Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Input: Statement: Indeed, in Japan's consensus-based management system, the response of politicians, bureaucrats, and business leaders seemed to be to look the other way and hope bad news would disappear. Choices:  1. Japan didn't have a consensus-based management system. 2. The tendency of politicians to avoid bad news put strain on foreign partnerships. 3. Japan's management system was consensus-based.

3