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Munitions Companies System, and managers were given positions as government officials. Production staff was regarded as
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concurrently was first Minister of Munitions, the actual day-to-day running of the Ministry devolved to his deputy,
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The Ministry of Munitions was created on 1 November 1943 out of the Board of Planning of the
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Hoshi, Corporate Financing and Governance in Japan: The Road to the Future, page 60
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The Misunderstood Miracle: Industrial Development and Political Change in Japan
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Corporate Financing and Governance in Japan: The Road to the Future
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The Ministry of Munitions was abolished in 1945, by the
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cabinet-level ministry
Empire of Japan
procurement
armaments
spare parts
munitions
World War II
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
infrastructure
Allied air raids
military aircraft
Fritz Todt
Albert Speer
Nazi Germany
zaibatsu
Prime Minister
Tōjō
Nobusuke Kishi
nationalized
conscript labor
strike
working capital
American occupation authorities
Ministry of International Trade and Industry

Hideki Tōjō
Tōjō

Ginjirō Fujiwara

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