Which of the following statements concerning the Japanese political system after World War II is most accurate?
A) the emperor remained the most powerful figure in the Japanese political system
B) a single moderate party, the liberal democrats, emerged after 1955 to monopolize the Japanese political system.
C) although the military suffered a setback as a result of the Japanese defeat the general staff of the Japanese armies continued to influence virtually all political decisions
D) Japan's government fell back into old patterns of Shogunate rule