Japan,Inc refers to
a. Japan's desire to use its foreign policy to influence other nations to adopt capitalism and a commitment to free market principles.
b. Japan's business-like approach to pluralism, interest group pressure, electoral competition, and public debate.
c. Japan's making of policy according to the best interests of the governing political party, the bureaucracy, and big business.
d. Japan's ability to make a profit at virtually any enterprise, from manufacturing to baseball.
Question 2
How do bureaucrats in Japan are differ from bureaucrats in other liberal democracies?
a. The bureaucracy in Japan is inefficient and has hindered Japan's economic and political success.
b. The bureaucracy in Japan is a high-status occupation, dominated by top graduates of the best law schools.
c. Policy decisions are made by the legislatures in public view, and then implemented by bureaucrats.
d. Bureaucrats rarely leave their government jobs for corporate positions; there is a strong divide between the government sector and private sector.
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