This book explores the substantial and dynamic innovations of the wartime era, identifying this period as the most influential for Japan's post-war economic structure. Erich Pauer and a team of leading Japanese and German scholars discuss important aspects of the Japanese wartime economy, including:* ideological background* the Japanese 'planned economy'* technical mobilization* women and the war economy* socio-economic change* food shortages, the black market and economic crime* national policy companies* financial reforms
