Economic Policy in Contemporary Japan : (Who has played the major role in the development of industrial policy of contemporary Japan?)

Abstract

Many things have been said about the success of Japanese economy, particularly in Japanese studies where the audiences are those people interested in Japanese culture and its society. Simple models such as the Japanese corporations, however, warrant much further examination, especially nowadays when the words "the 1955 system in politics and economics has ended" are shouted everywhere. This paper examines the so called key players in Japanese economic policies by referring to various papers in order to give a better understanding of one of the very important issues in Japanese studies.