Japanese national railways : its break-up and privatization : how Japan's passenger rail services became the envy of the world /

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Author / Creator:Kasai, Yoshiyuki, 1940-
Uniform title:Mikan no "Kokutetsu kaikaku". English
Edition:English ed.
Imprint:Kent, [England] : Global Oriental, 2003.
Description:xii, 228 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4951303
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ISBN:1901903451
Notes:"Originally published in Japanese as Mikan no 'kokutetsu kaikaku,' by Toyo Keizai Inc., Tokyo 2001"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Lord Brittan of Spennithorne
  • 1. Merits and demerits of Japanese National Railways and its inherent defects
  • 2. JNR's collapse
  • 3. Collapse of labour relations
  • 4. The Second Administrative Reform Committee (SARC)
  • 5. The JNR Reorganization Advisory Panel (JNR RAP)
  • 6. The floodgates open
  • 7. Summing up: the establishment of JR - 15 years on
  • App. I. Panel discussion on rail privatization held in Frankfurt, 6 September 2002
  • App. III. Japanese Yen Exchange Rates vs US Dollar and Pound Sterling (1960-90).