The fallout from Japan's contributions to the 1991 Gulf War and the economic downturn of the late 1990s has produced a situation in which there are signs that
a. Japan is about to play a more assertive role in international affairs.
b. Japan is highly unlikely to change its current role in international affairs.
c. Japan is about to play a much less active role in international affairs.
d. Japan will enter into a mutual security agreement with China.
Question 2
After signing the U.S.-Japanese Mutual Security Treaty, Japan began to maintain the ___________, whose job during the Cold War was to provide the U.S. with intelligence.
a. Self-Defense Force
b. Intelligence Bureau
c. Department of Defense
d. Advanced Defense Bureau