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POLI130Japan
14 cards·by meshelle91
Tokugawa Shogunate
Military clan (Samurai) that unified and ruled Japan from the 17th to 19th centuries
Meiji Restoration
Japan's 1867-1868 "revolution from above" that launched Japan's modernization in the name
of the Meiji emperor
National Identity
Insular status has contributed to cohesive national identity, earlier different groups had
to assimilate
Taisho Democracy
1920s era of tentative democratization in Japan. Short lived and unsuccessful
The US Occupation
War devistated Japan, demilitarization proceeded swiftly, destroyed military class,
installed technocrats, changed status of emperor
The Constitution in 1947 (Article 9)
Japan renounced the right to wage war, cannot have their own forces.
Parliamentary System
Citizens elect house of rep and counselors, reps elect PM and Cabinet with help of PM
Prime Minister
Head of government, chosen from lower house, elected by members of Diet, curry favor and rise
within the party
Bureaucracy and the Iron Triangle
Conservative alliances among Japan's elite bureaucrats, conservative politicians, and
big-business executives.
LDP
Liberal Democratic Party, conservative political party which has governed Japan for all but
one year since the party's inception in 1955
1993 Electoral Reforms
prominent members bolted, taking signiicant numbers. Coalition government of all
opposition parties except Comm, 9 mo, 10 weeks, JSP/SDP PM
1993 Electoral Reforms
Established SMD system w/ some PR
1993 Electoral Reforms
Created strong 2 party system
SNTV
Old sstem voters had a single nontransferable vote they cast for a specific candidate instead
of a party list