Japanese Government Loan Issues on the London Capital Market, 1870-1913

by Toshio Suzuki

Little has been written on Japan's financial activities abroad and this pioneering study of Japan's considerable borrowings is based upon bank and official archives. It is a story of Japan's beginning as a 'doubtful' borrower in the 1870s, it was respected and credit-worthy after the Russo-Japanese War. This study also throws valuable light on the mechanism of loan issues on the international capital markets.

307 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994