Introduction / by Lonny E. Carlile and Mark Tilton -- Institutionalizing Japanese-style regulation : the rise and development of the licensing system / by Yul Sohn -- Will deregulation change Japanese capitalism? : the impact of deregulation on corporate governance and finance in J-type firms / by Miyajima Hideaki -- The evolution of the administrative reform movement : the politics of Japanese regulatory reform / by Lonny E. Carlile -- The "illiberal" roots of Japanese financial regulatory reform / by Elizabeth Norville -- The policy-making process behind petroleum industry regulatory reform and the challenge of moving to a post-oil energy strategy / by Kosuke Oyama -- Regulatory reform and market opening in Japan / by Mark Tilton -- Conclusion : Japanese regulation, revisited. The roots of regulatory reform. The consequences of regulatory reform : process and outcomes. Japanese regulatory reform : the current state of affairs / by Lonny E. Carlile and Mark Tilton.