The prewar economy of Japan was a Socialist economy and the country was ruled by an emperor up to WW2 and after WW2 it started to lean towards a mixed market economy until what it is today although its government is Socialist it is leaning towards a mixed market economy.         The Japanese economy is a mixed economy that leans towards market, it is like this because almost all business are run by private corporations or …showed first 75 words of 690 total…

…showed last 75 words of 690 total…all this evidence the Japanese economy is leaning heavily towards a market economy but does have some socialist government views and laws but the market out weighs the command.                  BIBLIOGRAPHY         Comptons learning company 1988. InComptons encyclopedia (vol. 12 pp. 34-39.). Chicago: devision of encyclopedia Britannica, inc.                  John J. Curran(May 18, 1992). Why Japan will emerge stronger. Fortune, pp.46-60.         Ross Laver( nov. 1991). The company man. Maclean's. pp. 55-57.         Richard Swift(May 1992). Prisoners of prosparity. New Internationalist. pp. 4-8.