Japan Post-war Political Development

What had the SCAP done to Japanese politics?

• Demilitarisation

• Democratisation

• All of the above

Which of the following was not the policy under democratisation?

• Shintoism became national religion of Japan

• The Emperor denied his divinity

• Encouraged the formation of political parties

• Adoption of 1947 Constitution

on 1st January 1946, Showa Emperor issued ______________.

• the Potsdam Declaration

• the Imperial Rescript of Education

• the Humanity Declaration

• the Divinity Declaration

Which of the following descriptions about the Showa Constitution (1947) is not correct?

• The Emperor was the symbol of the country.

• The Diet was powerful than before.

• The Prime Minister and his Cabinet were responsible to the people.

• The army and navy were responsible to the Emperor.

Which of the following was not the major political party in Japan after the WWII?

• The Liberal Party

• The Democratic Party

• The Communist Party

• The Socialist Party

Which two political parties merged together in 1955?

• the Socialist Party and the Democratic Party

• the Socialist Party and the Liberal Party

• the Communist Party and the Socialist Party

• the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party

What was the name of the new political party after the merge?

• the New Democratic Party

• the Liberal Democratic Party

• the Social Democratic Party

• the Conservative Party

the LDP was the top political party that dominated Japan until _____________.

• 1992

• 1993

• 1994

• 1995

Why was the LDP unable to dominated Japan's politics in 1993?

• the LDP was affected by a series of corruption scandals

• the the economic bubble burst in the early 1990s

• internal splits in the LDP

• All of the above

In 1993, _____________________ of the Japan New Party became prime minister and formed an eight-party coalition government.

• Tanaka Giichi

• Tanaka Kakuei

• Hosokawa Morihiro

• Shigeru Yoshida