Overview
- Sheds light on the way to develop economy along maintaining our society without making the gap between rich and poor
- Focuses on modern Japanese alternative financial structure which provide micro-finance without nature of seeking profit
- Explores what was important for the first industrialized country in Asia to make nation-wide local economic development
Part of the book series: Studies in Economic History (SEH)
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Japanese society believes they enjoy socio-economic equality. While industrialization tends to make gap between rich and poor, most of Japanese are proud of themselves as being middle class in the first Asian industrialized country. In fact, post WW2 Japanese economic miracle made Japan rich and equalized. High personal saving ratio supported the economic development in those days as if it’s a proof of Rostow’s take-off model. Japanese saving rate had jumped high level around the beginning of 20th century, which was the time of their industrialization taking place.
This book shows the savings was not only rich’s accumulation of wealth but ordinary citizen’s daily spares. The spare money helped whole nation’s economic development, especially supported relatively small farmers and self-employed workers. The personal small savings became huge funds for the basis of modern Japanese micro-credit and emergency bailout loan. Postal Savings Bank and nationwide cooperatives played the role in managing. This financial network was independent from ordinary financial system composed of private banks and securities market, and complement its function. The personal small savings funds in Japanese economy saved its society from various type of calamity and supported economic equalization as alternative financial system which acted as Not-for-Profit enterprises.
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About the author
Dr. Hikaru Tanaka received her undergraduate, master and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of Tokyo. The research focuses on Japanese socio-economic history, especially about the effect of economic system on ordinary life in industrialization process. Traveling various local areas supports the research to find what is universal or unique. Business History society of Japan awarded the author an encouragement award in 2018. After serving in Kobe University for several years, the author is now working in Chuo University as an assistant professor.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Micro-Credit in Modern Japan
Book Subtitle: An Alternative Financial System for Sustainable Development
Authors: Hikaru Tanaka
Series Title: Studies in Economic History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6940-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-97-6939-1Published: 06 November 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-97-6942-1Due: 20 November 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-981-97-6940-7Published: 05 November 2024
Series ISSN: 2364-1797
Series E-ISSN: 2364-1800
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 344
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic History, Financial History, Asian Economics, History of Japan