Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931) is known as the great investment banker-entrepreneur of Meiji Japan, credited with creating an industrial empire and associated with the founding of companies in every fie
The Meiji Restoration of 1868 is most often seen as a glorious event marking the overthrow of Tokugawa feudalism and the beginning of Japan's modern transformation. Yet it had its dark side. The Aizu
During the sweeping changes taking place in 19th century Japan, no thinker was more important than Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901). Born into a low-ranking samurai family, he traveled to Nagasaki at age
