Japan Inc'

1
Japan Inc.

• New Traditional Economy

2
Japan as world economic power

• Main demographic and economic indicators
• Resource base
• Introverted nature of the society

3
Cultural traits

• The role of samurai
• Zaibatsu
• Economic and political concentration
• Three religions
• Post World War Two dynamic

4
Iron Triangle

• LDP
• MITI
• MoF
• Three sacred treasures

5
Bullet train

• Japanese miracle
• The role of the government
• The role of savings
• The role of target planning

6
Familistic groupism

• Interpersonal responsibility instead of
  impersonal rationality
• The status of bureaucracy
• Reciprocity
• Group identification

7
Keiretsu

• Industrial concentration and market structure
• Cross holdings and mutuality