When one compares the Japanese secondary and post-secondary educational systems, one finds that
A. the Japanese system is inferior in the areas of university preparation and university education.
B. the Japanese system is inferior in the areas of university preparation and superior in university education.
C. the Japanese system is not fundamentally different in the areas of university preparation and university education.
D. the Japanese system is superior in university preparation and inferior in university
education.
Q. 2Since the beginning of the 1990s, the economic miracle used to describe the growth of the Japanese economy has
A. led to a backlash against rampant consumerism.
B. been a source of continuing pride for the Japanese people.
C. been extended due to careful management by the Japanese government.
D. has reeled from recession to the next, from bad economic straits to worse
Q. 3The term used to refer to large firms often linked to one another in industrial groupings is
A. Diet.
B. juku.
C. Domei.
D. keiretsu.
Q. 4The 1993 election in Japan was an historic event because
A. it was the first election in which women were allowed to vote on all levels.
B. it was the first election in which a female prime minister was chosen.
C. there was no clear winner and the courts had to decide the result.
D. it ended 42 years of rule by the Liberal Democratic Party.
Q. 5The prime minister and the Cabinet members are chosen by, and accountable to, the
A. the Lower House.
B. the Prefectural Assemblies.
C. the Emperor.
D. the Upper House.
Q. 6Most legislation is formed and written
A. by the president's staff.
B. by the Cabinet and the ministries.
C. by legislators.
D. in party committees.
Q. 7A major beneficiary of the occupation's land reforms was
A. large businesses.
B. the monarchy and regional governors.
C. tenant farmers.
D. organized labor.
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