Hartcher, Peter, <br/><br/>
The Ministry :  the inside story of Japan's Ministry of Finance / 
 Inside story of Japan's Ministry of Finance. 
Peter Hartcher. 
 - viii, 310 pages ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-293) and index. 
<br/><br/> An account of how Japan's Ministry of Finance maintains control of the nation's economy illustrating how the Ministry has been instrumental in the downfall of two prime ministers, and examining how the lives of its workforce are strictly controlled. Hartcher also considers the possible consequences of the Ministry's actions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780002558549  Hadiah 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Japan--Okurasho.<br/>Japan--Economic policy--1945-<br/>Japan--Politics and government.