Rethinking Japanese Economic Policy at the Turn of the 21st Century

Haruhito Takeda is Professor Emeritus at Faculty of Economics at The University of Tokyo, Director at Mitsui Bunko and former Faculty Fellow at RIETI. He is a authority in the field of economic policy history research, having authored many works and edited many collections of materials on the history of MITI/METI. His research interests include the history of “monopolies,” including zaibatsu studies, and the history of the copper industry etc. He received the Japan Academy Prize in 2022 for his research.Junko Watanabe is Professor at Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics and Kyoto University and Faculty Fellow at RIETI. She has been involved in research on the economic policy history of MITI/METI for many years and has conducted numerous interviews with bureaucrats. She has also conducted research on pre- and postwar Zaibatsu and business Groups and history of structural adjustment of industries.

• Introduction.- Industrial policy at the turn of the century.- End of the industrial adjustment policy.- The industrial revitalization policy.