Banking Policy in Japan: American Efforts at Reform During the Occupation

by William M. Tsutsui

Book Overview

The unique Japanese banking system has contributed greatly to Japan's post-war economic advance by investing aggressively in industry and by supporting close government-business relations. The banking sector might not have come to assume such a significant role, however, had American efforts to reform Japanese finance during the Occupation (1945-52) been successful. How Japan's banking system maintained continuity of development and avoided the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415585252
• ISBN13: 9780415585255
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"