Japanese War Economy

在这个研究项目中，我们调查了目前日本经济制度的历史起源，重点是战时经济计划的作用。首先，我们在财务省、国际贸易产业省、日本银行、防卫省等地检索有关日本战争经济的资料，并将资料清单输入到个人电脑中，建立数据库。利用数据库，从上述的共同观点对资料进行了分析。主要结果如下：第二次世界大战对日本经济造成了很大的影响。为了管理战时经济，日本政府对经济的许多方面进行了计划和控制，并对战前的制度安排进行了改革，包括金融体系、劳资关系和劳动力市场。我们明确指出，这些战时改革带来了目前日本经济制度的非盎格鲁-撒克逊特征，这引起了越来越多经济学家的兴趣。

In this research project we investigated the historical origins of the present Japanese economic system, focusing the role of wartime economic planning. Firstly we searched the materials on the Japanese war economy at Ministry of Finance, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Bank of Japan, and Ministry of Defense, and input the list of materials to the personal computer to build up data base. Making use of the data base we analysed the materials from the common view point mentioned above. The main results are as follows. The World War II exserted large impact on the Japanese economy. In order to manage the war economy, the Japanese government planned and controlled the many aspects of the economy, and it reformed the pre-war institutional arrangements, including the financial system, industrial relations, and labor market. We made clear that these wartime reforms brought about the non Angro-Saxon characteristics of the present Japanese economic system, which have been gathering more and more interests of economists.