Question 1

What was export 'dumping'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Exporting products at low cost to undermine foreign competitors in their home markets 
B)  Exporting lower-quality products that did not sell well in domestic markets 
C)  Importing raw materials and exporting low-quality finished goods 
D)  Exporting raw materials. 
A)  Exporting products at low cost to undermine foreign competitors in their home markets 
B)  Exporting lower-quality products that did not sell well in domestic markets 
C)  Importing raw materials and exporting low-quality finished goods 
D)  Exporting raw materials. A

Question 2

What happened to voting rates in Japan in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They declined 
B)  They stayed the same 
C)  They increased 
D)  All of the above at one time or another, for there was no consistent trend 
A)  They declined 
B)  They stayed the same 
C)  They increased 
D)  All of the above at one time or another, for there was no consistent trend A

Question 3

Why did The New York Times Magazine juxtapose images of a new Japanese plant with a rusting American one?

Accepted Answer

A)  To criticize American business strategy 
B)  To emphasise the beauty of Japanese design 
C)  To highlight the economic threat posed by Japan's success 
D)  To compare the quality of Japanese industrial jobs with American industrial jobs 
A)  To criticize American business strategy 
B)  To emphasise the beauty of Japanese design 
C)  To highlight the economic threat posed by Japan's success 
D)  To compare the quality of Japanese industrial jobs with American industrial jobs C

Question 4

What were the 'micro-masses'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Various subcultures and cultural interest groups that emerged within nominally homogenous Japanese society 
B)  Specialized media outlets catering to particular cultural groups 
C)  Apolitical and self-centred youngsters who focused only on the unimportant things in life 
D)  Innovative miniaturization technology, a forerunner to nanotechnology. 
A)  Various subcultures and cultural interest groups that emerged within nominally homogenous Japanese society 
B)  Specialized media outlets catering to particular cultural groups 
C)  Apolitical and self-centred youngsters who focused only on the unimportant things in life 
D)  Innovative miniaturization technology, a forerunner to nanotechnology.

Question 5

With which countries did Japan have the most difficult relations in the 1970s and 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Indonesia and Taiwan 
B)  Thailand and Vietnam 
C)  China and Korea 
D)  The US and the USSR 
A)  Indonesia and Taiwan 
B)  Thailand and Vietnam 
C)  China and Korea 
D)  The US and the USSR

Question 6

Which of the following was a factor behind a rise of revisionist attitudes towards World War II in the 1970s and 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The rise of China produced a newly defensive nationalism in Japan 
B)  Many Japanese felt ongoing criticism of their country was unfair and rooted in economic jealousy 
C)  The film version of Hayashi Fusao's In Affirmation of the Great East Asia War achieved unprecedented levels of success and penetration 
D)  The government censored newspapers and publishers whose produced critical views of Japanese imperialism and wartime policy 
A)  The rise of China produced a newly defensive nationalism in Japan 
B)  Many Japanese felt ongoing criticism of their country was unfair and rooted in economic jealousy 
C)  The film version of Hayashi Fusao's In Affirmation of the Great East Asia War achieved unprecedented levels of success and penetration 
D)  The government censored newspapers and publishers whose produced critical views of Japanese imperialism and wartime policy

Question 7

What was so shocking to the older generation about the "aliens" (shinjinrui)?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were seen as lacking the company-centered diligence of the older generation 
B)  They were seen as being too irreligious 
C)  They were seen as travelling too much outside Japan 
D)  They were seen as less educated than previous generations 
A)  They were seen as lacking the company-centered diligence of the older generation 
B)  They were seen as being too irreligious 
C)  They were seen as travelling too much outside Japan 
D)  They were seen as less educated than previous generations

Question 8

What did the 'Super 301' clause allow the US congress to do?

Accepted Answer

A)  To demand that a country limit its exports to the US 
B)  To subsidize American steel, color TV, and automobile manufacture 
C)  To withdraw US troops from Japan if necessary 
D)  To deem particular foreign markets unfairly closed to imports 
A)  To demand that a country limit its exports to the US 
B)  To subsidize American steel, color TV, and automobile manufacture 
C)  To withdraw US troops from Japan if necessary 
D)  To deem particular foreign markets unfairly closed to imports

Question 9

Which of the following is the best characterization of what happened in Japan in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increasing affluence and decreasing political confrontation 
B)  Increasing gender equality and increasing birth rates 
C)  Increasing political conservatism and decreasing tensions with China 
D)  Decreasing economic tension with the US thanks to an improved trade balance 
A)  Increasing affluence and decreasing political confrontation 
B)  Increasing gender equality and increasing birth rates 
C)  Increasing political conservatism and decreasing tensions with China 
D)  Decreasing economic tension with the US thanks to an improved trade balance

Question 10

Why were both the elections of 1976 and 1983 hailed as a new era of 'parity politics'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because opposition parties formed governments on both occasions 
B)  Because the Japan Socialist Party gained huge numbers of seats in parliament 
C)  Because the LDP failed to secure outright majorities in both elections 
D)  Because voters began to choose their representatives based on their environmental credentials. 
A)  Because opposition parties formed governments on both occasions 
B)  Because the Japan Socialist Party gained huge numbers of seats in parliament 
C)  Because the LDP failed to secure outright majorities in both elections 
D)  Because voters began to choose their representatives based on their environmental credentials.

Question 11

To what sort of work-related tragedy did the term karoshi refer?

Accepted Answer

A)  Death (suicide) brought on by the shame of unemployment 
B)  Death due to the stress of freelancing 
C)  Death due to overwork 
D)  Death due to exposure to toxic chemicals 
A)  Death (suicide) brought on by the shame of unemployment 
B)  Death due to the stress of freelancing 
C)  Death due to overwork 
D)  Death due to exposure to toxic chemicals

Question 12

Which of the following prime ministers did not begin his careers as a bureaucrat?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fukuda Takeo 
B)  Ohira Masayoshi 
C)  Ikeda Hayato 
D)  Nakasone Yasuhiro 
A)  Fukuda Takeo 
B)  Ohira Masayoshi 
C)  Ikeda Hayato 
D)  Nakasone Yasuhiro

Question 13

Which of the following was NOT a reason for strained Japanese relations with its neighbour in Asia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Territorial disputes 
B)  Allegedly predatory actions by Japanese companies in Southeast Asia 
C)  Tensions over the teaching of modern history of Japan-Asia relations 
D)  Low levels of Japanese overseas assistance 
A)  Territorial disputes 
B)  Allegedly predatory actions by Japanese companies in Southeast Asia 
C)  Tensions over the teaching of modern history of Japan-Asia relations 
D)  Low levels of Japanese overseas assistance

Question 14

Which of the following writers did NOT write in the vein of Nihonjinron ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hajime Karatsu 
B)  Umehara Takeshi 
C)  Hayashi Fusao 
D)  Watsuji Tetsuro 
A)  Hajime Karatsu 
B)  Umehara Takeshi 
C)  Hayashi Fusao 
D)  Watsuji Tetsuro

Question 15

How did the LDP (barely) manage to remain in power in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  It drew districts that secured disproportionate representation for its rural supporters 
B)  It won credit for growing national prosperity 
C)  It co-opted reforms earlier put forward by the progressive side 
D)  All of the above 
A)  It drew districts that secured disproportionate representation for its rural supporters 
B)  It won credit for growing national prosperity 
C)  It co-opted reforms earlier put forward by the progressive side 
D)  All of the above

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT a political priority for Nakasone Yasuhiro?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reducing the budget deficit 
B)  Reducing the power of the bureaucracy 
C)  Privatizing loss-making state-owned enterprises 
D)  Breaking the back of trade unions 
A)  Reducing the budget deficit 
B)  Reducing the power of the bureaucracy 
C)  Privatizing loss-making state-owned enterprises 
D)  Breaking the back of trade unions

Question 17

In which area did Japanese relations with the US become more strained in the 1970s and 1980?

Accepted Answer

A)  US-Japan military relations 
B)  US-Japan trade 
C)  Differences over policy toward the Soviet Union 
D)  Japanese resistance to American cultural products, and vice-versa 
A)  US-Japan military relations 
B)  US-Japan trade 
C)  Differences over policy toward the Soviet Union 
D)  Japanese resistance to American cultural products, and vice-versa

Question 18

What was newly controversial about the Yasukuni shrine in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The souls of fourteen convicted war criminals were enshrined their in 1978 
B)  The emperor began to make regular visits to pray there 
C)  Prime ministers stopped visiting it, provoking anger among nationalists 
D)  The shrine's new museum exhibit accused the United States of war crimes for dropping the atomic bomb 
A)  The souls of fourteen convicted war criminals were enshrined their in 1978 
B)  The emperor began to make regular visits to pray there 
C)  Prime ministers stopped visiting it, provoking anger among nationalists 
D)  The shrine's new museum exhibit accused the United States of war crimes for dropping the atomic bomb

Question 19

What happened after the 1985 Plaza Accords that contributed to the 'bubble economy'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aggressive bank loans and government subsidies enabled costly infrastructure projects and resort construction 
B)  The Japanese and foreign governments worked together to strengthen the yen, to enable imports and discourage exports 
C)  Japanese companies invested aggressively in new technologies to become more productive 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Aggressive bank loans and government subsidies enabled costly infrastructure projects and resort construction 
B)  The Japanese and foreign governments worked together to strengthen the yen, to enable imports and discourage exports 
C)  Japanese companies invested aggressively in new technologies to become more productive 
D)  All of the above

Question 20

The Japanese economy did NOT experience _____ between 1975 and 1985

Accepted Answer

A)  Lower inflation 
B)  High unemployment 
C)  Consistent growth 
D)  Robust exports 
A)  Lower inflation 
B)  High unemployment 
C)  Consistent growth 
D)  Robust exports

What was export 'dumping'?

What happened to voting rates in Japan in the 1980s?

Why did The New York Times Magazine juxtapose images of a new Japanese plant with a rusting American one?

What were the 'micro-masses'?

With which countries did Japan have the most difficult relations in the 1970s and 1980s?

Which of the following was a factor behind a rise of revisionist attitudes towards World War II in the 1970s and 1980s?

What was so shocking to the older generation about the "aliens" (shinjinrui)?

What did the 'Super 301' clause allow the US congress to do?

Which of the following is the best characterization of what happened in Japan in the 1980s?

Why were both the elections of 1976 and 1983 hailed as a new era of 'parity politics'?

To what sort of work-related tragedy did the term karoshi refer?

Which of the following prime ministers did not begin his careers as a bureaucrat?

Which of the following was NOT a reason for strained Japanese relations with its neighbour in Asia?

Which of the following writers did NOT write in the vein of Nihonjinron ?

How did the LDP (barely) manage to remain in power in the 1980s?

Which of the following was NOT a political priority for Nakasone Yasuhiro?

In which area did Japanese relations with the US become more strained in the 1970s and 1980?

What was newly controversial about the Yasukuni shrine in the 1980s?

What happened after the 1985 Plaza Accords that contributed to the 'bubble economy'?

The Japanese economy did NOT experience _____ between 1975 and 1985

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Exam 16: Global Power in a Polarized World: Japan in the 1980s

What was export 'dumping'?

What happened to voting rates in Japan in the 1980s?

Why did The New York Times Magazine juxtapose images of a new Japanese plant with a rusting American one?

What were the 'micro-masses'?

With which countries did Japan have the most difficult relations in the 1970s and 1980s?

Which of the following was a factor behind a rise of revisionist attitudes towards World War II in the 1970s and 1980s?

What was so shocking to the older generation about the "aliens" (shinjinrui)?

What did the 'Super 301' clause allow the US congress to do?

Which of the following is the best characterization of what happened in Japan in the 1980s?

Why were both the elections of 1976 and 1983 hailed as a new era of 'parity politics'?

To what sort of work-related tragedy did the term karoshi refer?

Which of the following prime ministers did not begin his careers as a bureaucrat?

Which of the following was NOT a reason for strained Japanese relations with its neighbour in Asia?

Which of the following writers did NOT write in the vein of Nihonjinron ?

How did the LDP (barely) manage to remain in power in the 1980s?

Which of the following was NOT a political priority for Nakasone Yasuhiro?

In which area did Japanese relations with the US become more strained in the 1970s and 1980?

What was newly controversial about the Yasukuni shrine in the 1980s?

What happened after the 1985 Plaza Accords that contributed to the 'bubble economy'?

The Japanese economy did NOT experience _____ between 1975 and 1985

The Tokugawa Polity

Social and Economic Transformations

The Intellectual World of Late Tokugawa

The Overthrow of the Tokugawa

The Samurai Revolution

Participation and Protest

Social, Economic, Environmental, and Cultural Transformations

Empire and Domestic Order

Economy and Society

Democracy and Empire Between the World Wars

The Depression Crisis and Responses

Japan in Wartime

Occupied Japan: New Departures and Durable Structures

Economic and Social Transformations

Political Struggles and Settlements of the High-Growth Era

Japans Lost Decades: 1990s-2000s

Shock, Disaster, and the End of the Hesei Era: Beyond the Lost Decades

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