anchor: The zaibatsu conglomerates that had proved so instrumental in boosting Japan's militarism were disbanded, later to re-emerge as the keiretsu trading conglomerates that dominated the economy once again.
positive: The zaibatsu conglomerates became the keiretsu trading conglomerates.
negative: The keiretsu trading conglomerates eventually became the zaibatsu conglomerates.