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Abbreviations and Japanese Terms AMA Administrative Management Agency Anpo Japan-U.S. Mutual Security Treaty ARC Administrative Reform Council AVM Administrative Vice Minister CEFP Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy CLB Cabinet Legislation Bureau CLO Central Liaison Office daimyō feudal lord DLP Democratic Liberal Party DPJ Democratic Party of Japan FEC Far Eastern Commission G2 Counterintelligence Section (U.S. occupation) genrō elder statesman hanbatsu leaders from the main outside domains (Satsuma, Chōshū, Tosa, and Hizen) GHQ General Headquarters (U.S. occupation) GS Government Section (U.S. occupation) IRAPA Imperial Rule Assistance Political Association JCCM Japanese Cabinets and Cabinet Ministers Database JCP Japan Communist Party JSP Japan Socialist Party jūshin senior statesman kantei Official Residence of the Prime Minister (equivalent to the U.S. White House) “KY” “unable to read the air” (kūki yomenai), clueless LDP Liberal Democratic Party LKPS Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal MCI Ministry of Commerce and Industry METI Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry ix x Abbreviations and Japanese Terms MITI Ministry of International Trade and Industry MP Member of Parliament (elected member of the National Diet) MPT Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications NDL National Diet Library OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries PARC Policy Affairs Research Council PMO Prime Minister’s Office Rinchō Second Ad Hoc Commission on Administrative Reform SACO Special Action Committee on Okinawa Sat-Chō cabal post-Meiji Restoration leaders from Satsuma and Chōshū domains SDF Self-Defense Forces Seiyūkai Friends of Constitutional Government (political party) SWNCC State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee Tōdai Tokyo University tozama “outside lord” (certain powerful daimyō) zoku policy tribe zoku giin policy specialist ...

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