Japanese and German Economies in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Kud? Akira is professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo. He was born in Tokyo in 1946 and graduated from the Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo. He was assistant professor at the School of Economics at Shinsu University and the College of General Education at the University of Tokyo before he became professor at the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo, until he retired in 2010. His interest includes German business and economic history, as well as the history of international business relations. His major works are: Nichi-Doku kigyo kankei-shi (A History of Japanese-German Business Relations) (Tokyo:Yuhikaku, 1992), Ii Gee Faruben no tainichi senryaku (IG Farben’s Japan Strategy) (Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1992), Japanese-German Business Relations (London: Routledge, 1998), 20-seiiki Doitsu shihonshugi (The 20th Century German Capitalism) (Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1999), Gendai doitsu kagaku kigyoshi (A History of Modern German Chemical Enterprises) (Kyoto: Mineruva Shobo, 1999), and Nichi-Doku Keizai kankei-shi josetsu (An Introduction to the History of Japanese-German Economic Relations) (Tokyo: Sakurai Shoten, 2011). He also edited the following books written in English: International Cartels in Business History (Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press, 1992) (co-edited with Hara Terushi), German and Japanese business in the boom years (London: Routledge, 2004, paperback 2015) (co-edited with Matthias Kipping and Harm G. Schröter), Japan and Germany: Two Latecomers to the World Stage, 1890-1945, 3 volumes (Folkestone: Global Oriental, 2009) (co-edited with Tajima Nobuo and Erich Pauer), and Mutual perceptions and images in Japanese-German relations: 1860-2010 (Leiden: Brill, 2017) (co-edited with Sven Saaler and Tajima Nobuo). Kudo Akira, professor emeritus, University of Tokyo, born Tokyo 1946, graduated from the Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. He was assistant professor at the School of Economics at Shinsu University and the College of General Education at the University of Tokyo; became professor at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo. He retired in 2010. Interests include German business and economic history, history of international business relations.

• Preface, Foreword by Yuzawa Takeshi, Introduction, Prologue, [1] Why Study the History of Japanese-German Relations?, [2] A Personal Historiography of Japanese-German/Euro-Asian Relations, Part I: Japanese-German Business Relations, 1. IG Farben in Japan: The Transfer of Technology and Managerial Skills, 2. Dominance through Cooperation: IG Farben’s Japan Strategy, 3. Cultural Barriers Facing Exporters to Japan: German Business in the Inter-war Period, 4. Search for Stability: Siemens in Inter-war-Period Japan, Part II: Trajectory of Japanese-German Business Relations, 5. International Cartels in Business History (co-authored with Hara Terushi), 6. Western Multinationals in Japan: Missed Opportunities and Lessons from Inter-war Business History, 7. Japan’s Technology Transfer and Business Management: An Analysis from the Standpoint of Business History, 8. The Political Process of IG Farben’s Dissolution, 9. Second Trial for Catching Up: The Introduction of German Technology and the Emergence of the Petrochemical Industry in Post-war Japan, 10. Americanization: Historical and Conceptual Issues (co-authored with Matthias Kipping and Harm G. Schröter), 11. Emerging Post-war-type Managers and Their Learning of American Technology and Management: The Consumer Chemicals Industry and the Case of Kao (co-authored with Ihara Motoi), 12. An Introduction: Approaches to Corporate Governance, 13. The State of Business History in Japan: Cross-National Comparisons and International Relations, Part III: Japanese and European Business and Economics, 14. From Commercial Controversy to Industrial and Technological Cooperation between Japan and the EC: The New Role of Japanese Direct Investment in the EC, 15. Kao Corporation’s Direct Investment and Adaptation in Europe, 16. The United Germany and the Future of German Firms: A Japanese View, 17. A Partnership of Imbalance: Changes in Japanese-European Economic Relations, 18. The Trajectory of European Integration: Possibilities for Substituting Hegemony, 19. Americanization or Europeanization?: The Globalization of the Japanese Economy, 20. A Note on Globalization and Regional Integration, 21. The Response of Japanese Capitalism to Globalization: A Comparison with the German Case, Notes, Index