Inside Japan Inc.

United States, 1992

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Episode number 6 of Series “The Pacific century”.
The stereotypical view of Japan today is of a people working in harmony. However this is far from the truth. This program highlights the struggle of the Japanese people to gain basic rights in the workplace, and to find some purpose other than that of making money. The program also looks at how Japan Inc. has been allowed to prosper, partly through the triple alliance of politics, business and the bureaucracy, within Japan, and partly due to mistakes made by the Western world, in particular the United States.

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Credits

co-producer

Alan Poul

Alex Gibney

production company

Jigsaw Productions

KCTS (Television station : Seattle, Wash.)

Nihon Hoso Kyokai

PBI Productions

Teleac Holland

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1992

Appears in

The Pacific century

Group of items

The Pacific century

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325340

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Japan

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Japan - Economic conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Japan - Politics and government

History → Japan - History - 1945-

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Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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