Question

Answer the following about recent Japanese politics, for 10 points each.
[10e] In 2022, this longest-serving Japanese prime minister was assassinated during a campaign speech. Earlier in his tenure, this politician attempted to counter stagnation with his eponymous “-nomics.”
ANSWER: Shinzo Abe [or Abe Shinzō; accept Abenomics]
[10m] Abe was a member of this political party that has dominated Japanese politics under the “1955 System.” The three main factions of this party dissolved in 2024 after a scandal in which campaign donations were funneled to slush funds.
ANSWER: Liberal Democratic Party [accept LDP; accept Jiyū-Minshutō or Jimintō; reject “Democratic Liberal Party”; reject “Liberal” or “Democratic” alone]
[10h] Former LDP prime minister Fumio Kishida controversially decided to start releasing this specific substance in 2023, which prompted salt hoarding in South Korea and a Chinese boycott of brands like Shiseido.
ANSWER: radioactive water [accept water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant or obvious equivalents; prompt on water, wastewater, or contaminated water; reject “seawater”]
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Berkeley CStanford A1001020
Georgia Tech FGeorgia A10101030
Georgia Tech EAlabama A0101020
Georgia AEmory A1001020
Tennesse AGeorgia Tech B10101030
Georgia Tech CEmory B1001020
Georgia Tech DTennesse B1001020
Johns Hopkins APenn B0101020
Emory BTennesse B1010020
Penn BRutgers A10101030
Penn APrinceton A10101030
UIUC AWashU B100010
UIUC BIndiana A1010020
SIUE AUIUC C1010020
Ohio State B (DII)Pitt A1010020
NYU ATexas A100010
UBC AAlberta10101030
UW AUBC B1010020
Southampton BBirmingham100010
ManchesterBristol A10101030
Cambridge BCambridge C10101030
Oxford BSouthampton A10101030
Bowdoin AAmherst A10101030
Brown ANortheastern A0000
Yale AHarvard A1010020