This book researches banking structure in developing Japan and gives insight into how Japan's banks have become embroiled in recent financial crisis. It re-evaluates the role and function of Japan's commercial banks among its corporate groupings and proves that the behaviour of banks heading corporate groups has characterized the economic system, and that the banks could not have established a long-term capital lending business until the beginning of the 1970s.

Autorentext
SHINJI OGURA is Lecturer in Economics at Chiba University of Commerce, Chiba, Japan.

Inhalt
List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Mitsui Bank Under the Control of the Mitsui Family (1900-29) Towards a Closer Relationship between Mitsui Bank and Industry after the Showa Depression (1930-43) New Strategy After a Bank Merger (1943-45) The Formation of Mitsui Group Through Loan Relationships (1945-60) Supplementary Devices to Win the Lending Battle (1961-65) Dashing into Long-term Capital Lending (1966-73) Conclusions Notes Index