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Japan on the 12 Axes test

This is how Japan is governed today, placed on the twelve axes of the 12 Axes test. It is an editorial estimate of government policy, not a survey of the people who live there.

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Japan on the 12 Axes testFederalDemocraticSecurityInternationalistMilitaristAssimilationistCollectivizePlannedProtectionistIrreligiousProgressiveAccelerationUnitaryAutocraticFreedomNationalistPacifistMulticulturalistPrivatizeLaissez-faireGlobalistReligiousTraditionalBioconservative

Twelve-axis profile

Government

FederalUnitary

Structure · Unitary

DemocraticAutocratic

Representation · Strongly democratic

SecurityFreedom

Power · Balanced

Diplomacy

InternationalistNationalist

Intervention · Cooperative

MilitaristPacifist

Military · Restrained

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Immigration · Monoculturalist

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize

Economy · Mixed economy

PlannedLaissez-faire

Control · Balanced

ProtectionistGlobalist

Trade · Free trader

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Religion · Secular

ProgressiveTraditional

Culture · Moderate

AccelerationBioconservative

Technology · Accelerationist

Nearest countries

  1. Slovakia89% close
  2. Latvia88% close
  3. Czechia88% close
  4. South Korea87% close
  5. Mongolia87% close

Nearest historical figures

  1. Juscelino Kubitschek1902–197684% close
  2. Benito Juárez1806–187283% close
  3. John Maynard Keynes1883–194683% close
  4. Pedro II of Brazil1825–189183% close
  5. Franklin Delano Roosevelt1882–194582% close

Countries are placed by how they are governed today, and figures by what they argued for and did. The placements are editorial estimates, and the three matches are separate comparisons. Methodology