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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826184303321

Autore

Brown J. Robert, Jr., <1957->

Titolo

Opening Japan's financial markets / / J. Robert Brown, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-83975-8

1-134-83976-6

1-280-06667-9

0-203-00595-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 pages)

Disciplina

332.0952

332.6730952

951.95043

Soggetti

Democracy

Investments, Foreign - Japan

Banks and banking, Foreign - Japan

Japan Foreign economic relations

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 246-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 A QUESTION OF BALANCE; 2 ENTRY AND OCCUPATION; 3 BEHIND THE SHOJI CURTAIN; 4 FOREIGN PENETRATION IN THE 1970's; 5 BREAKDOWN OF CONSENSUS: REFORM OF THE JAPANESE FINANCIAL MARKETS; 6 THE YEN/DOLLAR ACCORD; 7 REFORM AND FOREIGN PRESSURE; 8 TREASURY VERSUS UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE; 9 BREAKING THE LOG JAM; 10 PUSHING AGAINST THE ENVELOPE: CITIBANK IN JAPAN; 11 THE OPPORTUNITIES; 12 THE OPPORTUNITIES FORGONE; 13 SHARED RESPONSIBILITY; Notes; Interviews; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

It is widely asserted, outside Japan, that the failure of foreign banks to penetrate Japanese financial markets is the direct result of stringent Japanese protectionist policies. However, although there may be some truth in this, it is a one-dimensional argument. Opening Japan's Financial Markets takes a broader view. It accepts that the Japanese



bureaucracy have skillfully limited the scope of foreign banks. However, in examining the history of foreign banking activity in Japan, it becomes clear that ineptitude on the part of foreign banks and governments has also been a major factor