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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460435903321

Autore

Tsutsui William M.

Titolo

Banking policy in Japan : American efforts at reform during the occupation / / William M. Tsutsui

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1988, 2011

ISBN

1-136-92840-5

1-136-92841-3

1-283-03771-8

9786613037718

0-203-84560-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Japan ; ; 19

Disciplina

332.10952

332.1095209045

Soggetti

Banks and banking --Japan -- History -- 19th century

Banks and banking --Japan -- History -- 20th century

Japan -- History -- Allied Occupation, 1945-1952

Finance

Business & Economics

Banking

Electronic books.

Japan History Allied Occupation, 1945-1952

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-151) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Contents; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations Used in the Text; Introduction; 1 Background to Reform: The Development of Japanese Banking, 1868-1945; 2 'Financial Demilitarisation', 1945-8; 3 The Banks and the Antitrust Programme, 1945-8; 4 Legal Reform of the Financial System, 1948-50; 5 Finance Under the Dodge Line, 1949-52; 6 Conclusions; Appendix I: Measures of Banking Concentration in Japan, 1901-52; Appendix II: Measures of 'Overloan', 1900-51; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 occupiers' attempts at ""democratisation"" and ""Americanisation"" is the subject of this book. It explores why the Americans were committed to refo