One of the most effective ways of keeping a tight rein on the country was to cut it off from the outside world, to keep Japan Japanese.
Japan was kept isolated from the rest of the world, which proved an effective means of maintaining control.
Keeping Japan cut off from other parts of the world proved useless at retaining power over the country.
I haven't told a lie about this situation.
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GNP means the goods and services provided in the United States by using foreign residents.
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