For 10 points, name this country whose postwar politics have been been dominated by the Liberal Democratic Party, including the long premiership of Junichiro Koizumi.
Like a neighbor later in the 1980s, this country implemented a "3-S" policy of sports, screen, and sex, while another of its leaders noted that the U.S. succeeded despite its "problematic" minorities. In this home of the "construction state," the so-called "1955 System" ended when a former marquis led an eight-party coalition to victory in 1993. An attempt to break up business groups in this country led to complaints of (*) "SCAPitalism." In this country, the Clean Government Party was the predecessor to a Buddhist party that is currently in government. This country's MITI ministry lost much of its influence in the 1980s, during which the Recruit Scandal occurred. This country experienced a "Lost Decade" in the 1990s. For 10 points, name this country whose postwar politics have been been dominated by the Liberal Democratic Party, including the long premiership of Junichiro Koizumi.
Like a neighbor later in the 1980s, this country implemented a "3-S" policy of sports, screen, and sex, while another of its leaders noted that the U.S. succeeded despite its "problematic" minorities.
Japan [or Nihon-koku; or Nippon-koku]