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(c)
The tradition of government control over all phases of economic,
political, and cultural life.
(d) The presence of an hereditary monarch to whom the large majority
of the people are devoted and whose popularity has increased, if anything, through
the process of "democratization."
(e) Large numbers of experienced bureaucrats who are well versed in
the mechanics of administration.
(f)
The homogeneous character of the population, which has no im-
portant ethnic or religious minorities.
(g) The comparatively high percentage of literacy of the population
and a proposed educational program which will broaden the cultural base and in-
crease the popular support for a democratic government.
(h) The tradition of interdependence and cooperation among the Jap-
anese people.
(i) The willingness of the Japanese people to take orders and follow
leaders.
(j) The disinclination of the Japanese, as a nation, to have any as-
sociation with the Japanese Communist Party due to their conservative tradition,
dislike for Communism, and their historical fear and antagonism for the USSR.
(k)
The new Constitution and the laws implementing it have brought
equality to women and produced new privileges for large segments of the population
which they should be increasingly loath to sacrifice.
(1) The anti-Communist groups, presently small, offer promise, if prop-
erly supervised, of countering Communist activity.
(m)
The governmental structure under the new Constitution subjects
the power of the executive to that of the legislative branch, thereby making it more
difficult to concentrate power in the hands of an individual or group.
(2) Factors Promoting Instability and Inefficiency in the Government.
(a) The economic and psychological chaos resulting from defeat and
loss of empire.
(b) The major portion of the governmental economic and political re-
forms which have been instituted have been foreign imposed, and as such lack the
strength that institutions with a history of native evolution would have.
(c) Lack of Japanese control over their relations with foreign nations.
(d) The indecision and inexperience of the Japanese electorate.
(e) The activities of the pressure groups working behind the scenes.
(f) The instability of the political parties composing the coalition gov-
ernment.
(g)
The immediate and past record of the Diet has given the electorate
little reason to respect the Diet or its individual members.
(h) Timidity of the bureaucrats who are afraid to undertake large-
scale reforms on their own initiative for fear of jeopardizing their own position and
conflicting with SCAP.
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