Or not, as the case may be: reforming Japan's Finance Ministry

Article Abstract:

Japan's Finance Ministry is considered to be too powerful a bureaucracy, but a government committee's recommendations to break up its duties were quashed at the last minute by the Liberal Democratic Party. Monetary policy and financial-institution regulation should be overseen by independent agencies.

Banking industry, Laws, regulations and rules, Monetary policy, Powers and duties, Japan. Ministry of Finance

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The return of the men from MITI

Article Abstract:

Western competitors continue to believe that Japanese companies hold a distinct advantage over them because of the support they receive from their government and MITI. What they fail to realize is that Japanese companies are really no less infallible than their Western counterparts.

Editorial, Industrial policy

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