Business and the Japanese Empire: 1900-1945

Question 1

Business in Korea and Taiwan

Answer 1

pre-1930’s focused on production of agricultural commodities for Japan

Question 2

Who shifted to industrialization?

Answer 2

Korea

Question 3

What percent of capital in Korean industry was Japanese

Answer 3

87%

Question 4

What percent is Korea growing?

Answer 4

15% per year

Question 5

Japan

Answer 5

dominated the industry

increase in rural inequality. By 1945, 3% of rural Korean population owned 60% of land

Question 6

Business in Manchuria

Answer 6

Business in Manchuria

Question 7

Who was it initially dominated by?

Answer 7

quasi-private South Manchurian Railway (SMR)

Question 8

What happened over time?

Answer 8

Japanese army shifted industrial development to army-sponsored corporations

Question 9

What did Japan do to occupy business in China?

Answer 9

The nationalists moved as much industry as possible into the Chinese interior

Question 10

What was there next move after 1937?

Answer 10

The Japanese military took direct control of strategic industries such as chemicals

Set up development companies of its own

Much of Chinese light industry confiscated and turned over to Japanese firm

Question 11

Business in Nationalist Controlled China

Answer 11

Slow shift to state owned and managed industry

focused on handicrafts