Expertise
Economic History of Japan, History of Industry and Business
Research Projects
- The Industrial Revitalization and the Role of Finance: The History of Japanese Economic Policies in the 1990s-2000s (February 12, 2019 - January 31, 2021)
- Historical Study on Industrial Policy (September 13, 2016 - August 31, 2018)
- Historical Study on Japan's Trade and Industrial Policy: From an international perspective (August 11, 2014 - March 31, 2016)
- Historical Research on the Major Topics of Japan's Trade and Industrial Policy (November 27, 2012 - March 31, 2014)
- Policy History Studies (April 1, 2011 - July 31, 2012)
Education
1988 Ph.D., Economics, the University of Tokyo
Dissertation: The History of Copper Industry in Modern Japan
1976 M.A., Economics, the University of Tokyo
1974 B.A., Business Administration, the University of Tokyo
1972 B.A., Economics, the University of Tokyo
Experience
1996-2015 Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo
1990-1991 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of the Philippines
1991-present Professor, Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo
1981-1991 Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo
1979-1981 Research Associate, The Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo
Selected Publications and Papers
Books (in Japanese)
Policy-Based Finance in Japan, I/II, University of Tokyo Press, 2009
Reconstruction of Japanese Firms in the Postwar Period: The process of overcoming difficulties, Yuhikaku, 2008
Reconstruction of the Japanese Economy in the Postwar Decade: Structural changes incomplete, Yuhikaku, 2007
Japanese Economic Idea: Tokyo: Iwanami Pub., 1999.
Keidanren, 1977-1996 (The History of Keidanren), Tokyo: Keidanren, 1998.
The Lectures on Japanese Economic History, Tokyo: Shinyo-sha Pub., 1995.
The Era of Zaibatsu, Tokyo: Shinyo-sha Pub., 1995.
Historical Studies on the Competitive Advantage of Japanese Industries during the 20th Century, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1995.
Dango [Bid rigging]; A Historical Study on Non-market Adjustment Mechanism in Japan, Tokyo: Shuei-sha Pub., 1994.
Business System in the Formative Years of Big Business in Japan and Great Britain (with Akio Okochi), Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1993.
Japan's Imperialism and Democracy in 1910-1930, (Series of Japanese history, vol. 19), Tokyo: Shuei-sha Pub., 1992.
The Business Groups and Japanese Economic Development (with Juro Hashimoto), Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1992.
The History of International Trade and Industrial Policy in Post-war Japan, Tokyo: Tsusho-Sangyo Chosa-kai
- Vol. 1 (with Mikio Sumiya), 1994
- Vol. 7 (with Mitusuru Miyata), 1991
- Vol. 6 (with Mitusuru Miyata), 1990
- Vol. 5 (with Mitusuru Miyata), 1989
The Cartels in Inter-War Japan (with Juro Hashimoto), Tokyo: Ochanomizu-Shobo Pub., 1985.
The History of Copper Industry in Modern Japan, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1987.
Books (in English)
A History of Japanese Trade and Industry Policy (ed. Mikio Sumiya), Oxford University Press, 2000.
Articles (in Japanese)
"Industrial structure in the era of Japan's Industrial Revolution," CIRJE discussion paper series, CIRJE-J-128, The Journal of Economics (Tokyo University), 2005.
"The Banking Department of Mitsubishi Goshi Kaisha," The Mitsubishi Archives Review, vol. 6, 2005.
"The Introduction of the Multidivisional Structure and the Self-supporting Accounting System," The Mitsubishi Archives Review, vol. 4, 2004.
"The Development of Government Policies for the Promotion of Exports, especially during the 1950s," Problems and Perspectives in Management, vol. 1, 2003.
"Shoda's Reform at Nagasaki Shipyard," The Mitsubishi Archives Review, vol. 3, 2002.
"Management in the Early Days of Mitsubishi Shipyard," The Mitsubishi Archives Review, vol. 2, 2001.
"Mitsubishi-Mining during the Showa Depression: Improvements in Production and Cost Reduction," The Mitsubishi Archives Review, vol. 1, 2000.
"Corporate Governance of Zaibatsu during the Inter-war Period," Entreprises et Histoire, no. 21, June 1999.
"A Study on the Origin of Fire Insurance Tariff in Japan," Journal of Economics, vol. 63, no. 1, 1997.
"Zaibatsu in wartime and its dissolution after WWII," in K. Oishi, ed., The History of Japanese Imperialism, vol. 1, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1985.
"Monopolistic Structure and Big Business," in K. Oishi, ed., The History of Japanese Imperialism, vol. 2, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1987.
"Industrial Relations," (ditto).
"Zaibatsu (Big Financial Combines)," in K. Oishi, ed., The History of Japanese Imperialism, vol. 1, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1985.
"Business Cycle in the 1920's," (ditto).
"International Economic Relations of Japan," in The Study Group of the 1920's History, ed., The Japanese Capitalism in the 1920's, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1983.
"Copper Cartels in the 1920's" Mitsui Bunko Ronso, Journal of Mitsui Research Institute for Social and Economic History, no.12, 1978.
Articles (in English)
"Corporate Governance in the Inter-War Zaibatsu," in Robert Fitzgerald and Etsuo Abe, eds., The Development of Corporate Governance in Japan and Britain, Ashgate, 2003.
