The Ministry: How Japan's Most Powerful Institution Endangers World Markets

by Peter Hartcher

This is an English-language examination of Japan's Ministry of Finance. Peter Hartcher explores its inner workings and seeks to reveal to the reader the impact of its growing abuses of power on internationl financial markets.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875847854
• ISBN13: 9780875847856
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

This One Digs Deep!

The entangling bureaucracy that keeps a chokehold on Japan is exposed at last! I doubt if the Japanese Ministry of Finance wants you to read this one! Hartcher not only exposes how the bureaucracy works but also explains why Japan will always face an uphill battle until it is conquered. An excellent look at the ceremonial democracy that manages Japan!

A fascinating peek inside the inner-workings of the MOF

Very informative, very revealing, very insightful!Hartcher leaves no stone unturned in his mission to detail the power base assembled at the Ministry.