________ are the personal support organizations of Japanese politicians that mobilize support for individual candidates.
A. Bakufu
B. Koenkai
C. Keiretsu
D. Zaibatsu
E. Samurai
Q. 2Which of the following is true of Japan's new electoral system introduced in 1994?
A. Each voter casts four ballots for elections to the lower chamber of the Diet.
B. All candidates must appeal to the party leaders in order to obtain nomination for PR
districts, unlike SMDs.
C. It helped decentralize parties and pushed Japan's opposition to separate into
several strong parties.
D. In the single-member districts, voters cast ballots for individuals rather than parties.
E. It forced all candidates to compete against each other for attention.
Q. 3________ is a practice in which bureaucrats retire from government work to take on high-paying jobs in the industries they had regulated.
A. Koenkai
B. Keiretsu
C. Zaibatsu
D. Bakufu
E. Amakudari
Q. 4Europe has a more pacifist tradition than the United States because
a. the churches do not involve themselves much in politics.
b. there is an active political left in Europe, combined with churches willing to become politically active.
c. the conservative traditions are strong and the churches are weak.
d. the political left is weak, and so are the churches.
e. none of the above.
Q. 5Japan is divided into 47 large administrative subunits called ________.
A. states
B. commune
C. counties
D. provinces
E. prefectures
Q. 6________ is Japan's bicameral parliament.
A. The Diet
B. The Congress
C. The Duma
D. The Bundestag
E. The Federal Assembly
Q. 7Which of the following is true of parliamentarism in Japan?
A. The House of Councillors passes the budget and ratifies foreign treaties, without
any input from the House of Representatives.
B. The parliamentary system formally separates the executive and legislative branches
of government.
C. In theory, opposition parties can use no-confidence motions to check the authority
of the ruling party.
D. Members of the House of Representatives (HR) serve fixed six-year terms.
E. A majority in the House of Councillors selects Japan's cabinet, who, in turn,
determines the prime minister.
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