Methods and Sources of Financing War Expenses in Japan in the Years 1937-1945 Cover Image

Metody i źródła finansowania wydatków wojennych w Japonii w latach 1937-1945
Methods and Sources of Financing War Expenses in Japan in the Years 1937-1945

Author(s): Zbigniew Klimiuk
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Japan; Japanese economy; war financing; militarization of economy; zaibatsu; armament production; military commissions; Japonia; gospodarka japońska; finansowanie wojny; militaryzacja gospodarki; produkcja zbrojeniowa; zamówienia wojenne

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the sources of financing war expenses in Japan in the years 1937-1945. It also offers an analysis of selected elements of the economic system of the country. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, under the pressure of the military circles, Japan’s economy underwent a major overhaul whereby the liberal model was abandoned and a heavily statecontrolled model was adopted. These solutions were in use for several decades in the Japanese economy after the War, leading to Japan becoming a second largest economy in the world.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 38
  • Page Range: 9-64
  • Page Count: 56
  • Language: Polish