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| The indigenous People of Japan commonly the grave diggers of executioners. Often ostracized and discriminated. |
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| Japanese Politician who started the Burakumin liberation movement. |
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| Fairytales/Politically correct term for Burakumin. |
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| Extortion Artists. Go into meetings an um creative in harassing people. Require bribes. |
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| Institutionalized Bankers who give loans to individuals at high interest rates |
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| Indigenous People of Hokkaido. |
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| The dying villages where everyone who lives there is an old person. |
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| Redistribution of land to make it more efficient. |
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| The immigrants from Brazil and Latin America that game to work but spent all day parties. |
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| Family based corporations |
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| Imperial Rescript on Education |
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| To educate children for the state. you must get educated for the benefit of the state. |
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| Steel mill. Largest in the world in 1901. |
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| Took over the zaibatsu. Interconnected and Corporate owned, not families. |
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| The big industrial complexes that take a product from raw resources to finished product in one place. |
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| Convenience stores like 7-11. |
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| Science city north of Tokyo. Used to decentralize the city. |
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| Separate industry from major cities. |
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| castle towns in the middle of a city used to be a castle, now its just empty space. |
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| Port towns like Nagasaki. |
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| Stage or post towns for the Daimyo to pass through. |
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| Built on the edges of Tokyo around private rail lines. |
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| Large military bases during the Meiji period with cities built around them. |
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| Cities built around mines, fisheries, etc. by the company. |
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| City in northern Kyuushuu which is a consolidation of many smaller cities. Heavily industrialized. |
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| Pleasure districts around the intersection of rail lines. |
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| covered markets and malls in pretty much every city and town of Nihon. |
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| Environmental and human affliction problems. Right to sunshine, air pressure, freedom from vibration. |
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| Japanese National Railroad, became privatized 1987. |
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| Tunnel that links Honshuu and Hokkaido. Longest rail tunnel in the world. |
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| Double decker bridge between Honshuu and Shikoku |
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| Links Kobe to Honshuu. Suspension bridge. |
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| 1890-1947. Established a separate judicial branch with supreme power in the Emperor. |
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| The professor wants us to say that it establishes the army and navy reporting to the Emperor. |
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| Created in 1947 by MacArthur's staff. Took away power of the Emperor, made him a symbol rather than a real power. Originally in English. |
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| No War clause. Japan shall never ever ever have a military. Nor shall they declare war. |
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| 480 members with 4 year terms. Lower house of the Diet. most powerful. |
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| 242 members. 6 years terms. upper house of the diet. Mostly celebrities. |
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| Prior to 1993 when districts elected 3-5 members to the House of Rep. based on portion of vote. |
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| Liberal Democratic Party. Controlling party until 1993. Still kinda in control. |
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| Democratic Party of Japan. Won an election in 2009-2012. |
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| Japan Communist Party. Never really taken seriously. |
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| Social Democratic Party of Japan. |
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