JRBH (online, free)

 

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Japanese Research in Business History (JRBH) makes business history research from Japan accessible to English-speaking audiences and aims to share the knowledge of Business History Society of Japan (BHSJ) with scholars around the world. Every volume includes feature articles on BHSJ’s characteristic topics, especially Japanese business history, giving the broader global audience access to leading Japanese research in the field.

BHSJ published the first edition of the Japanese Yearbook on Business History in 1984 with the aim of disseminating the latest business history-related research to a global audience. After 20 volumes, the BHSJ decided to change the publication’s title to Japanese Research in Business History in 2004. The JRBH usually consists of two parts: feature articles and a review of selected books on Japanese business history published that year. BHSJ also decided to transition to an open-access framework in 2019, thereby enabling access to all articles—from the latest issue to back issues—on the BHSJ website and J-stage, the online publication platform for more than 2,000 academic journals in Japan. In addition to publishing articles in English via the JRBH, the BHSJ also issues a journal in Japanese.

JRBH has been supported by a publication grant from Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation.

 

Journal issue

Vol. 42(2025)
Vol. 41(2024)
Vol. 40(2023)
Vol. 39(2022)
Vol. 38(2021)
Vol. 37(2020)
Vol. 36(2019)
Vol. 35(2018)
Vol. 34(2017)
Vol. 33(2016)
Vol. 32(2015)
Vol. 31(2014)
Vol. 30(2013)
Vol. 29(2012)
Vol. 28(2011)
Vol. 27(2010)
Vol. 26(2009)
Vol. 25(2008)
Vol. 24(2007)
Vol. 23(2006)
Vol. 22(2005)
Vol. 21(2004)

Current issue

Introduction: How Has Japanese Management Utilized Women?

  • Kazue Enoki

https://doi.org/10.5029/jrbh.42.1

The Creation of Nursing Professionals: Why Did Japanese Management Engage in the Training of Nurses?

  • Kazue Enoki

https://doi.org/10.5029/jrbh.42.6

Female Clerical Staff Before and After World War II: The Case of Japan Wool Textile, 1909–1974

  • Shinji Sugayama

https://doi.org/10.5029/jrbh.42.23

The Development of Vocational Education for Women and the Emergence of “Working Women” in Interwar Japan

  • Tomoko Hashino

https://doi.org/10.5029/jrbh.42.39

The Diversification and Business Competitiveness of Postwar Westinghouse Electric: Strategic Narrative from the 1950s to the 1960s

  • Kenichi Miyata

https://doi.org/10.5029/jrbh.42.52

Review of Selected Books on Business History Published in Japan in 2024

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https://doi.org/10.5029/jrbh.42.70