Japan and Southeast Asia
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write 4–5 sentences on the causes of Japan’s “lost decades”.
The bursting of property prices, banks’ bad loans, population ageing and weak demand.
2
How did states change their attitude to nuclear power after Fukushima? Give two examples.
Japan revised its safety rules; some countries planned to close plants while others continued building them.
3
List ASEAN members with their joining years in a table.
Founders 1967: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand; Brunei 1984; Vietnam 1995; Laos, Myanmar 1997; Cambodia 1999; Timor-Leste 2025.
4
Prepare a short note on two crises in Southeast Asia (one economic, one political).
Economic – the 1997 financial crisis; political – the 2021 military takeover in Myanmar.