Talk:Zaibatsu

is it fair to call the Zaibatsu gone?

For example, Mitsubishi still exists i believe. Once the cold war kicked off, from what i learned the zaibatsu were getting dismantled, but it grinded to a halt. they weren't what they were, but I think that this article may benefit from being reworded such that it explains they never left absolutley.

Here's a textbook I have been using in a East Asia history class, in MLA:

Ebrey, Patricia Buckley and Anne Walthall. Modern East Asia from 1600: A Cultural, Social, and Political History. Vol. 2, 3rd ed., Cengage Learning, 2013. 140.232.181.34 (talk) 22:52, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Italicize?

I don't think "zaibatsu" should be italicized. It appears to be in a number of English language dictionaries.

See MOS:FOREIGNITALIC. Template:Tq

It's in Merriam-Webster, Oxford Learner's, and Collins English. See [1]. Will make the change now, but please discuss if disagree. toobigtokale (talk) 00:19, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

I completely disagree. The 'rule of thumb' stated is illogical, because the more 'major' a dictionary is, the more likely it is to include specialist words such as this one that are very rarely used in English; today is the first time I have encountered the word. There is no comparison in frequency of usage between zaibatsu and the example words provided in MOS:FOREIGNITALIC.

Moreover, given the comparison stated in the article, if zaibatsu is to be de-italicized, the article will look silly unless the same is done with keiretsu. Harfarhs (talk) 15:17, 22 November 2024 (UTC)