Services for Efficiency: Examining the Potential for Taxis to be Included in Subsidized Market," Discussion papers 21074, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
    2. Maja Martinoviæ & Zoran Barac & Valentina Piriæ, 2023. "Attitudes and behaviors of the young generations in the context of the sharing economy concept in Croatia," Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci/Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business, vol. 41(2), pages 521-548.

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