The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation"The first full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political/industrial system"--Cover subtitle. |
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Page 57
... activities extolling the military past . A politician whom I accompanied on his initial round of a hamlet recently added to his constituency made a special point of first seeking out the house of a man without legs the local ...
... activities extolling the military past . A politician whom I accompanied on his initial round of a hamlet recently added to his constituency made a special point of first seeking out the house of a man without legs the local ...
Page 63
... activities directed , on a scale that no other group can match , at the Finance Ministry and the LDP . The more than ten thousand local nokyo units in towns and villages all over the country buy farm products ( other than rice ) and ...
... activities directed , on a scale that no other group can match , at the Finance Ministry and the LDP . The more than ten thousand local nokyo units in towns and villages all over the country buy farm products ( other than rice ) and ...
Page 353
... activities , production targets and the allocation of materials in the various sectors of wartime industry . 28 But the bureaucrats never gained an effective grip on them , since business had made sure that they were headed by the top ...
... activities , production targets and the allocation of materials in the various sectors of wartime industry . 28 But the bureaucrats never gained an effective grip on them , since business had made sure that they were headed by the top ...
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