Japan's zaibatsu, or pyramidal business groups, provided this coordination after the Meiji government failed at the task. We … that unique historical circumstances aided their success in prewar Japan. Specifically, Japan uniquely marginalized its …

Japan, an isolated, backward country in the 1860s, industrialized rapidly to become a major industrial power by the …

Japan's successful industrialization in the late 19th and early 20th century largely exhausted its then abundant … natural resources. Rather than exemplifying rapid development in the absence of natural resources, Japan shows how laissez … resources curse that undermined its prior state-led industrialization strategy. Japan's post-WWII reconstruction relied little …

In this short note I simulate the DR under various conditions and make comparisons with the US. Japan has experienced a …. Fertility is the largest of the contributors in Japan. If there are no demographic changes in Japan, the DR will be 0.88 by 2050 …The Japanese are becoming older. Americans are also becoming older. Demographic stress in Japan, measured by the …

postwar Japan than generally realized, and also performing well - an unusual finding for a developed economy. Adopted heirs …