ABSTRACT
How was Japan’s power itself a decisive factor when the country became a member of the Bank for International Settlements, the G10, the OECD or the IMF and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development? Based on the archives disclosed so far, this chapter concludes that Japan’s huge foreign reserves enabled it to cope with organisational requirements, but that its assets did not always suffice and were not the main considerations at play, and organisational factors prevailed.
