The source of the Ziabatsu - Mendoza, Gabino A. (1966)
This paper has been an exercise in following the river of Japanese economic development to its source. The development of the Japanese economy as a whole may be traced to the leading role played by the country's modern industrial sector; the growth of modem industry in Japan may be attributed, very greatly, to the expansionist zaibatsu; the zaibatsu system was shaped, to a large and decisive extent, by the directions that Mitsui and Mitsubishi took; these directions were determined by the samurai government officials, entrepreneurs and zaibatsu managers who made up the elite of Meiji Japan; this elite was taught, inspired and unified by the thoughts, the convictions and the aspirations of Yoshida Shoin and Fukuzawa Yukichi, teachers.
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Keywords: Conglomerate corporations -- Japan; Industrial concentration -- Japan; Japan -- Relations -- Philippines; Philippines -- Relations -- Japan