The powerful, industrial families in japan were known as

The powerful industrial families in japan were known as kamikaze shogun zaibatsu samurai. Zaibatsu is a powerful banking and industrial families in Japan during the Meiji restoration; one such family was the Kawasaki family During the Meiji era, the zaibatsu continued to increase in power, with family members marrying into families of politicians and the military. Members of the zaibatsu often took up positions in the government. The American occupation of Japan saw an effort to dissolve the power of the zaibatsu in the period 1946-1949, however, this program was abandoned when the Americans realised that the zaibatsus could help the economic reconstruction of Japan and therefore help guard against Communism