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Zaibatsu (財閥, lit. ' asset clique ') is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial vertically integrated business conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed control over significant parts of the Japanese economy from the Meiji period to World War II.
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During the 1990s, Yasuda Trust & Banking expanded to become the 23rd-largest banking organization in Japan with ca. US$61 billion total assets, [3] but had to cope with mounting bad loans. [4] On 28 January 1999, its financial condition became unsustainable and it was announced that it would be absorbed into Fuji Bank. [ 5 ]
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Close relationships between zaibatsu leaders and government officials became the norm and this resulted in a culture of corruption. This led to the heavy influence of the zaibatsu ' s interests on policy decisions and regulatory frameworks. [6] The first major corruption scandal in Japan was the Nitto case, which transpired in 1909.
Zaibatsu — Japanese conglomerate companies of the Empire of Japan. All zaibatsu were disestablished the end of WW II in 1945. Some were reformed as keiretsu and/or present day conglomerate companies.
Because the Asano zaibatsu had no bank of its own it relied on Shibusawa and Yasuda zaibatsu capital, but it was still "the fifth-largest" zaibatsu in Japan. [2] It had 64 affiliated companies in 1940 [3] and 94 in 1943. [4] It almost monopolized the cement industry in Japan. [5] "Often these companies are controlled through only a minority of ...