Arc of Japan's Economic Development Book

List of figures viii

List of tables xi

1 Japan's place in the contemporary economic world 1

2 The nineteenth-century transformation of the Japanese economy 15

3 From Meiji to the Second World War: political and international developments 40

4 Economic developments in the first half of the twentieth century 48

5 Planning supplies for war 58

6 The American Occupation and the post-war economy 68

7 Bank-centred finance and corporate governance 92

8 Capital investment and rates of return 105

9 Structural change in the Japanese economy 122

10 The privatization of Japan's public corporations 137

11 Is Japan different? Implications for economic growth 172

12 Economic prospects for Japan: moving to a new trajectory 188

Appendix 207

Notes 211

Bibliography 212

Index 221