Lectures on Modern Japanese Economic History, 1926-1994Traces the evolution of the Japanese economy through the turbulent Showa era into the 1990s, beginning with the banking crises and the return to the gold standard in the 1920 and 1930s. |
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agricultural army assets automobiles Bank of Japan Bank of Taiwan became began beginning bonds boost budget cabinet capital cartel chemical China coal companies controls corporations countries currency deficit demand dollars domestic exchange rate expansion exports factories farm figure firms fiscal foreign funds gold embargo gold standard Guandong Army heavy industries imports income increase inflation interest rates investments issue Japanese economy Japanese government Keizai Kenseikai Konoe Fumimaro labor loans major Manchukuo Manchuria Manchurian Incident manufacturing ment military million Ministry of Finance Mitsubishi Mitsui Mobilization Nihon Nippon Nippon Steel oil crisis output overseas Pacific War percent period petrochemical Planning plant and equipment postwar prewar prime minister production rapid growth recession region rice SCAP sector shipbuilding Showa Showa era Source Statistics steel surplus Takahashi Takahashi Korekiyo textile tion Tokei Tokyo tons trade unions United wages wartime workers zaibatsu