Kimura, Masato and von Staden, Peter (2002) Business and politics in early 20th century Japan. JS (429). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
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The paper by Masato Kimura seeks to clarify the contributions and limitations of Japanese business diplomacy by looking at the business mission to Britain and the US in 1921-22, and the Japanese Economic Mission to Europe and the United States of 1937. The paper argues that Japanese business diplomacy, while of significance particularly in building up international human networks, was insufficiently influential to prevent political and military conflict. Peter von Staden's paper focuses on the Iron and Steel Promotion Law of 1917 as a case study to explore the significance of the shingikai (deliberative councils) as a forum for formal and significant debate on isses of importance to both business and government. The paper argues that business interests saw the shingikai as a locus where conflicting interests could be resolved, calling into question the widespread assumption of across-the-board covert decision-making in the Japanese government-business relationship.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk |
| Additional Information: | © 2002 the authors |
| Divisions: | STICERD |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2008 11:13 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 19:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/6913 |
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