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Well , if you've never heard of the Alfalfa Party and its nominee for president of the United States , you do n't really know what makes this town tick . " Extending hope and opportunity depends on a stable supply of energy that keeps America 's economy running and America 's environment clean , " Bush will tell the nation , according to speech excerpts released by the White House . The general conservative trend in politics was tempered by the elections of 1947 , which made the Social Democratic party headed by Tetsu Katayama the dominant force in a two-party coalition government . Trade and industry , stimulated by World War I , continued to expand , though interrupted by the earthquake of 1923 , which destroyed much of Tokyo and Yokohama . Confucianism has deeply affected Japanese thought and was part of the generally significant influence that Chinese culture wielded on the formation of Japanese civilization ( see Japanese architecture ; Japanese art ; Japanese literature ) .