UOT Japanese Government & Politics Visual Representation of 1960 Japan Presentation

. Discussion, 100 words

Wanted: Bureaucrat!
Now that you have watched the video on Japan’s bureaucracy, imagine that you are bright Japanese college student looking ahead to career choices: Explain why you would want to strive for a position as a bureaucrat in Japan. Describe three points, including advantages of a typical bureaucrat.

2. Assignment
1 slide PPT
For this assignment:
* Create a visual characterization of Japan in 1960.
* Include three people, groups or interests in society; three events; and three short statements that summarize Japan in 1960.
* Use Microsoft PowerPoint or Word to create 1page of text and photographs and other visuals.
* Give credit to your sources by providing Web page links.
* Include the following:
* How was it different from pre-war Japan?
* Which political party ended in power?

Sources:

Two lecture recordings:
https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1381781/assignments/5434956?module_item_id=10656371
https://player.theplatform.com/p/U8-EDC/FB0qRIhdQWDn/select/media/ydgVLog9K_Dy

View several videos by Professor Gerald Curtis:
1.Japan’s SNTV MMD electoral system
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/at/jp_electproc/govjep01.html
2.Political Competition Created by SNTV MMD
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/at/jp_electproc/govjep02.html
3.Japanese Bureaucracy?http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/at/jp_bureau/govtjb01.html

Read Justin Jesty, “Tokyo 1960: Days of Rage and Grief,” MIT Visualizing Culture
https://visualizingcultures.mit.edu/tokyo_1960/anp2_essay01.html

PART B

1. discussion:
Turning Point or Minor Blip?
PROMPT: How significant was the change in Japan’s electoral system in 1994?
Your initial answer should be about 100 words and refer to two pieces of specific evidence from the lecture and readings.
Consider these questions before you respond to the prompt: Was this a big change in the electoral system? Did it affect politics? Was this a turning point in Japanese politics? Or was this a minor blip?

2. Assignment
1 slide PPT
For this Assignment, you will contrast pre-1994 with new mixed-member (MM) electoral system:
* Create a one-page PowerPoint slide that contrasts the SNTV MMD system in place up to 1994 with the new mixed-member majoritarian electoral system.
* Use short phrases and the correct vocabulary to describe each system.

One reading:
Read Machidori Satoshi, “The 1990s Reforms Have Transformed Japanese Politics,Japan Echo (June 2005), pp. 38-43 [translation of “Koizumi ch?ki seiken o sasaeru seiji kaikaku no seika,” Ch?? K?ron (April 2005), pp. 176-184].
File attached

Three lecture recordings:
https://player.theplatform.com/p/U8-EDC/FB0qRIhdQWDn/select/media/8ni6EiFL98Yj
https://player.theplatform.com/p/U8-EDC/FB0qRIhdQWDn/select/media/X4BsJ4u6ME3Q
https://player.theplatform.com/p/U8-EDC/FB0qRIhdQWDn/select/media/Ex0kyEsO9lY2