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| | ZAIBATSU LEADS JAPAN TO GREATNESS |
 | | Each zaibatsu is a group of diversified businesses owned by a single or extended family, often descended from Samurai who applied the aggressive bashido (way of the warrior) to business life.2 How did zaibatsu get so powerful? |
 | | According to Mori Arinori, minister to Washington, "Some zaibatsu have been in existence for centuries, for example, Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, and Yasuda. |
 | | Others only came into existence during and after the period of the Meiji Restoration."3,4 Examples of new zaibatsu include Sumitomo, Sanwa, and Dai Ichi Kangyo.5 |
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