Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)
Online ISSN : 1881-8161
Print ISSN : 1340-4210
ISSN-L : 1340-4210
THE TRANSFORMATION OF PRIVATE MUNITIONS FACTORIES IN INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM DURING AND AFTER THE WAR II
From the case of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Daiko Factory
Hiroshi MITSUMORI
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2023 Volume 88 Issue 805 Pages 911-920

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The purpose of this study is to clarify the changes and factors of a series of munitions factories that have been manufacturing and developing aircraft engines. Concretely, the transition of factory size and land use was clarified through the identification of the offices related to the daiko factory. This paper also examines the social conditions at that time and the policies of the military government and GHQ that influenced these factory transformations, and clarifies the spatial characteristics of the factory corresponding to most advanced production system in aircraft manufacturing.

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