Japanese Banking A History, 1859}}}1959 [Paperback]

This book, first published in 1995, provides a full account in English of the Japanese banking industry from 18591959.Nobody denies that banking plays an essential part in economic development and this is the case for Japan. The understanding of a key industry such as banking is essential insight into a country. This book gives that understanding of Japan for the first time in English, from the opening of her country to the world in 1859. It gives a whole picture of Japanese banking in a crucial one-hundred years through two world wars in which Japanese economy has now emerged as one of the powerful economies.Nobody denies that banking plays an essential part in economic development and this is the case for Japan. The understanding of a key industry such as banking is essential insight into a country. This book gives that understanding of Japan for the first time in English, from the opening of her country to the world in 1859. It gives a whole picture of Japanese banking in a crucial one-hundred years through two world wars in which Japanese economy has now emerged as one of the powerful economies.In Japan, as in other parts of the world, banking plays an essential role in economic development. Studying key industries such as banking provides an important tool for genuinely understanding a country. This book gives that understanding of Japan for the first time in English. It thoroughly documents Japanese banking during a crucial one-hundred years--from the opening of her borders to the world in 1859 through two world wars--from which the Japanese economy finally emerged as one of the most powerful global forces.Preface; Genealogy of leading Japanese banks 18591959; Abbreviations; Part I. A Bankrupt Shogunate 185968: 1. Japanese merchant bankers: Ryogae; 2. A bankrupt regime; 3. Ryogae, struggling for survival?; 4. The arrival of Western banking; Part II. The Meiji Restoration: Monetary Confusion and Banking Experiments, 186881: 5. The first banking experimel3Ž