This paper surveys the relationship between the government and the financial system in Japan, mainly from the viewpoint of financial stocks, to gain an overall perspective and identify where any problems lie. During this decade, it seems that the relationship between the government and the...

This paper aims at contributing to the shaping of a new definition of banking. While banks have traditionally offered asset transformation, information-intensive lending, and payment services, recent advances in information processing and data communications have had such a strong influence that...

Freedman, Craig: When change is not reform : transforming the Japanese economy Pt. 1: Necessary change or shameless surrender? Economic reform in Japan Pt. 2: The fine art of financial incompetence Pt. 3: Japanese firms : happy families or anonymous corporate structures? Pt. 4: Producing a more...

This paper surveys the relationship between the government and the financial system in Japan, mainly from the viewpoint of financial stocks, to gain an overall perspective and identify where any problems lie. During this decade, it seems that the relationship between the government and the...

The following concept is frequently noted: The prevailing management style of Japanese firmsâas portrayed in traditional economics textbooksâis oriented toward the worker-managed business rather than the maximization of the firm's stock price. 1 This can be interpreted to mean that many...