Government Industrial Control in Japan during the Wartime (1937-1945) : The Case of the Textile Industry

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  • 戦時期日本の産業統制の特質 : 繊維産業における企業整備と「10大紡」体制の成立
  • センジキ ニホン ノ サンギョウ トウセイ ノ トクシツ センイ サンギョウ

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Abstract

Japanese textile industry excessively declined during the wartime because government industrial control during that time dealt a deadly blow to the textile industry: For example, restrictive resource allocation, mobilization for the war industry such as diversion of spinning mills for munitions factories, and scrapping of spinning machines to make weapons. It is true that government industrial control was stringent, but its characteristics were complicated. The most crucial point is the policy adopted by the goverment, that is amalgamation, which aims at harmonious enforcement of industrial control in a short time, for example, concerning the relief problem of enterprises. In addition, it resulted in the formation of diversified managements which integrated various textile enterprises horizontally and vertically, and which can withstand the decline of the industry during wartime. Furthermore, it seems that government industial control during wartime was meaningful as a precondition for the rehabilitation of the textile industry after the war.

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  • The Journal of Agrarian History

    The Journal of Agrarian History 38 (2), 1-17, 1996

    The Agrarian History Society (Renamed as The Political Economy and Economic History Society)

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