Which of the Following Best Characterizes the Nature of Japan's

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best characterizes the nature of Japan's postwar party system?

• A)a two-party system
• B)long dominated by a single party
• C)fragmented across nearly a dozen small parties
• D)lacking parties as a result of the 1947 constitutional ban on "factional activity"
• E)a series of alternating coalitions from the left and the right

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Zygote

The first cell created through the fusion of an egg cell and a sperm cell, signifying the start of a new organism's growth.

Placenta

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