Rethinking Japanese Economic Policy at the Turn of the 21st Century

Haruhito Takeda is Professor Emeritus at Faculty of Economics at The University of Tokyo, Director at Mitsui Bunko and former Faculty Fellow at RIETI. He is a authority in the field of economic policy history research, having authored many works and edited many collections of materials on the history of MITI/METI. His research interests include the history of "monopolies," including zaibatsu studies, and the history of the copper industry etc. He received the Japan Academy Prize in 2022 for his research.

Junko Watanabe is Professor at Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics and Kyoto University and Faculty Fellow at RIETI. She has been involved in research on the economic policy history of MITI/METI for many years and has conducted numerous interviews with bureaucrats. She has also conducted research on pre- and postwar Zaibatsu and business Groups and history of structural adjustment of industries.

Haruhito Takeda是東京大學經濟學院的名譽教授，三井文庫的主任，以及RIETI的前任教職研究員。他是經濟政策歷史研究領域的權威，著作甚豐，並編輯了多部有關MITI/METI歷史的資料集。他的研究興趣包括「壟斷」的歷史，包括財閥研究，以及銅業的歷史等。他於2022年因其研究獲得日本學士院獎。

Junko Watanabe是京都大學經濟學研究所及經濟學院的教授，以及RIETI的教職研究員。她多年來一直參與MITI/METI的經濟政策歷史研究，並與許多官僚進行了大量訪談。她還對戰前和戰後的財閥及商業集團，以及產業結構調整的歷史進行了研究。