Opening Japan's financial markets / J. Robert Brown, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, J. Robert, Jr., 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments, Foreign--Japan.

Investments, Foreign.

Banks and banking, Foreign--Japan.

Banks and banking, Foreign.

Japan--Foreign economic relations.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is widely asserted, outside Japan, that the failure of foreign banks to penetrate Japanese financial markets is the direct result of stringent Japanese protectionist policies. However, although there may be some truth in this, it is a one-dimensional argument. Opening Japan's Financial Markets takes a broader view. It accepts that the Japanese bureaucracy have skillfully limited the scope of foreign banks. However, in examining the history of foreign banking activity in Japan, it becomes clear that ineptitude on the part of foreign banks and governments has also been a major factor

Contents:

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 A QUESTION OF BALANCE; 2 ENTRY AND OCCUPATION; 3 BEHIND THE SHOJI CURTAIN; 4 FOREIGN PENETRATION IN THE 1970's; 5 BREAKDOWN OF CONSENSUS: REFORM OF THE JAPANESE FINANCIAL MARKETS; 6 THE YEN/DOLLAR ACCORD; 7 REFORM AND FOREIGN PRESSURE; 8 TREASURY VERSUS UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE; 9 BREAKING THE LOG JAM; 10 PUSHING AGAINST THE ENVELOPE: CITIBANK IN JAPAN; 11 THE OPPORTUNITIES; 12 THE OPPORTUNITIES FORGONE; 13 SHARED RESPONSIBILITY; Notes; Interviews; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-250) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-83975-8

1-134-83976-6

1-280-06667-9

0-203-00595-3

9780203005958

OCLC:

50060007