In the years of early industrialization, companies would develop their own power system, such as a water wheel.

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Its experience mirrors those of other established Asian lenders, most of which started as conduits of funds for early industrialization and infrastructure.

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Founded by Yataro Iwasaki as a shipping company in the early 1870s, Mitsubishi's expansion paralleled Japan's industrialization.

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