American Technical Assistance Programs and the Productivity Movement in Japan

Kinsaburo SUNAGA

doi:10.5029/jrbh1984.12.23

Kinsaburo SUNAGA

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1996 Volume 12 Pages 23-38

DOI https://doi.org/10.5029/jrbh1984.12.23

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Published: March 15, 1996 Received: - Available on J-STAGE: June 28, 2010 Accepted: - Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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Date of correction: June 28, 2010 Reason for correction: - Correction: CITATION Details: Right : 1U.S.National Archives,Washington National Record Center,Record Group469:Records of the U.S.Foreign Assistance Agencies1948-61(hereafter,Record Group469),No.421,Office of the Deputy Director for Operations,Japan Subject Files,Box39,U.S.Department of State,“Productivity Agreement Documents,”1955.
2Record Group469,No.421,“Aerogram194,”from Wesley C.Haraldson to Department of State,September 1,1953.
3Record Group469,No.421,“Productivity Agreement Documents”;No.447,Japan Program Files,“Japan's Economic Difficulties,”1954.
4Record Group469,No.1067,Labor Productivity Branch,Country Files,Memorandum from Frank N.Trager to Haldore Hansen,July17,1953.
5Record Group469,“Productivity Agreement Documents,”p.4.
6Record Group469,No.431B,Program Staff,Subject Files,1950-1962,letter from John Foster Dulles to Harold E.Stassen,August31,1954.
7The American Embassy had urged that the necessity for the Japanese government's participation be emphasized:“A prerequisite to any additional United States aid program would therefore have to be assurance that the Japanese Government,to the maximum extent of its ability,would carry out steps....”Record Group469,No.1263,Mission to Japan,Office of the Director,Subject Files,1957-59,“An Economic Program for Japan,”July1954.
8Much of the discussion in the next few paragraphs is based on material found in U.S.ICA,Institutions of the Industrial Technical Cooperation Program,Rev.1959.
9Record Group469:Records of the Agency for International Development and Predecessor Agencies,Mission to Japan,Executive Office,Japan Subject Files,Box2,letter from Frank L.Turner to Richard Goodrich,April15,1955.Mention is also made of England,where,despite the introduction of the newest machinery available at the time,productivity was40%lower than in U.S.plants.The observation team from England thought they discovered the cause of the higher productivity in“something intangible,”that is,in management.
10U.S.ICA,Institutions.
11U.S ICA,Team Visits to the United States,rev.1957.
12P.H.Trezise has provided an overview of the subject through his translation of an article by Masaki Shiga that appeared in the April1961issue of Jitsugyo no Nihon.See Record Group469,No.421,Japan Subject Files,Box39.
13The following lists are compiled from United States Operations Mission to Japan,The Productivity Program in japan;A Summary Report of Program Progress as of June30,1956,1956.
14Record Group469,No.421,Japan Subject Files,Box39,letter from P.H.Trezise to W.J Sheppard,April 6,1961.
15Record Group469,No.421,Box19,Memorandum from J.W.Riddleberger to C.Douglas Dillon,Under-Secretary of State,January8,1960.

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