Zaibatsu

The Mitsui, Iwasaki, Sumitomo, and Yasuda clans were called Zaibatsu families, and were subjected to a variety of new laws and controls.

Matsushita Leadership John P. Kotter 1997

* In his book on Honda, Tetsuo Sakiya says, before the end of World War II… almost all major Japanese corporations were under the control of large conglomerates called Zaibatsu.

Matsushita Leadership John P. Kotter 1997

This company was the famous Nissan "Zaibatsu" (combine) which included

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Because of this, Obama and the UAW have their very own Zaibatsu — something prohibited to the rest of us by the Bank Holding Company Act. TARP money went to our big banks to improve their capital ratios, and thus to signal that the US would backstop these banks, thus damping down fears that might have led to a self-fulfilling liquidity crisis.

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In the year of 2039, after World Wars destroy much of civilization as we know it, territories are no longer run by governments, but by corporations; the mightiest of which is the Mishima Zaibatsu.

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So even though the Korean Chaebol industrial-bank complex model was similar in many ways to the Japanese Zaibatsu/Keiretsu model, the fact that heavy savings (even at zero percent returns) were not as embedded into Korean society meant that when the credit crisis hit, the Korean banks — unlike their Japanese counterparts were short funds.

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We're going to break up the big -- the big Zaibatsu.

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Leading the list of war producers were the Zaibatsu, huge conglomerates that maintained close ties with the government and the military and that dominated many industries.

Matsushita Leadership John P. Kotter 1997

In November, the Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Yasuda, and Sumitomo holding companies were designated as Zaibatsu, gigantic anti-competition trusts, and told that they would be dissolved.

Matsushita Leadership John P. Kotter 1997

In June, the Matsushita family was included in the Zaibatsu family grouping along with Furukawa, Kawasaki, Nomura, and others.

Matsushita Leadership John P. Kotter 1997