 | Opening Japan's Financial Markets Subjects: Area Studies; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Asian Studies; Economics Finance and Accounting; Finance; Business Management and Marketing; Asian Studies (General); Japanese Studies; International Business; This book, first published in 1994, takes a broad look at the reasons behind the failure of foreign banks to penetrate Japanese financial markets. It accepts the common argument that the Japanese bureaucracy has skilfully limited the scope of foreign banks and discusses at length the methods used to do so. However, in examining the history of foreign banking activity in Japan, it becomes clear that ineptitude on the part of the foreign banks and governments has also been a major factor. J. Robert Brown, Jr. |
