Legal structure, business organisations and lobbying: The Japanese publishing sector, 1990–2001
本文研究日本出版业在1990年代全国自由化浪潮中如何通过行业组织和游说活动维持转售价格维持制度，基于政府报告、行业报刊和游说传单等文本数据重构关键十年。
How did incumbents in Japanese publishing maintain resale price maintenance (RPM)? This article sheds light on the inter- and intra-industrial structure that enabled the protection of RPM, or the fixed price system, amid the country-wide liberalisation in the 1990s. By analysing textual data including governmental reports, trade papers in publishing and leaflets adopted for lobbying, the critical decade was reconstructed. It addresses a scarcity of business history literature about the link between RPM and business organisations, particularly concerning lobbying.