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Keisei saimin no otoko [digital videodisc] : Kobayashi Ichizo.

Taibei : Ri Zhun Multimedia Taiwan Co. ; Johor Bahru, Malaysia : [Distributed by] Ember Power, [2016]

Kobayashi, Ichizō, 1873-1857 -- Drama.

3 videodiscs in one container : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

"Takahashi Korekiyo demonstrated his economic policy skills while he was the Minister of Finance and was called the Keynes of Japan. He was born in the tumultuous period when the Shogunate ended, and went to America to study at 13. After he returned to Japan, he built his career in occupations such as an English teacher and government bureaucrat. But he got involved in a failed Peruvian silver mine venture and became penniless. Kobayashi Ichizo established Hankyu Electric Railway, Hanshin Department Store and the Takarazuka Revue with innovative methods and created business models that are still applicable today. A school dropout who aspired to be a novelist, he had been a bank employee. Then he met a teacher in business and in life. Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called 'Electricity Monster.' The post-war recovery and high economic growth would serve as the basis for him to achieve the breakup and privatisation of the electricity business. As a follower of Fukuzawa Yukichi, he inherited the spirit of independence, self-respect and the people..."--Container.

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