This is an easy-to-read book that explains how and why Japan industrialized rapidly. It traces historical development from the feudal Edo period to high income

This newly revised, clearly-presented text looks at Japan's economic history from the nineteenth century through to World War II. Working within a framework bas

Economics, in the modern sense of the word, was introduced into Japan in the second half of the nineteenth century. However, Japanese thinkers had already devel

Concise overview of Japanese economic history between 1868 and 1941, with a comprehensive guide to further reading (now updated to 1994).

Japanese Economic Development presents three distinct approaches to understanding how and why Japan made the transition from a relatively low-income country mai