This book explores the rise of consumerism and the expanding variety of goods available in Japan. Japan is placed …

Japan, where the pursuit of profit was considered beneath the dignity of the samurai elite. Seeking to overturn the Tokugawa …-stock corporations to Japan as institutions of economic development. As the entrepreneurial head of Tokyo’s Dai-Ichi Bank, he helped … Analects. A top leader in Japan’s business community for decades, Shibusawa contributed to founding the Tokyo Stock Exchange …

broad problems of growth and regional economy, focusing on economic developments in Japan and Korea. Part 2 discusses trade … and foreign investment in Japan, mainly on an empirical basis. Part 3 then examines various public economic policies using … the Japan Association for Applied Economics (JAAE) and the Korean Economics and Business Association (KEBA), and include …

an influential policy maker. Dr. Osamu Shimomura is one of the most eminent economists in Japan. He entered the Ministry … pioneer works in macroeconomics, but also suits the economic conditions of Japan. Shimomura extends the principle of effective …

administration. As Abe continues into a new term, this book will be of interest to Japan scholars, economists, and policymakers …, Government of Japan, including two years as an economist at the IMF, he moved to the University of Tokyo where he taught … include “Capital Account Liberalization: Japan’s Experience and Implications for China” in Capital Account Liberalization in …

: Long-term Transformation in Japan -- Chapter 7: Overview of Long-term Trends of the Economy-environment Nexus in Japan …

available data in Japan and other countries. First, the authors discuss competition, including global competition, to provide a … better understanding of competition policy in Japan. Then, the authors examine the effects of human capital and alliance on … prevalent in Japan, and it still acts as a catalyst for stimulating the stagnant economy. A better understanding of competition …

This book explains in fascinating detail how economic and social transformations in pre-1600 Japan led to an … industrious revolution in the early modern period, and how the fruits of the Industrious Revolution are what have supported Japan … since the eighteenth century, improving living standards and leading to the formation of the work ethic of modern Japan. The …

Written by fifteen leading academics from the Japan Society for International Development (JASID), this book undertakes … a review of Japan's economic development over the last 150 years, and seeks to clarify Japanese priorities in domestic …