＞# ■ English Translation (Pro‑side persuasive argument)
＞Understanding the relationship between Japan’s corporate groups (former *zaibatsu*) and the bureaucratic apparatus requires recognizing one essential point: **through banking regulation, the Ministry of Finance (MOF, formerly the Ministry of Finance before reorganization) indirectly controlled the entire corporate‑group structure.**
＞This was not a conspiracy theory but an inevitable outcome of institutional design and administrative authority.
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＞## 1. Structural reasons why banks and insurers had no choice but to obey the MOF
＞Banks and non‑life insurers historically operated across *zaibatsu* boundaries, making them difficult for any single corporate group to control.
＞At the same time, banking regulation was extremely strict—**even opening a single branch required approval from the MOF’s Banking Bureau.**
＞This meant:
＞- **Banks were subordinate to the MOF rather than to their corporate groups.** ＞- **The authority banks had to obey was the MOF, not the *zaibatsu*.**
＞Since banks controlled the financing that determined the survival of the operating companies, the structure naturally became:
＞**Corporate groups → dependent on banks → banks controlled by MOF → therefore corporate groups indirectly controlled by MOF.**
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＞# ■ English Translation (Pro‑side persuasive argument)
＞Understanding the relationship between Japan’s corporate groups (former *zaibatsu*) and the bureaucratic apparatus requires recognizing one essential point: **through banking regulation, the Ministry of Finance (MOF, formerly the Ministry of Finance before reorganization) indirectly controlled the entire corporate‑group structure.**
＞This was not a conspiracy theory but an inevitable outcome of institutional design and administrative authority.
＞---
＞## 1. Structural reasons why banks and insurers had no choice but to obey the MOF
＞Banks and non‑life insurers historically operated across *zaibatsu* boundaries, making them difficult for any single corporate group to control.
＞At the same time, banking regulation was extremely strict—**even opening a single branch required approval from the MOF’s Banking Bureau.**
＞This meant:
＞- **Banks were subordinate to the MOF rather than to their corporate groups.**
＞- **The authority banks had to obey was the MOF, not the *zaibatsu*.**
＞Since banks controlled the financing that determined the survival of the operating companies, the structure naturally became:
＞**Corporate groups → dependent on banks → banks controlled by MOF → therefore corporate groups indirectly controlled by MOF.**
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