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In Japan's Evidence-Based Policy Making (EBPM), policymakers use structural mechanisms of intentional ignorance, masked by rhetoric such as 'insufficient data', to prevent existing evidence from influencing policy. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONFIRMATORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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The analysis aims to explore how strategic ignorance affects the integration of evidence into policy in Japan.

May 19, 20260 citationsOpen Access

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The Inhibitory Effect of Strategic Ignorance in EBPM — How 'Pretending Not to Know' Distorts Policy

NYNaoya Yokota

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The analysis aims to explore how strategic ignorance affects the integration of evidence into policy in Japan.
Applied Linsey McGoey's strategic ignorance theory to analyze Japan's evidence-based policy making (EBPM).
Examined structural mechanisms causing discrepancies between existing evidence and policy outcomes.
Revealed instances where policymakers cite 'insufficient data' as a cover for ignoring existing evidence.
Identified patterns of rhetoric used to justify delayed policy actions, such as 'still too early.'

Abstract

Applying Linsey McGoey's strategic ignorance theory to Japan's EBPM promotion, this analysis examines the structural mechanisms by which evidence is not reflected in policy despite its existence. It reveals the structure of intentional ignorance behind rhetoric such as 'insufficient data' and 'still too early.'

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