The Ministry. Inside Japan's Ministry Of Finance

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Harper
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 1997
Edition: First Edition

Description: 261 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The Ministry is Peter Hartchers fascinating look into Japans most powerful, but least known institution, the Ministry of Finance. Its an institution thats firmly embedded in Japans cultural fabric and can trace its origins back 1200 years. Its been compared to the IRS, the SEC, the Federal Reserve, and U.S. Treasury all rolled into one. And its largely responsible for the economic mess that Japan finds itself in today. Hartchers account is the story of a ministry who arranges marriages for its key personnel, a place where employees rarely go home, and where staff members routinely die of exhaustion caused by overwork. Hartcher shows that even though the Ministrys nationalistic policies have helped to create phenomenally low unemployment, its resistance to open markets and increasing incompetence is a dangerous liability, not only to its own economy, but the global economy as well. Anyone whos interested in how Japan really works will find this an indispensable read.

ISBN: 9780732257729