07f-05
ECONOMIC & BUSINESS HISTORY OF JAPAN

Minoru SAWAI and Kenichi TOMOBE (School of Economics)

Objective
  The main objective of this course is to provide the academic topics on economic & business history of Japan. Evaluation on the Japanese economy has drastically changed from “Japan as No.1” in the 1980s to the “lost decade” in the 1990s with accordance with the performance of the Japanese economy. It is very important to survey the Japanese economy from the long perspectives which go beyond a few centuries.

Textbook
  No particular textbooks will be used. Reading list and materials will be given in the class

Course Schedule
1. Introduction
2. Economic History of Tokugawa Japan (1)
3. Economic History of Tokugawa Japan (2)
4. Business History of Tokugawa Japan
5. Western Impact and the Meiji Restoration
6. The Role of the State in the Early Stage of Industrialization
7. “Industrial Revolution” in Japan (1): Modern Sectors
8. “Industrial Revolution” in Japan (2): Traditional Sectors
9. The First World War and the Transformation of the Japanese Economy
10. The 1920s, Growth or Stagnation?
11. The Great Depression and the Japanese Economy
12. The Economic Recovery in the 1930s
13. The Wartime Economy in Japan
14. Postwar Reformation and reconstruction
15. The Era of High-Speed Growth
16. Epilogue: Balance Sheet of Economic Growth

Grading
   Participation in class 30%
   Final Written Examination 70%