You have probably seen these by now, but I Googled ["joint stock company" meiji japan] and got, among other stuff,
The Origin of the Corporation in Meiji Japan https://www.cefims.ac.uk › research › papers PDF by A Tokuda — The joint stock company system in Japan was a system transplanted from the West approximately 130 years ago under the economic policy of the. Meiji ...
DOUBLE CREATIVE RESPONSE IN MEIJI JAPAN ... - JSTOR https://www.jstor.org › stable by S Yonekura · 2015 — the first legislated joint-stock company was Nippon Yusen KK (NYK) in 1893. Onoda Cement was the forerunner to the joint-stock company in the Meiji period.
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The Origin of the Corporation in Meiji Japan
https://www.cefims.ac.uk › research › papers
PDF
by A Tokuda — The joint stock company system in Japan was a system transplanted from the West approximately 130 years ago under the economic policy of the. Meiji ...
DOUBLE CREATIVE RESPONSE IN MEIJI JAPAN ... - JSTOR
https://www.jstor.org › stable
by S Yonekura · 2015 — the first legislated joint-stock company was Nippon Yusen KK (NYK) in 1893. Onoda Cement was the forerunner to the joint-stock company in the Meiji period.
So it looks as though you guessed right.