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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
zaibatsu [Jap.,=money clique], the great family-controlled banking and industrial combines of modern Japan. The leading zaibatsu (called keiretsu after World War II) are Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Dai Ichi Kangyo, Sumitomo, Sanwa, and Fuyo. They gained a position in the Japanese economy with no exact parallel elsewhere. Although the Mitsui were powerful bankers under the shogunate, most of the other zaibatsu developed after the Meiji restoration (1868), when, by subsidies and a favorable tax policy, the new government granted them a privileged position in the economic development of Japan. Later they... Read more
keiretsu
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition keiretsu see zaibatsu . Author not available, KEIRETSU. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008 Read more
Mitsubishi
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Mitsubishi see zaibatsu . Author not available, MITSUBISHI. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008 Read more

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