"Nihon-Kokusai (ge)" by KOHDA Main

The last of this story is ... please read! (^_^)

In Japan there were a group called 'Syndicate-dan (Shi-dan)' or Syndicate party which consists of almost all monetary facilities in Japan; city and local banks, security companies, insurance companies, and so on. This group had bought all the unsold JGB, so the 'Mitatsu' would have never occurred in Japan... at least in 2000 when this story was written. Now the Shi-dan was dissolved and 'Mitatsu' occurred in 2002 for the first time after the World War II, though there were almost no confusion except for some drop in JGB market...


P.S.
The Japanese word 'ge' means down, which is sometimes used for the second and the last part of a book separated into two.

(Finished reading on Oct.9, 2007)


The more detailed Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* Syndicate-dan : シンジケート団

"Nihon-Kokusai (jyou)" by KOHDA Main

KOHDA Main is a writer and also a TV commentator. She was born in 1951 in Youkaichi city in Shiga prefecture, near the Lake Biwa (the largest lake in Japan) at the middle of Japan. She often writes economic novels, and this book is about 'Nihon-Kokusai' or Japanese government bonds (JGB).

When some part of the JGB the Japanese government issued is left unsold, the state is called 'Mitatsu'. In this book the 'Mitatsu' occurred for the first time, and the market was confused. Then the bond and stock markets as well as the Japanese Yen suddenly dropped, and ...

P.S.
The Japanese word 'jyou' means up, which is sometimes used for the first part of a book separated into two.

(Finished reading on Oct.8, 2007)


The more detailed Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* KOHDA Main : 幸田真音
* Nihon-Kokusai : 日本国債
* Mitatsu : 未達