This paper reassesses the results of Japan‘s financial deregulation over the last two decades. Japan‘s Big Bang sought to transform a highly regulated bank-centered financial system to a transparent, market-centered financial system to revitalize Japan‘s economy and aging society. Prior...

This Article consists of an introductory essay and an edited transcript of an unusual panel discussion on implications of the financial crisis. A panel of experts composed of prominent corporate and banking law scholars, local financial industry executives, and a bank regulator convened at a...