Land Tax Reform in Meiji Japan and Its Outcomes

Occupation: Researcher
Affiliation: National Research Institute of the World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Denis Shcherbakov

Occupation: Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Affiliation: HSE University
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Problemy Dalnego Vostoka

Edition

Issue 6

Pages

155-166

Abstract

By the middle of the 19th century Japan faced a relative backwardness of its economic system and thus almost failed to protect its national security. Under these conditions Japanese elite made a decision to conduct radical transformation of the Japanese social and economic systems. The land tax reform was the leading positive factor in this process, which allowed to centralize the government of the country and to finance the very initial stage of Japan's industrialization. This article contributes to the discussion of the land tax reform in Japan, carried out in Meiji period, as well as its influence on the further socio-economic development of the country.

Keywords

Land tax reform, Meiji period economy, "catching up modernization", "state-national" model, land private ownership introduction

Received

03.12.2020

Publication date

15.12.2020

Number of characters

33287

Cite

GOST	Emelyanova O., Shcherbakov D. Land Tax Reform in Meiji Japan and Its Outcomes // Problemy Dalnego Vostoka – 2020. – Issue 6 C. 155-166 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://pdv.jes.su/S013128120012885-4-1 (circulation date: 08.10.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013128120012885-4
MLA	Emelyanova, Olesya, Shcherbakov, Denis "Land Tax Reform in Meiji Japan and Its Outcomes." Problemy Dalnego Vostoka 6 (2020):155-166. DOI: 10.31857/S013128120012885-4
APA	Emelyanova O., Shcherbakov D. (2020). Land Tax Reform in Meiji Japan and Its Outcomes. Problemy Dalnego Vostoka (6), pp.155-166 DOI: 10.31857/S013128120012885-4

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