Why did Japan's manufacturing sector become globally influential?
In short: An exploration of the economic drivers, industrial policies, and manufacturing innovations that propelled Japan to global industrial leadership.
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Sources used in this film: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Discussion Paper Series 08-E-036, hosted on Academia.edu, “DP RIETI Discussion Paper Series 08-E-036 The Internationalization of Japanese Firms : New Findings Based on Firm-Level Data”; Academia.edu (third-party upload site; the page lists abstracts of several papers, including one in Economic Policy, 1994, and one in Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2012), “Why Did Japan Grow So Fast During 1955-1973 and the Era of High-speed Growth End After the Oilshock?1 Measuring Capital Intensity in the Postwar Japanese Economy”; Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University: Discussion Paper Series No.2026-19 by Hiroshi Kumanomido, “RIEB Discussion Paper Series No.2026-19 | Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University”; Springer International Publishing. Chapter by Takeshi Niizeki (Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University) in M. Yülek (ed.), Economic Planning and Industrial Policy in the Globali…, “Japan’s Economic Growth and the Role of Government”; Encyclopaedia Britannica (Britannica Money), written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Ohno Taiichi | Japanese Industrialist, Quality Control, Toyota | Britannica Money”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Japan - Economic Transformation, Industrialization, Modernization | Britannica”.
Sources used in this film
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Discussion Paper Series 08-E-036, hosted on Academia.edu — DP RIETI Discussion Paper Series 08-E-036 The Internationalization of Japanese Firms : New Findings Based on Firm-Level Data · View →
- Academia.edu (third-party upload site; the page lists abstracts of several papers, including one in Economic Policy, 1994, and one in Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2012) — Why Did Japan Grow So Fast During 1955-1973 and the Era of High-speed Growth End After the Oilshock?1 Measuring Capital Intensity in the Postwar Japanese Economy · View →
- Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University: Discussion Paper Series No.2026-19 by Hiroshi Kumanomido — RIEB Discussion Paper Series No.2026-19 | Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University · View →
- Springer International Publishing. Chapter by Takeshi Niizeki (Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University) in M. Yülek (ed.), Economic Planning and Industrial Policy in the Globali… — Japan’s Economic Growth and the Role of Government · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (Britannica Money), written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica — Ohno Taiichi | Japanese Industrialist, Quality Control, Toyota | Britannica Money · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Japan - Economic Transformation, Industrialization, Modernization | Britannica · View →
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- Summary by Intellect · source: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Discussion Paper Series 08-E-036, hosted on Academia.edu: DP RIETI Discussion Paper Series 08-E-036 The Internationalization of Japanese Firms : New Findings Based on Firm-Level Data
- Also: Academia.edu (third-party upload site; the page lists abstracts of several papers, including one in Economic Policy, 199: Why Did Japan Grow So Fast During 1955-1973 and the Era of High-speed Growth End After the Oilshock?1 Measuring Capital Intensity in the Postwar Japanese Economy
- Also: Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University: Discussion Paper Series No.2026-19 b: RIEB Discussion Paper Series No.2026-19 | Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University
- Also: Springer International Publishing. Chapter by Takeshi Niizeki (Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka Univer: Japan’s Economic Growth and the Role of Government
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica (Britannica Money), written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica: Ohno Taiichi | Japanese Industrialist, Quality Control, Toyota | Britannica Money
- Also: Japan - Economic Transformation, Industrialization, Modernization | Britannica
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