Knowledge of the history of trade and industry policy provides the foundation for formulating future economic and industrial policy. The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) is undertaking comprehensive, systematic research to compile Japan's history of trade and industry policy, seeking cooperation from external experts including economists and historians.
Project Overview
This research project will compile the history of trade and industry policy in the late-20th century, with a particular focus on the period from 1980 to 2000, incorporating not only objective facts but also such areas as analytical and evaluative observations concerning the policy- making and implementation processes, effects on industrial and economic conditions that necessitated the formulation of certain policy, realization of intended policy goals, and industrial and economic conditions following policy implementation.
This history of trade and industry policy will consist of 12 volumes. Volume 1 will present a general overview with chapters dedicated to specific time periods, while the remaining 11 volumes (arranged similarly to the organizational structure of Ministry of International Trade and Industry) will provide detailed accounts of different policy fields with chapters organized by policy theme. The compilation is slated for completion by March 2011.
Project Leadership and Staff
The project will be carried out under the leadership of the Committee on the History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy (HJTIP Committee, Chairman: Editor in Chief; Committee Members: Deputy Chief Editors; Coordinating Lead Authors; Representative from METI) set up within RIETI.
List of HJTIP Committee Members
- Editor in Chief
- ODAKA Konosuke (Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University / Professor Emeritus, Hosei University)
- Deputy Chief Editors
- TAKEDA Haruhito (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo)
- NAKATA Tetsuo (Professor, Graduate School of Business, Doshisha University)
- MATSUSHIMA Shigeru (Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hosei University)
- Authors
- Vol. 1 (General Overview)
- ODAKA Konosuke (Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University / Professor Emeritus, Hosei University)
- Vol. 2 (Trade Policy)
- ABE Takeshi (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
- Vol. 3 (Industrial Policy)
- OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo)
- Vol. 4 (Distribution Policy / Consumer Administration)
- ISHIHARA Takemasa (Professor, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University)
- Vol. 5 (Environment, Location, and Safety Policy)
- TAKEDA Haruhito (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo)
- Vol. 6 (Basic Industries)
- YAMAZAKI Shiro (Professor, Faculty of Urban Liberal Arts, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
- Vol. 7 (Machinery and Information Industries)
- HASEGAWA Shin (Professor, School of Business, Aoyama Gakuin University)
- Vol. 8 (Consumer Goods Industries)
- MATSUSHIMA Shigeru (Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hosei University)
- Vo. 9 (Industrial Science and Technology Policy)
- SAWAI Minoru (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
- Vol. 10 (Natural Resources and Energy Policy)
- KIKKAWA Takeo (Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University)
- Vol. 11 (Intellectual Property Policy)
- NAKAYAMA Nobuhiro (Professor, Graduate School for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo)
- Vol. 12 (Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise Policy)
- NAKATA Tetsuo (Professor, Graduate School of Business, Doshisha University)
Major Activities in fiscal 2007
- Held meetings of the HJTIP Committee
- Designed writing plans for each volume
- Exchanged opinion with METI's related departments (collected opinions for the writing plans, gathered information on policy transition during the specified period of 1980-2000)
- Exchanged opinions with those who were engaged in the planning and implementation of trade and industrial policy
- Collected data, prepared chronological table, etc.
