Shinzo Abe - 2024 ACF Winter at UBC

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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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	1	20.00	100%	0%	100%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	5	22.00	80%	40%	100%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	3	26.67	67%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	4	25.00	100%	75%	75%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	Y	3	16.67	67%	67%	33%

Data


UBC A	Alberta	10	10	10	30
UW A	UBC B	10	10	0	20