Chapter 16 Self Quiz

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. Which of the following was NOT a major element of change in Japan's relationship with the US in the early 1970s?

A sudden rise in the price of Japanese exports correct incorrect

Richard Nixon establishing diplomatic links with China without notice to Japan correct incorrect

The return of Okinawa to Japan correct incorrect

The US began to adopt the Japanese model of state-orchestrated economic development correct incorrect

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. Which of the following products was NOT covered by 'voluntary' Japanese agreements to limit export to the US in the 1970s and 1980s?

Textiles correct incorrect

Automobiles correct incorrect

Radios correct incorrect

Steel correct incorrect

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. Which area was the target of most of Japan's foreign direct investment in the 1980s?

The US correct incorrect

Europe correct incorrect

China correct incorrect

Southeast Asia correct incorrect

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. Which of the following countries was NOT the recipient of Japanese reparations in the 1980s?

Burma correct incorrect

Indonesia correct incorrect

Thailand correct incorrect

Vietnam correct incorrect

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. For what diplomatic reason did the Japanese secure a repatriation treaty with North Korea in 1959?

In order to put pressure on Russia to cede the northern Kuril islands. correct incorrect

In order to prevent the imminent outbreak of war correct incorrect

In order to reduce the Korean population of Tokyo and Osaka correct incorrect

In order to put pressure on South Korea correct incorrect

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. What major event occured in 1984 in the relationship between South Korea and Japan?

An opponent of the South Korean president was kidnapped from a hotel in Japan correct incorrect

A Japanese-resident Korean killed the president of South Korea's wife correct incorrect

A major trade treaty was signed between the two countries correct incorrect

Emperor Hirohito apologized for Japan's colonial rule over Japan correct incorrect

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. Why did Japan's minister of education resign in 1986?

Because he changed textbooks to say Japan's invasion of north China in 1937 was an 'incursion'. correct incorrect

Because he bowed to Chinese pressure to make Japanese textbooks recognize wartime atrocities fully correct incorrect

Because he visited Yasukuni Shrine correct incorrect

Because he said Koreans were in part responsible for their own colonization correct incorrect

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. In what way did Hayashi Fusao reflect the ideology of post-war Japanese conservatism?

He argued that Japan's wartime actions in Asia were motivated by the pure desire to liberate East Asia from the British correct incorrect

He argued that Southeast Asian countries were grateful for Japan's interventions correct incorrect

He believed that Japan's colonial rule in Manchuria was a shameful diversion from its unblemished past correct incorrect

He concluded that Japan had been capable of winning World War II and had only lost due to poor strategy correct incorrect

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. Which of the following strategies did Japanese companies NOT use to deal with competition and excess capacity in the 1970s and 1980s?

They encouraged excess employees to take 'voluntary' early retirements. correct incorrect

They expanded their sales to the developing world correct incorrect

They increased their number of less costly female part-time workers correct incorrect

They began to employ more 'non-regular' employees, who were easier to dismiss and cost less correct incorrect

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. What was the significance of QC (Quality Control) activities as practiced in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s.

Quality Control circles involved the entire workforce, and not just specialists. correct incorrect

It was a Japanese practice first devised in the 1940s that later flourished in Japan and elsewhere correct incorrect

QC activities allowed companies to be more productive and fire excess workers correct incorrect

Many employees forced into QC circles voluntarily quit their jobs correct incorrect

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. Nihonjinron can best be described as...

An intellectual tradition using archaeology to understand the origins of the Japanese people correct incorrect

A body of thought attempting to define the 'essence' of Japaneseness correct incorrect

A movement trying to eliminate foreign influence from Japanese society. correct incorrect

A negotiating strategy unique to Japan correct incorrect

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. In addition to bureaucrats, what type of figures dominated the LDP in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s?

Career politicians with extensive political networks correct incorrect

Powerful businessmen who used their resources to win election correct incorrect

Reform-minded local activists correct incorrect

Mayors of majors cities and prefectural governors correct incorrect

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. What characteristic did prime ministers Kishi Nobusuke and Sato Eisaku share?

They were brothers correct incorrect

They began their career in the Ministry of Finance correct incorrect

They were both pre-war bureaucrats correct incorrect

They each served as prime minister twice correct incorrect

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. Lockheed, Recruit, and Sagawa Express Delivery were all involved in what in the 1980s and 1990s?

Massive investment in Japanese factories located overseas correct incorrect

Takeovers of US corporations by Japanese companies correct incorrect

Corruption scandals implicating the LDP correct incorrect

Money laundering schemes correct incorrect

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. How did the LDP ensure its continued dominance in the Diet in the 1980s?

It began to draw district lines to favor incumbents correct incorrect

It bribed voters with funds from the American CIA correct incorrect

It won popularity by refusing to negotiate with the US on trade issues correct incorrect

It co-opted the policies of its left-wing opponents, such as social welfare programs. correct incorrect

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. What major demographic shift was underway in Japan in the 1980s?

Young women began marrying older men correct incorrect

Life expectancy reached a plateau and then declined slightly correct incorrect

The number of Japanese men marrying foreign women increased correct incorrect

The number of children being born decreased correct incorrect

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. Which of the following did young Japanese NOT increase their spending on in the 1980s

Foreign travel correct incorrect

Consumer electronic goods correct incorrect

Luxury restaurants correct incorrect

Spacious luxury housing correct incorrect

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. What exports were identified as part of Japan's Gross National Cool in the 1980s?

Computer games, manga and anime correct incorrect

Automobiles correct incorrect

Radios, TVs, and Walkmans correct incorrect

Ships and airliners correct incorrect

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. How did 'cram' schools undermine educational egalitarianism in the 1970s and 1980s?

They caused more talented students to drop out of education correct incorrect

They created a connection between family income and exam success correct incorrect

They attracted more talented teachers away from public schools correct incorrect

They gave an educational advantage to city-dwellers correct incorrect

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. What disturbing trend emerged in Japanese investments in the late 1980s?

Excessive liquidity invited sloppy investment practices correct incorrect

Japanese buyers wasted funds on paintings by unknown artists of the Renaissance correct incorrect

Gangsters defrauded Japan's largest companies on a regular basis correct incorrect

Share prices on the Nikkei stock exchange plummeted, ruining many correct incorrect