TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hartcher,Peter
TI  - The Ministry: the inside story of Japan's Ministry of Finance 
SN  - 9780002558549
PY  - 1998///
CY  - London
PB  - HarperCollins Business
KW  - Japan
KW  - Okurasho
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - 1945-
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-293) and index
N2  - 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
ER  -