1st Edition

Banking Policy in Japan American Efforts at Reform During the Occupation

By William Tsutsui Copyright 1988
174 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

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  Appendices

Biography

William Tsutsui