This database contains a diverse range of primary policy-related resources belonging to economist Hiromi Arisawa (1896 - 1988), who played a significant role in the formulation of postwar Japanese economic policy.

Arisawa was involved in social policy continuously from the early postwar recovery years, right through the oil shocks of the 1970s, to after the end of the country’s era of high growth. He sat on numerous government panels, and served as chairman of several of these bodies, including panels on the national pension, employment, and the minimum wage, an unemployment insurance study group, and panel on small- and medium-sized business policy. He was also closely involved in the development of Japanese economic policy during the war, and in the postwar recovery period.

This first part contains mainly material from social policy panels, allowing readers to track developments in labor policy and social security from the 1950s to 1980s and serving as an indispensable resource for any empirical study of postwar Japanese social policy.

Also contained are a selection of other resources including material from the Headquarters for Economic Stabilization, and National Development Council.

Part 1 includes (sample):

Panel on the social security system, long-term social security planning discussion group, panel on the national pension, child benefit panel, panel on tackling unemployment, employment panel, unemployment insurance study group, central wage council, minimum wage council, panel on small- and medium-sized business policy.

* Please note content may change without notice.

(Part 2 to follow will contain resources on postwar energy policy, including material related to coal, oil policy, and Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission.