2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Reestablishment of the Postwar Zaikai in Japan and its Relation to Asia Pacific
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25380173
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Rikkyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 財界 / 戦後政治 / アジア主義 / 財界人 / 労働集約型ビジネス政治家 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study examined how Japan's prewar zaikai (business and financial elite) were reorganized and reestablished after World War II. First, after identifying and analyzing cabinet members with a zaikai background from the Meiji period onwards, I found that the practice of allocating cabinet posts to the zaikai, especially the core members who were not party politicians (e.g., Ikeda Seihin), continued from 1932 to 1960.
Subsequently, the relationship between the zaikai and politics changed considerably, as first labor-intensive business and then lobbyist party politicians replaced them. In terms of their involvement with pan-Asianism and US relations, I further diachronically analyzed the differences between three typical zaikai. Examining comprehensive wide-area development and private economic routes in Asia, I acquired a clearer picture of the post-war zaikai and its relationship to Asia-Pacific.
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| Free Research Field |
政治学
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