Appendix

Selected Reading List on Japanese Economic Development and Current Economic Problems

Economic Development

BOOKS AND ARTICLES

Ackerman, E. A., Japan’s Natural Resources, Chicago, 1953.

Adams, T. F. M., Japanese Securities Markets: A Historical Survey, Okuyama, Tokyo, 1953.

Allen, G. C., A Short Economic History of Modern Japan, London, 1946.

Borton, Hugh, ed., Japan, Cornell University Press, 1951 (rev. ed., Harvard University Press, 1954), Chaps. I, III-X.

Cohen, Jerome B., Japan’s Economy in War and Reconstruction, University of Minnesota Press, 1949.

Honjo, Eijiro, Social and Economic History of Japan, Kyoto, 1935.

Iida, Kanichi, and Hiroto Saigusa, eds., Nippon Kindai Seitetsu Gijutsu Hattatsu Shi (Development of Modern Steel Manufacturing Technique in Japan), Tokyo, 1957.

Ishida, R., “The Industrialization of Japan: A Geographical Analysis,” Annals of Hitotsubashi University, October 1956.

Kagan, Sioma, “The Demographic Factor—An Obstacle to Economic Development, with Special Reference to Japan,” unpublished doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, 1954.

Kawai, Saburo, and Charles F. Remer, Japanese Economics: A Guide to Japanese Reference and Research Materials, University of Michigan Press, 1956.

Kishimoto, Eitaro, Nihon Rodo Undoshi (History of the Japanese Labor Movement), Kobundo, Tokyo, 1950.

Kuznets, S., W. E. Moore, and J. J. Spengler, eds., Economic Growth—Brazil, India, and Japan, Duke University Press, 1955.

Lockwood, William W., The Economic Development of Japan, Princeton University Press, 1954.

Moore, W. E., see Kuznets, S.

Nanba, H., and K. Ono, “The Growth of the Iron and Steel Industry in Japan and the Problems of Raw Materials,” Kyoto University Economic Review, April 1955.

Norman, E. H., Japan’s Emergence as a Modern State, New York, 1940.

Ohkawa, Kazushi, “Long Term Changes in the National Product of Japan,” Annals of Hitotsubashi University, Vol. III, No. 2, April 1953, pp. 164-78.

——, and S. Tsuru, “Long-Term Changes in the National Product of Japan since 1878,” Income and Wealth, Series III, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Cambridge, 1953, Chap. II.

Orchard, John E., Japan’s Economic Position, New York, 1930.

Saigusa, Hiroto, see Iida, Kanichi.

Schumpeter, E. B., ed., The Industrialization of Japan and Manchukuo, New York, 1940.

Seki, Keizo, The Cotton Industry of Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, 1956.

Shinohara, Miyohei, A Survey of Japanese Literature on Japanese Economic Growth, Stanford University, Department of Economics, January, 1957.

Shiomi, Saburo, Japan’s Finance and Taxation, 1940-1956, translated by Sho-taro Hasegawa, Columbia University Press, 1957.

Spengler, J. J., see Kuznets, S.

Takahashi, Kamekichi, Taisho Showa Zaikai Hendo Shi (A History of the Financial World), 3 vols., Toyo Keizai Shimpo-Sha, Tokyo, 1955.

Togai, Yoshio, Kaisha Ginko Hachijunen-Shi, 1868-1955 (Corporations and Banks Over Eighty Years), Toyo Keizai Shimpo-Sha, Tokyo, 1955.

Tsuchiya, Takao, An Economic History of Japan, Tokyo, 1937.

Tsuru, S., see Ohkawa, K.

Yamada, Yuzo, Nihon Kokumin Shotoku Suikei Shiryo (Estimates of Japanese National Income), Tokyo, 1951.

Yanaihara, T., ed., Gendai Nihon Shoshi (A Short History of Modern Japan), Misuzu Shobo, Tokyo, 1953.

Manshu Jihen Igo No Zaisei Kinyu Shi (A Study of Japanese Public Finance from the Manchurian Incident to Date), Bank of Japan, Research Department, Special Studies Bureau, Tokyo, October 1948.

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

Holding Company Liquidation Commission, Nihon Zaibatsu To Sono Kaitai (Japanese Zaibatsu and Their Liquidation), 2 vols., Tokyo, 1950 (Vol. I describes development of the Zaibatsu; Vol. II deals with their liquidation).

Ministry of Finance, Nihon No Zaisei (Japan’s National Finances), edited by the Research Section, Minister’s Secretariat, published by Tokyo Keizai Shimpo-Sha, Tokyo, 1956.

Ministry of Labor, Rodo Hakusho (Labor White Paper), 1957, and Rodo Keizai No Bunseki (Analysis of Labor Economy), 1956, edited by Labor Statistics Research Section, published by Labor Law Institute, Tokyo.

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Economic and Scientific Section, Programs and Statistics Division, Mission and Accomplishments of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in the Economic, Scientific, and Natural Resources Fields, Tokyo, April 28, 1952.

——, Natural Resources Division, Sources of Iron Ore in Asia, by Joseph F. Harrington and Benjamin M. Page, Report No. 154, Tokyo, March 1952.

——, Natural Resources Section, Iron Ore Resources of Japan, by Joseph F. Harrington and Benjamin M. Page, Report No. 69, Tokyo, February 26, 1947.

——, Natural Resources Section, Crop Statistics for Japan, 1878-1946, Report No. 108, Tokyo, June 29, 1948.

Current Economic Problems

BOOKS AND ARTICLES

Allen, G. C., Japan’s Economic Recovery, London, 1958.

Ayusawa, Iwao, Post-War Developments in Organized Labor, Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, Tokyo, 1953.

Beckhart, Benjamin H., ed., Banking Systems, New York, 1954, chapter on “Japan,” by Edna E. Ehrlich and Frank M. Tamagna.

Bisson, T. A., Zaibatsu Dissolution in Japan, University of California Press, 1954.

Bronfenbrenner, M., “The State of Japanese Economics,” American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, Vol. XLVI, No. 2, May 1956, pp. 389-98.

——, and Kiichiro Kogiku, “The Aftermath of the Shoup Tax Reforms,” National Tax Journal, Vol. X, No. 5, September and December, 1957.

Cohen, Jerome B., “Austerity for Japan,” Barron’s Financial Weekly, May 31, 1954.

——, Economic Problems of Free Japan, Center of International Studies, Princeton University, 1952.

——, “Flourishing Japan—Sound Credit Policy Has Sparked Its Recovery,” Barron’s Financial Weekly, July 2, 1956.

——, “Private Point Four in Japan,” Fortune, April 1953.

——, “Trade: A Necessity for Japan,” New Republic, January 24, 1955.

Davenport, John, “In Japan It’s ‘Jimmu Keiki’,” Fortune, July 1957.

Ehrlich, E. E., “Note on Postwar Credit Policies in Japan,” Review of Economic Statistics, Vol. XXXIX, No. 4, November 1957.

Farley, Miriam S., Aspects of Japan’s Labor Problems, New York, 1950.

Fujii, S., Japan’s Trade and Her Level of Living, Science Council of Japan, Economic Series No. 6, 1955.

Hadley, E. M., “Trust Busting in Japan,” Harvard Business Review, July 1948.

Hewes, L. I., Japan: Land and Men, An Account of the Japanese Land Reform Program, 1945-1951, Iowa State College Press, 1955.

Horie, S., Banking System and Bank Liquidity in Japan, report to International Credit Conference, Rome, October 1951, Tokyo, 1952.

Horie, Yasuzo, “The Problem of the Modernization of Japan,” Kyoto University Economic Review, Vol. XXVI, No. 1, 1957.

Hunsberger, Warren, “Japanese Exports and the American Market,” Far Eastern Survey, Vol. XXVI, No. 9, September 1957.

Inouye, T., “Note on the Zaibatsu Combines,” Kobe Economic and Business Review, Kobe, 1956.

Ito, Hanya, “Direct Taxes in Japan and the Shoup Report,” Essays in Public Finance, Science Council of Japan, Division of Economics and Commerce, Economic Series No. 3, Tokyo, 1954.

Johnston, Bruce F., “Agricultural Productivity and Economic Development in Japan,” Journal of Political Economy, December 1951.

Kawata, F., Japan’s Iron and Steel Industry, 1953-54, Tokyo Foreign Service, Tokyo, 1954.

——, “Japan’s Trade with South and Southeast Asian Countries,” Kobe Economic and Business Review, Kobe, 1953.

Kitamura, Hiroshi, “Long Run Projection of the Japanese Economy,” Kyk-los, International Review for Social Sciences, Vol. IX, Fasc. 2., Basel, 1956.

Kiuchi, Nobutane, “False Assumptions about the Japanese Economy,” Foreign Affairs, April 1956.

Kogiku, Kiichiro, see Bronfenbrenner, M.

Kurihara, Kenneth K., “Japan’s Trade Position in a Changing World Market,” The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. XXXVII, No. 4, November 1955.

Langer, Paul, and Rodger Swearingen, Red Flag in Japan, Harvard University Press, 1952.

Meade, J. E., “Japan and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,” The Three Banks Review, London, June 1957.

Nakayama, Ichiro, Chingin Kihon Chosa (A Basic Survey of Wages), Toyo Keizai Shimpo-Sha, Tokyo, 1956.

Ohkawa, K., “Economic Growth and Agriculture,” Annals of the Hitotsu-bashi Academy, October 1956.

Reubens, E. P., “Small Scale Industry in Japan,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. LXI, August 1947.

Rockefeller, John D., 3rd, “Japan Tackles Her Problems,” Foreign Affairs, June 1954.

Sharron, Arthur O., “An Analysis of Japan’s External Disequilibrium Ten Years After the End of World War II,” unpublished doctoral dissertation, American University, 1957.

Shibata, C., “The Present Status of Japan’s Shipping,” Kobe Economic and Business Review, Kobe, 1956.

Swearingen, Rodger, see Langer, Paul.

Tsuru, Shigeto, “Employment in Japan: Problems and Prospects,” Far Eastern Survey, July 1957.

——, “Business Cycles in Post-War Japan,” in The Business Cycle in the Post-War World, E. Lundberg, ed., International Economic Association, London, 1955.

Uchida, K., “Japan’s Foreign Trade After the War,” Bulletin of University of Osaka, Vol. 1, Osaka, 1957.

Waldstein, George, “Japan’s Viability in the Post-Treaty Period,” unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, 1953.

——, “Showdown in the Orient,” Harvard Business Review, November-December 1954.

Watkins, Ralph J., “Japan’s Economy: Bright Spot or Trouble Spot,” Dun’s Review, January 1957.

Webb, Herschel, An Introduction to Japan, rev. ed., Columbia University Press, 1957.

Yamane, Taro, “Post-War Inflation in Japan,” unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin, 1955.

Yamamoto, H., “Can the Anti-Monopoly Legislation Preserve Competition,” Bulletin of the University of Osaka, Vol. 1, Osaka, 1957.

Capital Procurement in Postwar Japanese Industry, Mitsubishi Economic Research Institute, Tokyo, March 1957.

Cotton Industry Wages in Japan, Toyo Spinning Company, Institute for Economic Research, Osaka, 1955.

The Development and Prospects of Japan’s Economy, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, July 25, 1957.

Japan, Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, International Economic Survey, No. 106, February 1956.

Japan Since Recovery of Independence: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, November 1956.

The Major Industry and Its Technique in Japan, Society for Economic Cooperation in Asia, Tokyo, 1954.

Mitsui-Mitsubishi-Sumitomo, Present Status of Former Zaibatsu Enterprises,Mitsubishi Economic Research Institute, Tokyo, 1955.

Nippon: A Charted Survey of Japan, 1957, The Tsuneta Yano Memorial Society, Kokusei-Sha, Tokyo, 1957.

Payments Problems of Japan, International Monetary Fund, Washington, June 1954.

The Raw Silk Industry of Japan, Japan Silk Association, Tokyo, 1953.

“The Reconstruction of Japan’s Foreign Trade,” Monthly Review, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, January 1955.

The Smaller Industry in Japan, Society for Economic Cooperation in Asia, Tokyo, 1954.

Statistical Digest of Japanese Textile Industry, Toyo Spinning Company, Institute for Economic Research, Osaka, 1956.

The Textile Industry in Japan, Primary Textiles Institute, Toronto and Montreal, 1956.

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

Embassy of Japan, Japan: The Position of Foreign Investment Today, Washington, 1954.

Holding Company Liquidation Commission, Final Report on Zaibatsu Dissolution, Tokyo, July 1951.

Ministry of Finance, General Survey of the Japanese Economy, September 1, 1957.

——, Guide to the Economic Laws of Japan, Tokyo, 1950.

——, Zusetsu Nippon No Zaisei (Japan’s Fiscal Policy), edited by Research Section, Minister’s Secretariat, Toyo Keizai Shimpo-Sha, Tokyo, 1957.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Problems Series, 1956: Japan’s Constitutional Problems and Her Political Chart, by Tosiyosi Miyasawa; A Review of Japan’s Defense Strength, by Keikichi Masuhara; Japan’s Population Problems, by Ayanori Okasaki; Japan’s Agriculture, by Seiichi Tobata; Japan’s Labor Problems, by Ichiro Nakayama; The Rehabilitation of Japan’s Economy and Asia, by Saburo Okita; Japan’s Foreign Trade, by Ryokichi Minobe.

Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Nippon Keizai No Sangyo Renkan Bunseki (The Interindustry Relations Analysis of Japan’s Economy), edited by Research and Statistics Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Toyo Keizai Shimpo-Sha, Tokyo, 1957.

——, Review and Prospects of Industrial Rationalization, December 5, 1957.

Ministry of Labor, Rodo Kumiai Chosa Hokoku (Basic Labor Union Survey), 1953.

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign Commerce, Investment in Japan—Basic Information for United States Businessmen, 1956.

——, World Trade Information Service, Basic Data on the Economy of Japan, Part I, No. 55-83, August 1955.

——, World Trade Information Service, Establishing a Business in Japan, November 1954.

——, World Trade Information Service, Foreign Trade of Japan, December 1955.

——, World Trade Information Service, Import Tariff System of Japan, Part II, No. 55-21, February 1955.

——, World Trade Information Service, Licensing and Exchange Control in Japan, Part II, No. 55-23, February 1955.

General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Natural Resources Section, Japanese Land Reform Program, by Laurence I. Hewes, Jr., Report No. 127, Tokyo, March 15, 1950.

——, Report on Japanese Taxation by the Shoup Mission, 4 vols., Tokyo, 1949.

PERIODICALS

Economic Statistics Monthly, Bank of Japan, Tokyo.

Foreign Exchange Statistics Monthly, Bank of Japan, Tokyo.

Fortnightly Letter, Bank of Japan, Tokyo.

Fuji Bank Bulletin (quarterly), Fuji Bank, Tokyo.

Japan Report (semi-monthly), Consulate General of Japan, New York.

Japanese Economic Indicators (monthly), Japanese National Diet Library, Tokyo.

Japanese Economic Statistics (monthly), Economic Planning Agency, Japanese Government. Part I: Industrial Production; Part II: Foreign and Domestic Commerce; Part III: Population, Labor, Food Supply and Prices.

Kobe Economic and Business Review (fortnightly), Kobe.

Kyoto University Economic Review (quarterly), Kyoto.

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, Bureau of Statistics, Office of the Prime Minister, Tokyo.

Monthly Circular, Mitsubishi Economic Research Institute, Tokyo.

Monthly Economic Report, Economic Planning Agency, Japanese Government.

Monthly Economic Review, Bank of Japan, Tokyo.

Monthly Report on Business Conditions in Japan, The Dai-Ichi Bank, Ltd., Tokyo.

Monthly Report on National Income, National Income Section, Research Division, Economic Planning Agency, Japanese Government.

Monthly Return of the Foreign Trade of Japan (in Japanese and English), Ministry of Finance, Tokyo; issued monthly but December issue each year is also the annual January-December issue, providing data for the year.

Monthly Review, The Mitsui Bank, Ltd., Tokyo.

News Survey, Bank of Japan (fortnightly), Tokyo.

Nihon Keizai Shimbun (The Japan Economist) (daily), Tokyo.

Oriental Economist (monthly), Tokyo.

Quarterly Bulletin of Financial Statistics, Research Section, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Finance, Tokyo.

Sumitomo Bank Review (quarterly), Osaka.

Survey of Japanese Finance and Industry (quarterly), Industrial Bank of Japan, Tokyo.

Toyo Keizai Shimbun (The Oriental Economist) (weekly), Tokyo.

Weekly Review of Economic Affairs in Japan, Bank of Tokyo.

ANNUALS

Annual Report, Policy Board, Bank of Japan, Tokyo; reviews monetary, financial, and economic conditions.

Economic Statistics of Japan, Bank of Japan, Tokyo.

Economic Survey of Asia and the Far East, United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, Bangkok, chapter on Japan.

Economic Survey of Japan, Economic Planning Agency, Japanese Government (1956-57 volume issued July 1957).

Foreign Trade of Japan, White Paper issued by Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Tokyo.

Japan Economic Yearbook, issued by The Oriental Economist, Tokyo; also in Japanese, Nippon Keizai Nenpo, Toyo Keizai Shimpo-Sha.

Japan Labor Yearbook, Ministry of Labor, Tokyo.

Japan Statistical Yearbook, Prime Minister’s Office, Tokyo.

Japanese Industry, The Foreign Capital Research Society, Bank of Japan, Tokyo.