LEADER 02908oam 2200613I 450 001 9910783019403321 005 20230421042029.0 010 $a1-134-83975-8 010 $a1-134-83976-6 010 $a1-280-06667-9 010 $a0-203-00595-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203005958 035 $a(CKB)1000000000005751 035 $a(EBL)164996 035 $a(OCoLC)50060007 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282497 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11207517 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282497 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10317049 035 $a(PQKB)10577524 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC164996 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000005751 100 $a20180331d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOpening Japan's financial markets /$fJ. Robert Brown, Jr 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1994. 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-203-29792-X 311 $a0-415-10844-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 246-250) and index. 327 $aPreliminaries; 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 330 $aIt 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 606 $aDemocracy 606 $aInvestments, Foreign$zJapan 606 $aBanks and banking, Foreign$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xForeign economic relations 615 4$aDemocracy. 615 0$aInvestments, Foreign 615 0$aBanks and banking, Foreign 676 $a332.0952 676 $a332.6730952 676 $a951.95043 700 $aBrown$b J. Robert$g(James Robert),$f1957,$01518610 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783019403321 996 $aOpening Japan's financial markets$93756239 997 $aUNINA