The main focus of this edited volume is an examination of dynamic relationships among Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and the … northeastern region of China, and the economic development of each area in East Asia from the 1910s to the end of World War II. The … characteristic of the Japanese colonial empire was the close economic and geographic relations among Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and the …

's career in and out of government, 1869-81 -- Japan's first trademark and patent laws, 1881-89 -- Maeda Masana and the debate … over industrial policy, 1882-85 -- Managing a silver mine in Peru, 1889-90 -- Entering the Bank of Japan, 1892 …-18 -- Taishō democracy, 1918-27 -- "Japan's Keynes": Japan and the world depression, 1929-34 -- Takahashi's fiscal policies and the …