Journal of East Asian Libraries

Volume 2001 Number 124 Article 6

6-1-2001

Kaisha-shi: A Brief Glimpse of Japanese Company Histories and Company Culture

Eizaburo Okuizumi

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note originally paper presented ath4th international conference japanese information science technology industry business held newcastlle upon tyne united kingdom september 585 8 1995 paper revised updated presentation company japanese histories interest group meetingzlal annual meetingz1za association asian studies held chicago march 2001 introduction

kaishadaisha shi publication providingC companascompanyscompanys history usually written compiled produced distributed company daishakaisha shi impressively compiled works

generally rangingz1za tn hundred several hundred pagesZ cases even historical illustrations photographs I1 available directly companies themselves generally available sale regular book market 2 obviously circulation number copies kaishadaisha shi limited compared commercial publications increasing number companies now publishing kaishadaisha shi estimated new kaishadaisha shi produced every two days 3

daishakaisha shi unique type publication excellent source detailed information japans business industrial world serve tool rgainingt1ta

greaterI1 understanding japanese companies activities products structures histories even socioeconomicsocio economic roles local well international communities records individual companies formerly unavailable persons connected operations kaishadaisha shi however made information much accessible public providing wealth information rationale process decision making business stratestrategiesoiesoles operations manaaernentmanagement union relationships related numerical data chronologies

hand should kept mind each company prefers publicize positive stronger aspects rather negative potentially image damaging records C t company determines what included published kaishadaisha shi means records certainly research works kaishadaisha shi written companies themselves

1 kaishadaisha shi called shashi shashishoshashisho nenshibenshi

2 approximately 90 kaishadaisha shi sale publications few exceptions mitsubishi shashi university tokyo press 197919841979 1984 example consists 41 volumes costs 322000y322000 per set

3 junichi aoyanagikoyanagiAoyanagi shashi futsuka ni itten1 ttenaten tanjobanjo tsundokuhenjotsundokuTsundoku henjobenjo mezasu nihon keizaikeizar shinbunShinshinjunbun july 18 1993 traditionally kaishadaisha shi criticized 4 words readers authors list prices book stores niigata nippo 50 nenshibenshi 1992 postscript

26 thus mainly emphasize favorable aspects researchers must cautious using them 4 beyond these weak points however kaishadaisha shi attract attention many quarters includingZ15 mass media special libraries academic research libraries due rapid industrialization japan since early meiji period

addition kaishadaisha shi widely used groups keieishiKeieishi zakkaigakkai business history society japan hereinafter BHSJ established 1964 order study business history japan 5 reflected BHSJs quarterly journal kelel shigaku japan business history review whose articles frequently cite kaishadaisha shi 6 before formation BHSJ number scholars studied histories transitions business systems business affairs japanese foreign companies however BHSJ believed business history specific field independent economic history business administration founding members BHSJ keiichiro nakagawa then professor university tokyo studied harvard universitys business school 1958 1960 recognized authorities kaishadaisha shi 77

users kaishadaisha shi include members keidanrenKeidanren japan federation economic organizations abbreviated japanese keidanrenKeidanren established august 161619461946 nationwide business association keidanrenKeidanren comprises 118 association members 1007 corporate members total 125 regular members january 232320012001 maintains close contact both publicgovernmentalpublic governmental private sectors japan abroad work resolution major problems facing business community without question contribute sound development japanese world economies members regularly use kaishadaisha shi keep abreast activities member associations companies characteristics kaishadaisha shi authors daishakaisha shi corporations themselves case furukawa denkibenki kogyobogyo kabushikiKabushiki kaishas bogyosogyo 100 nenshibenshi example edited nihon keieishiKeieishi kenkyujoKenkyujo published produced furukawa denkibenki 1991 individual author names standard cataloocataldocatalog databases fact however particular kaishadaisha shi written company professor haruhitoHaruhito takeda university tokyo professor makoto hasegawa shizuoka university professor eisuke daito university tokyo revealed

4 since collapse bubble economy global factors kalska shishl increasingly become balanced providing both positive negative information

5 address BHSJ institute social science university tokyo 737317 3 1 hongo sunkyobunkyo ku tokyo 113 japan phone 03 381221113812 2111 ext4947ext 4947

6 october 1983 618 individual members 41 corporate members BHSJ BHSJ publishes quarterly formerly 3 times year kefel shigaku contains articles research notes abstracts english reports book reviews including reviews kaishadaisha shi holds annual meeting international conference every year information see hidemasa morikawa report longtermlong term trends business history society japan japanese yearbook business history 1984 japan business history institute 132 BHSJs journal published university tokyo press carried major academic libraries united states beginning inaugural issue voivolavolvol11 nolnoi I1 june 1966 current

7 keiichiro nakagawa kigyokigyos senryokuSenryoku shitenoshigeno shashi shashi company strength chuo koron keieikegei mondai autumn issue 1978 667266 72 continuation nakagawasNakaga article winter 1963 issue same publication pages 232242232 242

27 unnumbered postscript furukawa denkibenki organized established editorial committee kaishadaisha shi consisting three elements henshuhanshu sha editors seisaku sha producers shuppitsushuppitsu sha writers shashi hensanshitsu companascompanyscompanys kaishadaisha shi office kaishadaisha shi now created groups experienced professionals specialists working company

said companies produce kaishadaisha shi purposes 1 educating management ke kyoikukyoiku 2 educating lower level administration hightl rankingt1ta level employees ieisha tl employees jugyoin kyoikukyoiku 3 conducting public relations activities PR katkatsuyosudo 8 plants andor branches comprising company may produce own daishakaisha shi discussed above daishakaisha shi generally sale publications unavailable through regular book market available directly companies infuruhonmfuruhon ya shotenkoshotenko used book dealers special book dealers reason kaishadaisha shi often called illegitimate children publications typically kaishadaisha shi include preface greeting company president andor chairperson text introducing company then discussing birth growth new business areas 41goals appendix chronochronolocchronologylocgy notes select bibliographyz1za index daishakaisha shi number illustrations photographs color excellent quality recently foreign languageC zlal editions full summary form published 9 researching kaishadaisha shi should noted formal name company may change sometimes frequently kanji katakana japanese mergers splits 101 foreignC languageb 0 case company mergerst absorptions large number importance ofkaishakaishadaisha shishl reflect popular description japan japan country fueled kaishadaisha shugi company ism 111 I1 sense kaishadaisha shi seen windows mirrors modem japanese culture society kaishiakaishian shi provides clear view companascompanyscomp anys culture social andor philanthropic activities first kaishadaisha shi explains companascompanyscompanys official ideology expressed company song essays founder company elders lists goals values shazechaze shakun celebrated annual celebrations public events

second listingZD executives backgrounds companascompanyscompanys kaishadaisha shi reveals

8 nobuhisa fufujitajita kindal keieishikeleishiKeiKelkeleishikeishi 0 sagurusuguru Shashashigakushigaku kotohajimeKotohajime nagao bunko ni boruyoru kigyokigyos sanayosangyo dantal shi sogo kenryukenkyu ryukoku 24 1991 182121182118 212121 21 address ryukoku university library 67 fukakusaFukakusa tsukamoto cho fushimi ku kyoto 612 japan phone 075 6421111642 illiiiii1111 fax 075 6417955641 7955

9 example toyota motor briefbriehistoryBrie history 1982 20pp Mitmitutoyoutoyo mfgmag ltd 50 year history Mitmitutoyoutoyo 19861996 203 appp nippon life insurance 100 year history nippon life growth socioeconomic setting6 188919891889 1989 1991 389 appp

10 titles majority kaishadaisha shi begin company name always case taiyokaiyo gyogyo kanji became maruhamacuha katakana tokuyama soda kanji became tokuyama soda katakana mihiromichiro shokuhin katakana kanji became erueniueruemu fuzufugu katakanakatakanaand english changes took place 1993 changes recently

11 pointed hirojii babaBaba revealing switching characters kaishadaishakaisha results shshakaishakalakai shakalshakai shugi means socialism while kaishadaisha shugi means opposite doctrine company ism hiroji baba gendal sekal nihon kaishadaisha shugi contemporary world japans company ism tokyo daigaku shakal kahakukagaku kenkyujo hen ed institute social science univ tokyo gendalgendai nihon shakalshakai dai 1 kan contemporary japanese society vol 1 university tokyo press 1991

28 close relationships between corporate executives political bureaucratic leaders 122 government bureaucrats retire early often assume key positions corporations private sectors practice known amaamakudarianiakudatikudari descent heaven third kaishadaisha shi may list describe videosmoviesvideos movies printed materialscd ROMs PR tools used promote company publications formats including home papagesges world wide web japanese business world particularly strong among these publications company journalsjournals1313 newspapers shaboshaho shanaihoshanaiho daishakaisha shinbunshinshinjunbun 14 kumiaikumian union shinbunshinshinjunbun annual reports nenjibenji hokokusho nenpo15 fourth daishakaisha shishl reveals information regarding companascompanyscompanys contributions community example shinbashinwa ginko nagasaki publishing shinbashinwa library shinbashinwa bunko series 30 years beginning first issue hiradodirado shiwa history hiradodirado 1954 16 effort intended contribute local community nagasaki through publication books history city relationships foreign countries sixteenthsixteenththth volume theshinwaiheshinwa bunko series entitled nagasaki tojin kenryukenkyu research chinese nagasaki 17 commonly company may conduct community oriented activities building museums sponsoring cultural events contests managing hotels hospitals wedding reception facilities establishing libraries 18 archives foundations provide research t1tagrants

12 many books published english explain japanese corporate system detail james C abegglen george stalk jr kaishadaisha thejapanesetebtee japanese corporation new york basic books 1985 book reprinted under title kaishadaisha japanese corporation new competitors world business london taunis 1986 nihon kabushikiKabus hiki kaishadaisha showa shi japan showa period tokyo gensha 1995 very useful work

13 journals age tomorrow english nolnoi 1 1961 current suntorymuntory quarterly japanese nolnoi 1 1979 written general readers made available public former quarterly journal advertising department hitachi ltd tokyo latter journal suntorySunmuntorytory ltd tokyo mugendai japanesejapaneseno noinol1 1969 current published IBM japan ltd another popular company magazine

14 sanyuganyu shinbunShinshinjunbun example largest daishakaisha shinbunshinshinjunbun published sanyuganyu shinbunshinjun sha since 1953 organized mitsui group publishers address mitsui building 2112 1 1 nihonbashiNihonbashi muromachimuromachlMuromachi chuo ku tokyo 103 japan phone 03 324143223241 4322 fax 03 324162203241 6220

15 example daihatsukaihatsuDaihatsu motor ltd markets products 120 countries around globe company publishes annual report both japanese english

16 hiroshi Yadyadomaruomaru hiradodirado shiwa published originally kyobunkan 1964 then republished shinbashinwa bank newly revised edition 1974277 appp

17 hsien ling li nagasaki tojin kenryukenkyu published originally taizan bunbutsusha 1980 then republished shinbashinwa bank 19914531991 453 appp recent volumes seriesserlessernessennes entitled nagasaki burarisanpo published shinbashinwa ginko furusatoFurusato kikin

18 libraries archives include mitsui bunko mitsui library established mitsui 1918 mitsubishi archives opened recently published mitsubishi shiryokanShiryokan ronsharonshu voivoll2000vol 12000 currentlycurrentby mitsubishi keizaikeizar Kenkkenkyujoyujo sumitomo shiryokanShiryokan archives kyoto foundations include ishibashi bridgestoneBridgestone tires nihon seimei nippon insurance toyota sezon bunka includes isetaniseton department store sumitomo

29 examples kaishadaisha shi

131.3 million corporations japan 19 however 300 these corporations 5000 employees these large companies comprise 0020.02 per cent japanese corporations account nearly 14 per cent regularzlal employees listingC 1650 firms tokyo stock exchangeC indicates number major japanese companies number japanese companies published company histories form kaishadaisha shi following list industry represents examples kaishadaisha shi

shipbuilding japan worlds leading shipbuilding country contracts half worlds tonnage

mitsubishi netsubishimitsubishi heavy industries mitsubishi jukogyo kabushikiKabushiki daishakaisha shi 1956 mitsubishi bosenzosen kabushikiKabushiki kaishadaisha shi mitsubishi nihon jukogyo kabushikiKabushiki kaishadaisha shi shin mitsubishi jukogyo kabushikiKabushiki kaishadaisha shi 1967 kawasaki kawasaki heavy industries kawasaki zosenjo 40 nenshibenshi 1936 ishikawajimaIshikawajima ishikawajima harima heavy industries ishikawajimaIshikawajima jukogyo kabushikiKabus hiki kaishadaisha 108 nenshibenshi 1961 ishikawajimaharimaishikawajimaIshikawajima harima jukogyo shashi 2 vols 1992 hitachi hitachi shipbuilding engineering hitachi bosenzosen kabushikiKabushiki kaishadaisha 75 nenshibenshi 1956 80 shunenshanen 0 mukaete 1961 hitachi bosenzosen 90 shunenshanen 0 mukaete 1971 hitachi bosenzosen 100 nenshibenshi 1985 b shippingmarineShipping Marine transportation nippon yusen kaishadaisha controlled mitsubishi nihon yusen kabushikiKabus hiki kaishadaisha 50 nenshibenshi 1935 70 nenshibenshi 1956 nihon yusen senji senshi 2 vols 1971 sanatsunanatsu umi de isseikiisshiki nihon yusen bogyosogyo 100 shanenshunen sensakusenpaku shashinshuShashinshu 1985 osaka shosenchosen osaka shosenchosen kabushikiKabus hiki kulsha 50 nenshibenshi 1934 osaka shosenchosen kabushikiKabus hiki kaishadaisha 80 nenshibenshi 1966 bogyosogyo 100 nenshibenshi osaka shosenchosen mitsui sensakusenpaku K K 2 vols 1985 c bigbict five non government banks before WW II11 40 percent bank deposits held these banks 1935201935120

toshiba mitsubishi foundations

19 japan profile nation tokyo kodanshaKodansha international 1994 iioilo110pp110 appp

20 since addition janwasanwa bank group these banks now called 6 dai kigyokigyos shudan big six conglomerate corporations japanese bankers association JBA zenginkyoZenginkyo japanese short name began april 1999 reorganization federation bankers association japan JBA 144 full members 43 associate members 72 special members end 2000

30 daiichi daiichi ginko 50 nen shoshi 1926 mitsui now sakura bank ltd mitsui ginko 50 nenshibenshi 1926 mitsui ginko 80 nenshibenshi 1957 mitsubishi mitsubishi ginko shi zokucoku mitsubishi ginko shi reprint 2 vols 1980 yasuda now fuji bank ltd yasuda ginko 60 nenshibenshi 1940 fuji ginko 70 nenshibenshi 1952 fuji ginko 100 nenshibenshi 2 vols 1982 sumitomo sumitomo ginko shi 1955 sumitomo ginko 80 nenshibenshi 1979 sumitomo ginko shishl showa 50 nendai ayumi 1985 sumitomo ginko hyakunenshi 1998

four major banks year 2001 mizuho holdingsZ sumitomo mitsui banking mitsubishi tokyo financial group UFJ holdings d iron steel kaishadaisha shi top 5 japanese integrated steelmakerssteelmakers ared shin nippon seitetsuseiketsuSeitetsu nippon steel corporation worlds largest steel manufacturer producer various steel product lines nihon seitetsuseiketsuSeitetsu kabushikiKabus hiki kaishadaisha shi 1959 honoohonbo tomoni shin nippon seitetsuseiketsuSeitetsu new company combining nippon seitetsuseiketsuSeitetsu fuji seitetsuseiketsuSeitetsu yahata seitetsuseiketsuSeitetsu 3 vols 1981

nippon kokan K K steelmaker lonaionaionolongiongtl history shipbuilder producer heavy industrial equipment nippon kokan kabushikiKabushiki kaishadaisha 30 nenshibenshi 40 nenshibenshi 50 nenshibenshi 60 nenshibenshi 70 nenshibenshi 194219821942 1982 kawasaki seitetsuseiketsuSeitetsu kawasaki steel corporation mizushima seitestujoSeitestujo 25 nen kinen shi 1986 sumitomo kintokukinzoku kogyobogyo sumitomo metal industries ltd sumitomo kintokukinzoku kogyobogyo 6 nen Shoshishoshi195tshoshi19571957 sumitomo kintokukinzoku kogyobogyo saikin 10 nenshibenshi bogyosogyo 70 shunenshanen kinen 1967 sumitomo kintokukinzoku kogyobogyo saikin Junenjunenshishi bogyosogyo 80 shunenshanen kinen 1977 kobe seikojo kobe steel ltd shinko 50 nenshibenshi 1954 kobe seiko 70 nen 2 vols 1974 kobe seiko 80 nen 1985 notable kaishadaisha shi

section highlightim kaishadaisha shi particularly notable first group notable titles consist daishakaisha shi valued 50000y50000 secondhandsecond hand book market japan

31 although originally published without list price 21 these include bogyosogyo 100 nenshibenshi furukawaFumkawa kogyobogyo KK 1976 50000y50000 sumitomo besshibegshi kozan shi sumitomo kintokukinzoku kozan K K 1991 650003y650003 volssetvols set nihon seikojo shashi shiryo nihon seikojo K K 1968 3500002y3500002 vols second group notable titles collections conglomerate kaishadaisha shi these include mitsubishi shashi 41 volumes university tokyo press 197919841979 1984 sumitomo shiryo sosho shibunkaku 198520001985 2000 22 these important primary sources reference works researchers scholars japanese corporate history general provide comprehensive view history each company compocomposingsincyen wibatsuzaibatsu big financial 01roupgroup well zaibatsu itself third group notable kaishadaisha shi those field mass communications these katsha shi notable historical value comprehensive reflections japanese society ryukyu shinpo 100 nenshibenshi kaishadaisha shi produced ryukyu shinpo sha ryukyu newspaper ltd okinawa 1993 provides history prefectural level newspaper company basic tools study okinawa history whole asahi shinbunshinjun shashi long awaited title commercially produced publication asahi shinbunshinjun asahi newspaper ltd consists four volumes meiji hen taisho showa semen hen showa sengo hen shiryo hen documents 23 contains total 2800 pages includinoincludingludino illustrations list price 25000y25000 24 asahi shimounshimbun shashi merely history company provides historical overview japanese press industry well politics foreign relations economics society culture modem japan finally fourth group notable daishakaisha shi those recognized excellence every year since 1978 nihon keieishiKeieishi kenkyujoKenkyujo japan business history Instituteinstitute2525 selected excellent titles amongamonaamono kaishadaisha shi awarded prizes bushuyushu kaishadaisha shi sho first award given mitsubishi kogyobogyo shashi 1978 second award given kagoshima ginko 100 nenshibenshi 1980 award presented tokyo baijokaijo kasaikasalkasaihokenhokenboken kabushikiKabushiki kaishadaisha 100 nenshibenshi 1982 takeda 200100 benshinenshi 1984 bogyosogyo 100 nenshibenshi osaka shosenchosen mitsui 1986 mitsubishi soko 100 nenshibenshi lyoiyo tetsudo 100 nenshibenshi 1988 aji 0 takayasuTagatagayasuyasu aji moto 80 nenshibenshi sumitomo besshibegshi

21 see details taiundo mokurokuMokuroku catalogueZ second hand books tokyo taiundoTaiundo 93 january 1995

22 first series 6 volume set ard3rd series scheduled total cost whole series approximately 120000y120000 partial estimate

23 kaishadaisha shi sold regular book market unusual kaishadaisha shi

24 asahi shimbunshimoun shashi must purchased set

25 institutes library 8000 titles kaishadaisha shi related materials address 21242 12 4 hirakawa cho chinodachiyoda ku tokyo 102 japan phone 03 326210903262 1090

32 dozanbozan shi sewnsemnsezon rekishirekishaRekishi nihon seimei 100 nenshibenshi 1992 26 notable kaishanshikaishadaisha shishl collections libraries notable collections kaishadaisha shi both japan united states best largest kaishadaisha shi bunko company history collections japan nagao collection now property ryukoku university library kyoto 27 nagao private collection consists approximately 12000 items histories companies industries organizations late tokugawa period 1985 ryukoku university purchased collection koji nagao prominent entrepreneur occasion universitys 350th anniversary 1986 university library published catalaacataloacatalog collection entitled ryukoku daigaku toshokanTos hokan shozo nagao bunko mokurokuMokuroku shashi dantal shi sangyosanayo shi shiryo catalog0 nanagao9ao collections ryukoku university library historical materials corporations organizations industries initial printingt 1000 copies 28 enlarged revised edition catalog includes additional related titles acquired recently published 199019 again print run 1000lowlom copies 29

addition ryukoku university keidanrenKeidanren library shown strong leadership promoting kaishadaisha shi publications collections during past several decades keidanrenKeidanren library opened november 1966 since then held numerous daishakaisha shi tenjikai exhibition kaishadaishaofkaisha shi including dantal shi see p 36 belowbelowlbehowl video daishakaisha shi even kaishadaisha shi foreign corporations nihon keieishiKeieishi Kenkkenkyujoyujo japan business ellseilsFlishistorytory institute opened july 1967 purpose facilitating research corporations extensive collection ofkaishakulsha shi libraries research centers university tokyo hitotsubashi university hosei university yokohama city university nihon keieishiKeieishi kenkyujoKenkyujo valuable collections materials relating japanese companies including daishakaisha shi addition kokuritsuKokuritsu kokkaikonkai toshokanToshokan national diet library gisho tokyo shoko kaikalkaigishoel toshokanToshokan library toktokyoy0 chamber commerce industry keizaikeizar koho senta keizaikeizar koho center japan institute social economic affairs senmon member libraries nayonoyomayoC shiryo kyogikaiKyo Cgikai business archives association benmon toshokanToshokan kyogikaiKyogikai council special libraries impressive collections kaishadaishaofkaisha shishl united states east asian library university chicago holds largest collections materials dealinadealindealing histories japanese corporations corporate unions

26 these titles may retrieved RUNRLIN database these eleven titles university chicago library ten items remaining title acquired near future these titles accessed site andor through interlibrary loan ILL accordance libraryslibrarys general regulations information obtained contacting east asian library university chicago library 1100 east 57th street chicago IL 60637 USA phone 773 7028434702 8434 fax 773 7026623702 6623 emailE mail oku4midwayuchicagoedu

27 details see Shashashigakushigaku kotohajimeKotohajime ryukoku 24 1991 151 5 shashi dantal shi mokurokuMokuroku ryukokuRyukoku daigakunagaodaigaku nagao bunkonibunkoBunbunkocikonini tsuitetsutsuiaeite shuppanschuppan nyutunyusu mid june 1986 see fujita

28 ryukoku daigaku toshokanToshokan ryukoku daigaku toshokanToshokan shozo nagao bunko mokurokuMokuroku shashi dantal shi sanayosangyo shi shiryo catalog nagao collections ryukoku university library histonhistoricali calcai materials corporations organizations industries kyoto 1986 409 appp

29 ryukoku daigaku toshokanToshokan ryukoku daigaku toshokanToshokan shozo nagao bunko mokurokuMokuroku shashi daitaidantai shi sangyosanayo shi shiryo catalog nagao collections ryukoku university library fristonffistonhistoricali calcai materials corporations organizations industries kyoto 1990 509 appp

33 business organizations associations chicago approximately 1000 selected kaishadaisha shi well number titles labor unions business organizations addition similar daishakaisha shi university chicago0 materials providingt5ta information matsushita konosuke hatsugenshu 45 volume set collected speeches matsushita konosuke 189419891894 1989 founder matsushita electric industrial company 300 mitsui 31 honkan mitsui main buildingC hoover institution stanford university university california berkeley ohio state congress well academic university university michiganC library tl major libraries notable terms quality size collections ofkaishakaishadaisha shishl interesting note notable daishakaisha shi east asian countries korea example 1997 hyondae group published daishakaisha shi hyondae osimnyonsa candaehandae 50 bonsayonsa comprised 2585 pages two volumes editorial policy very similar japanese kaishadaisha shi

bibliographies

variety reference tools assist researchers field following key

examples bibliographies1-11 accessingC kaishadaisha shi hoipohonpo kaishadaisha shi mokurokuMokuroku bibliography history japanese corporations 1962 665 appp tokushutokushoTokushu bunken mokurokuMokuroku 2 includes 1022 corporation histories narratives covering 812 companies together another 165 histories 140 special organizations acquired hitotsubashi university library universitys sanayosangyo kelel kenkyujoKenkyujo institute industrial management february 1967 enlarged edition same title published 1961 first volume series special bibliographies volume 3 series entitled hoipohonpo kigyoshaKigyosha shi mokurokuMokuroku bibliography biographies japanese business persons published 1969 lists 654 individual biographies 545 business persons 30 collective bibliographies procured institute industrial management hitotsubashi university 1968

b shashi mokurokuMokuroku bibliography company histories 1965 69122pp69 122 appp

bibliography covers kaishadaisha shi held management analysis bibliographic center research institute economics business administration kobe university although published 1965 still useful

c wakanwa kan tosho bunrui mokurokuMokuroku classified catalogC japanese chinese books shoko kaigishoKaigisho shoko toshokanToshokan shozo library tokyo chamber commerce 22volskvolsvolsvois reprinted yushodo shuppanShupschuppanpan 19160019 1600 appp unique list originally published 1937 supplements published until 1942 covers holdings library tokyo chamber commerce industry before world war II11 includes number titles related kaishadaisha shi

30 ed PHP sogo kenkyujoKenkyujo kenryukenkyu honbuhonbo matsushita konosuke hatsugenshu hensanshitsu kyoto PHP KenkenkylloKenkkenkyujoyujokyllo 199119921991 1992

31 work published goth anniversary mitsui main building comprehensive compilation materials records photographs related building historic cultural significance published mitsui fucosanfudosan kabushikiKabushiki kaishadaisha issued 3 volume set 1989

34 d kokuritsuKokuritsu kokkaikonkai toshokanToshokan showshomshozo shashi keizaikeizar daitaidantai shi mokurokuMokuroku catalog shashi keizaikeizar dantal shi national diet library 1986 393 appp

catalogt covers kaishadaisha shi keizaidantai shi keizaikeizar tokushutokusho hojinbojin shi collection national diet library since meiji period august 1985 includes total 6500 titles covering 2352 companies 2243 organizations union lists union lists indicate where certain kaishadaisha shi located another useful reference tool

researchers addition shashi mokurokuMokuroku described above followingzn titles comprehensive union lists kaishadaisha shi ever published japan abroad

kaishadaisha shi sogogo mokurokuMokuroku union catalog histories corporations edited nihon keieishiKeieishi kenkyujkenkyujoKenkyujo0 tokyo Marumaruzenmarueenzen 1986 508 appp list covers 6127 histories 3860 japanese corporations written japanese andor english 1868 1983 now held 43 japanese institutions including6 corporations universities research institutes libraries main body catalogim followed series bibliographical essays appendix entitled keizaikeizar dantal shi sogogo mokurokuMokuroku union catalog histories economic organizations helpful 783 entries index 450 economic organizations bibliography supplement entitledshashientitledShashi mokurokuMokuroku tsuirokuTsuiroku published 1992 1996 enlarged revised edition came 818 appp now supplements being compiled b shashi mokurokuMokuroku checklist japanese company histories 1978 92 appp study sponsored japan united states friendship commission nichi bei yuko kikinakikin3kikin32Kikin 322 conducted east asiatic library university california berkeley east asian collection hoover institution stanford university 1978 checklist contains almost 900 japanese titles histories approximately 660 companies economic organizations japan former territories held july 1978 two libraries above list divided three parts alphabetical index following

1 histories companies trade associations 2 histories economic organizations 3 histories government corporations microfilm reprinted edition kaishadaisha shi two major compilations reprinted daishakaisha shi first collection published tokiwa sholn tokiwa publishing ltd print form entitled nihon shashi zenshu japan company history collection 33 second collection kaishadaisha shi recently produced

maruzenmarueen company microfilm form both cassette regulart5ta form collection

32 address 1120 vermont avenue NW suite 925 washington DC 20005 phone 2022012 4189800418 9800 fax 202 4189802418 9802 emailE mail jusfcjusfcgovjusfcqjusfcgov UHR hnpwwwjusfcgovhttpwwwjusfcgov vital organizations support both japan studies US american studies japan since 1975 public law 9411894 118

33 published tokiwa sholn 22 volume set market value 50000

35 entitled micro ban nihon kaishadaisha shi histories major japanese companies microfilm edition 34 edited meiji university professor tsunehiko yui hosei university professor yoshimitsu ikutaimuta collection 2500 kaishadaisha shi 1000 large mid size companies first tier tokyo stock exchange these kaishadaisha shi divided 9 cadegoncategoncategoriesi es group I1 covers agriculture forestry fisheries food production textiles paper pulp ceramics industries 55 reels group II11 covers construction equipment chemical products oil products rubber products leather products industries 60 reels microfilmingmicrofilming project entire collection completed 1997 finding lists prepared original titles maruzenmarueen filmed located following 15 libraries institutions

I1 hitotsubashi daigaku sangyosanayo kelel kenkyujoKenkyujo toshoshitsuToshoshitsu 2 kanagawa kenritsuKenritsu kawasaki toshokanToshokan 3 kansal daigaku keizaikeizar seiji kenkyujoKenkyujo 4 kansal gakuingaduin daigaku sangyosanayo kenkyujoKenkyujo 5 keizaikeizar dantal rengokaiRengokai keidanrenKeidanren refarensu raiburariRaiburari 6 kinyu keizaikeizar kenkyujkenkyujoKenkyujo0 7 kokuritsuKokuritsu kokkaikonkai toshokanToshokan 8 nihon keieishiKeieishi kenkyujoKenkyujo kelel shiryo senta 9 osaka keizaikeizar daigaku chishochusho kigkigyokigyosY0 kelel Kenkkenkyujoyujo 10 osaka furitsufujitsu nakanoshimaNakanoshima toshokanToshokan 11 osaka shiritsuShiritsu daigaku keizaikeizar kenkyujoKenkyujo 12 tokyo daigaku keizaikeizar gakubu toshoshitsuToshoshitsu 13 tokyo keizaikeizar daigaku toshokanToshokan 14 tokyo shoko kaigishoKaigisho shoko toshokanToshokan 15 yokohama shiritsuShiritsu daigakuC toshokanToshokan 1995 toyo keizaikeizar shinpo sha tokyo published nihon kaishadaisha shi soran japanese corporate history ISBN 44929700881 set 3 volume set 3000 selected firms covered approximately 3000 pages 35 1997 dumaniyumani shobochobo tokyo began publishing reprinted series kaishadaisha shi year 2000 alone reprinted 8 kaishadaisha shi found important study history japanese economy industry dantal shi japanese economic industrial organizations related kaishadaisha shi dantal shi produced dantal associations japan 20000 commercial industrial circlesassociationscircles associations linking leaders major geog industries type business andor tat1geographictlraphie region districts cities like daishakaisha shi daitaidantai shi provide company related information rather providing information single provide information aggregate group C company tt t C z1za companies famous important formal associations field business industry keidanrenKeidanren keizaikeizar dantal rengokaifederation economic organizations consists 123 organizations may 1995 1999 keidanrenKeidanren published 50 nenshibenshi keizaikeizar dantal rengokaiRengokai gojunenshi 1500 pages CDROMCD ROM edition tidetldetitletitie indispensable research another major body japanese auto industry world jidosha

34 price 210reel2102101reel2101 reel complete set 486 reels 800000 pages title costs approximately 103000

35 edited same publisher Compcompanascompanysanys looth anniversary publications list price title 139050 must purchased set same title nihon daishakaisha shi soran published keizaikeizar orai sha 1954 906 appp

36 kogyobogyo shinkokaiShinkokai japan motor industrial federation JMIF established 1958 promoted late genshichi asahara present JMIF consists japan automobile manufacturesassociationmanufactures association JAMA japan auto parts industries association JAPIA japan auto body industries association JABIA japan automotive machinery tools manufacturesassociationmanufactures association JAMTA 74 member companies since 1967 JAMA JAPIA JABIA JAMTA called big four organizations auto industry

following list general economic organizations keizaidantai japan actively publishing daitaidantai shi japan federation economic organizations keizaikeizar dantal rengokaiRengokai keidanrenKeidanren japan federation employersassociationsemployers associations nihon keieishakeweishaKeieisha dantal renkeirenmei nikkeiren kanto employersassociationemployers association kanto keieishakeweishaKeieisha kyosaikyokai kankeikyo japan association corporate executives keizaikeizar doyukai doyukaiDoyukai kansal economic federation kansalkahsaikansai keizaikeizar rengokaiRengokai kankeirenKankeiren kansal association corporate executives kansalkahsaikansai keizaikeizar doyukai kansaikahsai doyukaiDoyukai japan chamber commerce industry nihon shoko kaigishoKaigisho nisshonischo tokyo chamber commerce industry tokyo shoko kaigishoKaigisho central federation societies commerce industry japan zentokuzenkokuZenkoku shokokaiSho kokai rengokaiRengokai zenshorenZenshoren japan junior chamber nihon seinensemenyemen kaigishoKaigisho tokyo junior chamber tokyo seinen kaigishoKaigisho industry club japan nihon kogyobogyo kurabukuraju osaka industrial association osaka kogyokaiKogyokai japan federation smaller enterprise organizations nihon chishochusho kigyokigyos dantal renkeirenmei japanese national committee international chamber commerce kokusaikokuseiKokusai shigyoshogyo kaigishoKaigisho nihon kokunai linkaiiinkailinkas japan association charitable organizationst1ta koakikoeki hohojinbojin kyosaikyokai again significant number kaishadaisha shi daitaidantai shi reflect tremendous growth japanese economy japans status global economic leader reference tools addition titles mentioned text andor footnotes article two additional titles particularly useful tools researchingr kaishadaisha shi kaidaitsukiKaidaitsuki sashiasashi ni tsuitetsuiae bunken ichiran annotated bibliography kaishadaisha shi dai

37 4 han fourth ed satoshi omi ed tokyo uni karrecikarrejiKarreji 1991 376 appp best comprehensive listsreferencelists reference books kaishadaisha shi ever compiled editor tetsushi oomibomi director dai nihon insatsu kabushikiKabushiki kaishadaisha CDC jigyobu nenshibenshi senta shashi production center CDC department dai nihon printing ltd well known editing compiling publishingtwx shi contents expert consultant tl ZD 1-11 kaishadaisha include list books pamphlets well newspaper journal articles regarding kaishadaisha shi b kigyokigyos keizaikeizar dantal kankel tosho mokurokuMo kuroku 459345193 catalog books industry economic associations 194519931945 1993 tokyo nichigaiNichitgai asoshietsu ed pub 1995 700pp700 appp catalog covers total 13000 items published between 1945 1993 these items cover 5600 kaishadaisha economic manufacturing labor agricultural fishing professional dantaldanral including4 both kaishadaisha shi dantal shi conclusion discussed above daishakaisha shi provide valuable information regarding japanese corporations business organizations broader insights regarding japan whole particularly highly industrialized commercial nation each kaishadaisha shi typically includes discussions goals history structure activities corporation association case daitaidantai shi both comprise reflect companascompanyscompanys position japanese society increasinincreasingincreasinglyreasin ielytelyilly global community researchers academics japan specialists libraries should overlook daishakaisha shi additional source understanding japan fully very recently world daishakaisha shi changing rapidly following formula becoming popular B C companies amalgamated B C comcompaniespainespardesparnes bigger company since collapse bubble economy recent slobalizationglobalization

SOURCES jeffries francis M english language japanese business reference guide jeffries & associates 1988 JADE CDROMCD ROM bureau van dijk Hecelectronictronic publishing new york descriptive information almost 100000 japanese companies supplied teitokuteikoku databankDatadatabanksbank tokyo japans corporate system role odthe entrepreneur presented softnomics center available through OCS america nippon land people video series english version volavol9volg japanese business publications english 1987 select annotated list ofrecentrecent publications held british library 2nd ed science reference information service british library 1987 matsui masato et al japanese economic technological developments annotated bibliography center japanese studies university hawaii manoa 1989 dunphy dexter C japanese organization behaviour management annotedunnoted bibliography asian research service hongz1za kong 1984

38 kaishadaisha kigyokigyos meilanmellan sorifu tokeikoku hen nihon tokeidokei kyosaikyokai began 1963 kanagawa kenritsuKenritsu kawasaki toshokanToshokan shozo shashi rodo kumiaishiKumiaishi mokurokuMokuroku kanagawa kenritsuKenritsu toshokanToshokan 1992 kegei yoran keiei kanti kenryukenkyu jitsumujitsumo bunken bibliographyzlal business management 196819771968 1977 1978198419851987198819901978 19841985 19871988 1990nichigaiasoshietsu1990 nichicaiNichicaical asoshietsu 197919951979 1995 kigyokigyos dantaldanral joho jiten annual nichigaiNichigai asoshietsu 198119841981 1984 suspended 1985 kigyokigyos keiretsuKeiretsu soran 1974 shukan toyo keizaikeizar rinji zokan kigyobetsu zasshi kiji sakuinsaguin keio gijuku daigaku daigakuinDaigakuin kelel kanribanri kenkyukaiKenkyukai toshokanToshokan 1981 nakagawa keiichiro morikawa hidemasa yui tsunehiko kindal nihon keieishiKeieishi kiso chishikimeijilshinchishikiChishiki meiji ishin kikikaragendaimadekara gendalgendai made Yuhyuhikakuikaku 1974 miyoshi nobuhiro kindaihindai nihon sanayosangyo keimoshoKeimosho kenryukenkyu nihon sanayosangyo keimoshiKeimoshi 1 kazama shobochobo 1992 maikuroban nihon kaishadaisha shi mokurokuMo kuroku guidebook Marumaruzenmarueenzen 199419961994 1996 uchihashi katsuto et al nihon kaishadaisha genron 6 vols iwanamiiwagami shoten 1994 nihon kaisharoku 22th ed ed kojunsha pub ryoseigyosei 1999 kanno catarowataro nihon kaishadaisha kigyokigyos hasseishiseishi kenryukenkyu iwanamiiwagami shoten 1931 reprinted keizaikeizar hyoronshaHyoronsha 1966 noda kazuo nihon kaishashiKaishashi meiji hen bungeibungee shinjushunju 1966 nihon kelel shiryo taikeitaihei 10 volume set sanichi shobochobo 198919921989 1992 nihon keieishiKeieishi 5 volume set iwanamiiwagami shoten 1995 nihon keizaikeizar hattenratten kigyokigyos shudan hosei daigaku sangyosanayo joho senta et al tokyo daigaku shuppankai 1992 nihon kigyokigyos kenryukenkyu kaihatsu shisutemu osaka shiritsuShiritsu daigaku keizaikeizar kenkyujoKenkyujo tokyo daigaku shuppankai 1995 nihon kigyokigyos gurupu shukan toyo keizaikeizar rinji zokan toyo keizaikeizar shinposhaShinposha 1984 formerly renketsuRenketsu kankeikanbei daishakaisha soran 198219841982 1984 ishii kanji nihon sanayosangyo ka zaibatsu Shirshirizushirozuizu nihon kindaishiKindaishi 10 iwanamiiwagami shoten 1992 nihon shashi meicho kaidaigaidai shashi de mini nihon keizaishi bekkanbakkanBekkan dumaniyumani shobochobo 1998 nikkel kaishadaisha jinmeiroku nikkeinikkel choswhos corporate executives & manacersManmanagersacers 1992 ed 3 volumes nihon keizaikeizar shinbunshinjun sha 1991 1994 ed 1993 nikkeinikkel telecomkelecomTelecom tokyo

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