参考答案：B

解析： Too often, Japan’s conservative and nationalist leaders have managed to spot the forces of change more quickly than their liberal domestic counterparts, and have used those changes to seize the advantages and preserve their power.比较结构的理解。本题要求将conservative and nationalist leaders和liberal democrats的政治立场进行比较。根据原文“Japan’s conservative and nationalist leaders have managed to spot the forces of change more quickly than their liberal domestic counterparts”即“日本保守党和民族主义者比自民党更能发现变化的力量”，由此可知，自民党不能很快地发现变化的力量，但与题干所言自由民主党更倾向于遵守其原则含义不相符，因此题干的说法是错误的。 注意：掌握词语的概念。the forces of change(变化的力量)的概念与principles(原则)不相同。