Japan's economic successes can be explained by all of the following factors except
a. its abandonment of traditional Confucian values and the adoption of the values of Western individualism.
b. its tradition of Confucian values.
c. World War II destroyed its industrial base and thus Japan did not face the problem of out-of-date manufacturing factories and equipment.
d. it spends considerably less than the United States on military defense.
e. the Japanese spend more hours on the job than do most Americans.
a
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