MITI and the Japanese miracle
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, 33-38
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, 42, 56, 83-87, 195, 206, 208
Miki Takeo, 244n, 265, 270-71, 280f, 300-301
Minamata disease, 283
Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, 59, 83-89
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, 93-99
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, 168, 172
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 20, 74, 162, 168, 180, 224, 240, 286;
officials of, 53-54, 62, 68, 78, 89, 126, 148;
origins of, 83, 92-95
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, 29-34
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, 41, 83, 94-100, 118, 168, 172;
officials of, 56, 66, 71, 89;
Fukuoka Mine Inspectors Bureau, 94n, 107;
Commercial Affairs Bureau, 99, 129, 146;
Trade Bureau, 99, 134, 141f;
Temporary Industrial Rationality Bureau, 104-9
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, 114, 126, 128, 146, 166, 215, 310;
Fuel Bureau, 121-28
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, 142, 179, 186;
Temporary Materials Coordination Bureau, 142-46
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; General Affairs Bureau, 146, 149, 153, 164, 309;
Enterprises Bureau, 147, 149, 158, 164-65;
Coal Agency, 149, 179, 185f;
Industrial Conversion Policy Department, 160;
Promotion Department,
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161-64
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; Readjustment Department, 174
Ministry of Communications, 71, 86, 126, 162, 168
Ministry of Construction, 20, 41, 53, 70, 75, 218;
officials of, 59-60, 68, 78
Ministry of Education, 54, 60, 213
Ministry of Finance, 10, 20, 42, 70, 86, 176, 266-67, 303;
and trust accounts, 15, 208, 240;
and control of budget, 42-43, 68, 75, 79, 99, 133, 248, 295, 321;
officials of, 53, 60-65
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, 76ff, 125, 135, 229, 291, 298;
and foreign exchange, 119, 308;
monetary policy of, 120, 202-6
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, 227, 264, 294-95;
jurisdictional disputes of, 124, 142-43, 191, 209, 256, 259, 275, 320f;
tax policy of, 232-36.
See also
Foreign Capital Council
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 45, 60, 77, 124, 292;
jurisdictional disputes of, 74f, 99, 134, 176-77, 187, 191-93, 213, 320f
Ministry of Greater East Asia, 134, 169, 188
Ministry of Home Affairs, 41f, 59, 77f, 86, 94n, 97, 143
Ministry of International Trade and Industry, 48, 60, 70, 79-82;
and industrial policy, 17, 26-33, 236-37;
origins of, 134, 169, 176, 191-94, 319-20;
reform of (1973), 288-91, 296-97;
Industrial Technology Institute, 55;
Natural Resources and Energy Agency, 56, 192, 296;
Mine Safety Bureau, 60;
Secretariat, 63, 65, 146, 192, 253, 280, 289, 309;
Heavy Industries Bureau, 63n, 66, 168, 226, 245-48, 283, 287, 296;
Medium and Smaller Enterprises Agency, 66, 161, 222-23, 280;
Industrial Location and Environmental Protection Bureau, 67, 284;
Electric Power Bureau, 126, 221;
Trade Promotion Bureau, 130, 213;
International Trade Bureau, 188, 192ff, 213, 215, 220-21, 227, 254, 280, 287;
Resources Agency, 192;
Enterprises Bureau, 192ff, 200, 203, 209-20
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, 226, 232-45
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, 253-60
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, 280f, 296;
Textiles Bureau, 214, 249-51, 285, 296.
See also
Ministry of Commerce and Industry; Ministry of Munitions
Ministry of Labor, 41, 60, 77f
Ministry of Munitions, 32ff, 95, 134, 172, 180, 195, 221, 309;
origins of, 118, 166-69
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;
officials of, 125, 128, 246
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, 77, 210
Ministry of Railroads, 69, 168
Ministry of Transportation, 20, 59, 68ff, 78, 145
Ministry of Welfare, 41, 60, 77f, 161, 284
Minobe Tatsukichi, 123, 125
Minobe Yoji *, 125, 130, 150
Minoguchi Tokijiro*, 160, 352
Minseito*, 46, 101-7
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, 112, 123, 127
Misono* Hitoshi, 68
MITI,
see
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
MITI Establishment Law (1949), 192, 221f, 296
MITI Journalists' Club, 48, 79, 176
Mitsubishi Bank, 205, 259
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, 111, 157, 167, 267, 277, 287
Mitsubishi Motor Co., 277, 287-88, 310
Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co., 214, 356-57
Mitsubishi Trading Co., 205, 287f, 295
Mitsubishi zaibatsu, 85-90
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, 101, 171, 287
Mitsuchi Chuzo*, 122
Mitsui Bank, 71, 101, 205
Mitsui Trading Co., 72, 90f, 151, 205, 297
Mitsui Yonematsu, 107
Mitsui zaibatsu, 85, 90, 112, 145, 152, 166, 171
Miyake Yukio, 66, 257
Miyamori Kazuo, 261
Miyazawa Kiichi, 286, 291
Miyazawa Tetsuzo*, 280
Mizutani Chozaburo*, 185
Mori Hanae, 303
Mori Kaku, 57
Morisaki Hisatoshi, 168
Morita Akio, 313f
Morito Tatsuo, 97
Morozumi Yoshihiko, 169, 175, 180, 257, 275, 280f, 290f, 296f, 301
Mukai Tadaharu, 151
Mulkern, Louis J., 18
Munitions Companies Law (1943), 167ff
Munitions Industries Mobilization Law (1918), 117
Murase Naokai, 117, 128-29, 139-49
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, 171, 175, 247
Muto* Sanji, 122
N
Nagai Yonosuke*, 81
Nagamura Teiichi, 231
Nagano Mamoru, 122
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Nagano Shigeo, 56, 246, 277, 282
Nagayama Tokio, 191-92, 213-15, 244, 356-57
Nakahashi Tokugoro *, 100, 102
Nakai Reisaku, 94 and n
Nakajima Chikuhei, 172
Nakajima Kumakichi, 90, 102, 104, 119, 122f
Nakamatsu Shinkyo*, 66
Nakamura Takafusa, 14, 33, 71, 124, 198, 232, 298
Nakano Seigo*, 171
Nakasone Yasuhiro, 54, 265, 294-98
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Nakayama Ichiro*, 226
Nakayama Sohei, 250, 259, 277f, 282
Namiki Nobuyoshi, 301
National Banking Association, 259
National General Mobilization Law (1938), 109f, 117, 139, 146f, 224, 251
National Land Agency, 76
National Personnel Authority, 42, 60
National Public Service Law (1947), 42f
Nawa Taro*, 27, 100, 243
Netherlands East Indies, 147, 151
Nettl, J. P., 24
New Deal, 308
New Japan Steel Co., 56, 72, 76, 87, 271, 283
Ninagawa Torazo*, 222
Nippon Kokan* Steel Co., 72, 87, 205, 218, 261, 268f, 283
Nishihara loans, 208
Nishio Suehiro, 60
Nissan Motor Co., 132, 163, 268, 277, 286ff
Nissan zaibatsu, 131, 144, 205
''Nixon shocks," 22, 69, 76, 285, 292, 295
Noda Nobuo, 216
Noda Utaro*, 94n
Nomura Kichisaburo*, 134
North China Development Co., 144
North Sakhalin Petroleum Co., 152
Nozue Chimpei, 68
O
Oba* Tetsuo, 59
Obayashi Kenji, 36
O
bori* Hiromu, 254
Oda* Takio, 193
Ogasawara Sankuro*, 214
Ogawa Gotaro*, 127-28, 170, 271, 322
Ogura Masatsune, 269
Ohashi* Takeo, 59-60
Ohira* Masayoshi, 254, 272, 288, 291, 322
Ohkawa Kazushi, 13, 30f
"Oil shock" (1973-74), 22, 25, 92, 274f, 281, 296-300
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, 304, 306
Ojima Arakazu, 246, 253, 283
Ojimi* Yoshihisa, 11, 67, 244n, 253, 257n, 280f
Oji* Paper Co., 111, 145, 163
Okabe Kunio, 130, 231
Okabe Nagakabe, 102
Okada cabinet, 123
Okamatsu Seitaro*, 180
Okano Kiyohide, 227ff
Okawa* Hiroshi, 69
Okimoto, Daniel I., 40
Okinawa, 285f, 292
Okita* Saburo*, 181, 252
Okochi* Masatoshi, 102, 104, 166
Okochi Shigeo, 170
Okubo* Toshimichi, 190
Okuma* Shigenobu, 86
Okura* Masataka, 65
Okura zaibatsu, 85
Ono* Bamboku, 248, 255, 261f
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 11, 16, 80, 263f, 276, 281
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, 297
Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 231
Oshima* Kan'ichi, 182
Oura* Kanetake, 94n
Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund, 252
Oya Shinzo*, 250
Ozaki, Robert S., 26, 81
P
Pacific War (1941-45), 8, 41, 73, 88, 148, 154-72
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, 196, 241, 310
Parliamentary vice-ministers, 52n
Party politicians, 38, 46, 53f, 248, 261, 291, 294
Patents, 17, 217, 223-24, 247
Patrick, Hugh, 9
Peattie, Mark R., 153
Petrochemical industry, 9, 236-37, 258, 264, 267, 278, 303, 312
Petroleum Association of Japan, 299-300
Petroleum Industry Law (1934), 111, 120-21, 126, 132, 308
Petroleum refining industry, 3, 75, 121, 215, 278, 298-300, 302, 310
Petroleum Supply and Demand Normalization Law (1973), 298
Pine Sewing Machine Co., 246
Planned economy, 18-26, 31, 44, 177, 207, 228, 230, 318
Police Agency, 41, 77f
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Pollution, 22, 279, 283-84, 289, 293, 316
Pollution Countermeasures Basic Law (1967), 284
Postal savings, 14-15, 208ff, 313
Price Control Ordinance (1939), 147
Prime Minister's Office, 47, 78, 176, 234
Prince Motor Co., 268, 286
Production Cooperatives Law (1900), 99
Productivity Headquarters, 79
Profiteering Control Ordinance (1917), 91
R
Rapp, William V., 206
Recessions:
prewar, 92, 96-101
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, 114;
postwar, 3, 16, 218-19, 227, 263-64, 275f, 301, 306.
See also
Depression (1930's)
Reconstruction Finance Bank, 179, 186, 199, 202, 207f, 232
Regulatory state, 10, 19-23, 305
Resources Bureau, 118, 126, 137
Resources Investigation Law (1929), 118
Rice Law (1920), 92
"Rice riots" (1918), 84, 89-92
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, 96, 295, 298
Roberts, John G., 11
Rodgers, Paul, 70
Roser, Foster B., 42
Rosovsky, Henry, 13, 30f
Ryu * Shintaro*, 150
S
Sahashi Shigeru, 48, 67, 73-74, 169, 274, 308f;
on industrial policy, 9, 81, 109, 227, 289, 302;
as MITI vice-minister, 65f, 149, 215, 264-72
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, 279ff, 286, 298ff;
career of, 213-14, 226, 238, 242-64, 322, 339
Saito* cabinet, 119, 122
Sakakibara Eisuke, 62, 74, 78
Sakigawa Saishiro*, 94n
Sakomizu Hisatsune, 125, 150, 352
Sakonji Seizo*, 152
Sakon Tomosaburo*, 283
Sakura Maru
, 248, 255