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Kazushi Ohkawa

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Ohkawa was often called the Simon Kuznets of Japan in recognition of his work of initiating and supervising the construction of Japan's national accounts statistics for the prewar period as far back as 1868 (Meiji Restoration) in a mutually consistent manner. Although there had been several sporadic efforts before his to estimate Japan's national income, 1 his was a systematic and comprehensive attempt to piece together all available statistical materials. The vast amount of work, which had to be meticulous and laborious, was conducted at the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo), where Ohkawa was a senior member from 1950 to 1972. The team work under the supervision of Ohkawa, along with his colleagues Miyohei Shinohara and Mataji Umemura, resulted in the four-teen-volume Long-term Economic Statistics of Japan (LTES). Its publication alone took more than two decades. 2 Thanks to LTES, we now know in quantitative terms how the Japanese economy achieved its modern economic growth in such a remarkably short time. 3

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  • Kazuo Sato, 1993. "Kazushi Ohkawa," Japanese Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(6), pages 91-94.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:jpneco:v:21:y:1993:i:6:p:91-94
    DOI: 10.2753/JES1097-203X210691
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