The people's post office: the history and politics of the Japanese postal system, 1871 - 2010

In: Harvard East Asian monographs 338

Abstract

the origins and early evolution of the modern Japanese postal system "Making use of private energies" -- postwar commissioned postmasters and the politics of self-preservation Public servants with private interests -- the view from inside The commissioned postmasters -- The postwar postal regime and the failure of reform -- the Hashimoto reforms Setting the stage -- Koizumi Jun'Ichiro and the politics of postal privatization -- the revenge of the postal regime Conclusion -- Reference matter -- Works cited -- Index