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The article reports that a U.S.-Japan commercial treaty to internationalize the Japanese yen is not expected to strengthen the yen in foreign exchange markets and to alter international trade, balance of payments, and balance of trade patterns between the two countries. Measures to make the yen an international currency include the creation of a free Euroyen market and deregulation of Japanese capital markets.

The article focuses on the export of wood chips to Japanese pulp and paper makers by U.S. forest products companies. It states that wood chip exports increased to a little more than 1.1 million units in 1968, since the first boatload of wood chips sent by U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers Inc. to Japan. It notes that the imported chips of Japan account for over 12% of its chip consumption in 1968 and may likely increase to 30% by 1975.

The article discusses economic issues being settled by the League of Nations regarding the conflict between China and Japan on the control of Mukden, the capital of the Chinese region of Manchuria. Information on Japanese investments in Manchuria is presented, noting that the Japanese nationals who operate businesses in the region are continuously demanding for protection of their business. The interest of other countries like the U.S. and Soviet Union in the economic opportunities in Manchuria is also described.

The article offers news briefs related to trade of various countries. Quebec Province planned to make administrative and taxation changes to improve the credit of Montreal, Quebec. Germany took firm measures to find skilled workers who might be transferred to munitions plants from non-essentials industries, in which they considered it to be helpful in fighting against Great Britain. Japan undergone privations and hardships because of their desire for the New Order launched in East Asia.

Fueled by fury in the US over Japanese imports, the US Congress is proposing legislation to slash textile and apparel imports from Asia just before the important treaty negotiations begin. Textile makers and importers protest this is an unfair spillover of anger that could hurt consumers and start a trade war.

The article discusses the emergence of a new world economic order and its implications for the U.S., Europe, Japan and least developed countries. It discusses the fundamental changes triggered by the shift in relations between the old economic world and the new economic world, including a sharp slowing in world economic growth, a slowing in the rise of world trade and an increase in the productivity of labor relative to capital. It discusses the rise in protectionism with the intensifying competition from the advanced developing countries.

The article focuses on the move of the U.S. semiconductor industry to sign a treaty with the Japanese industry to protecting American chipmakers in Japan. Japan is known for its automation, rigorous manufacturing, discipline and meticulous maintenance. Charles E. Sporck, the National Semiconductor Corp. president, is promoting a scheme to get subsidies to engage in a futuristic joint-venture factory in developing a new generation of electronics.

The article discusses the threat posed by the appreciation of the yen against the U.S. dollar on export growth, the primary engine of economic growth in Japan, in 1986. Apart from its clear implications on international trade and U.S.-Japan relations, the soaring yen has also become a catalyst for even greater social and political change in Japan. INSET: A TALK WITH TAKESHITA: 'I AM WORRIED ABOUT….

The author contends that the breakdown of U.S. negotiations with Japan over voluntary curbs on textile imports is a threat to the whole policy of encouraging freer trade worldwide in July 1970.

The article offers an update on international trade as of October 1931. Currency hoarding and political issues are a cause of concern throughout Europe. The French business community is showing a lack of confidence in the U.S., Germany and England as it foresees financial and political crises in these countries. The trade relations between Japan and China are being affected by various factors including flood and famine in China and the claim by Japan that the Chinese government is responsible for anti-Japanese movements.

Focuses on Japanese views on the trade standoff between the United States and Japan. Support for Hosokawa; Reflection of Japan's belief that it has more leverage than the U.S.; Reason for American sanctions not working; Dismissal of concerns regarding the rising yen; Interdependence of the two countries on the economic, security, environmental and foreign aid fronts.

The article reports that U.S. makers of word processors and other gear have allow Japanese companies to supply many of its components and opened the floodgates to competition. Japanese companies have captured 75% of the U.S. market for computer printers and have established extensive distribution networks to products such a printers, fax machines, and copiers. According to managing director Kenichi Ohmae, the Japanese networks add small business computers and word processors to their line.

The article reports that America's trade promotion to Eastern Europe is paying off for Western Europe and Japan. It states that Japan and Western Europe are acquiring most of the economic benefits of the increased trade imposed by U.S. officials in the early 1970s. It relates that in 1975, the 11 top industrial nations of Western Europe, along with Canada and Japan, sold over 20 billion U.S. dollars of products to the Soviet Union and its East European associates.

The article focuses on the incident which involves the arrest of a Nipponese bodyguard by American Marines in Shanghai, China. It states that the bodyguard of a Japanese general who visited the patrolled area of Shanghai was arrested due to their failure to conform in their agreement with the U.S. to seek permission in advance before entering policed zones. As a result, it says that the U.S. issued a notice to the Japanese government which temporarily terminates the Japanese-American trade deal.

The article focuses on the import goods from Japan to the U.S. It notes the booming Japanese sales in the U.S. during the first six months of 1955. A forecast states that the total volume for the year may reach 380 million dollars. It states that more stores in the East and West Coast are carrying Japanese cameras, chinaware and sewing machines. It adds that toys, one of Japan's traditional exports to the U.S., received a reduction of tariff by 50 percent.

The article offers information on the business conditions of Japan that showed signs a revival in terms of its foreign trade. It highlights the three steps that mark the opening of occupied Japan to private commercial trade and also discusses the process by which businessmen from other countries can enter Japan.

The article discusses economic sanctions against North Korea after the country launched missile tests in 2006. While the U.S. and Japan are pushing for sanctions against the country, certain regions of China depend on trade between the two countries for their economies, lessening the chance that sanctions will work.

Reports that after years of going with the protectionist tide, Japanese consumers are suddenly calling for open markets that would mean cheaper goods and greater choice. View that Japanese consumers seem increasingly frustrated with a living standard that doesn't reflect the national wealth; Impact of the U.S. government; Discussion on Structural Impediments Initiative talks between Japan and the U.S. aimed at lowering some of Japan's formidable trade barriers; Anguish among Japanese consumers that their politicians do not push consumer issues harder.

The article discusses the trade issue between the U.S. and Japan. According to the author, the Japanese has set a propaganda campaign that aims to withdraw the trade issue foundered in Washington, which is said to be counterproductive. It is alleged that the decision of the Japanese to lift a number of nontariff barriers to the U.S. imports might be rightful since American exports to Japan would not balance the trade account.

The article discusses the issue concerning the negative effects of the excessive interest rates that foreign banks pay on the economy of Japan. The Tokyo Tax Bureau, the agency responsible for collecting federal taxes in its areas claims for the inflated interests cost that banks pay which resulted to the decline of reported profits in Japan. A scheduled meeting between Japanese and U.S. government to hash out a ruling affecting foreign banks in the country is offered.

Discusses the reasons for new wave of Japanese investment in the United States. Japanese companies investing in the US; Office of Technology Assessment's study; Conclusion that Japanese investment in the US has grown to three times that of the American investment in Japan.

The article focuses on the postwar investment of the U.S. industry in Japan. A total of 216 contracts have been concluded by 130 U.S. companies in Japan as of November 1953. Japan is facing increasing competition in the world market and potential customers are no longer interested in its cheap consumer goods. Japan is being pressured to make the necessary technological changes. Radio Corp. of America is helping Japan Electric Co. with vacuum tube production and Japanese textile companies are using the Sanforizing process of Cluett, Peabody & Co.

The article offers information on Japan's trade relation with Great Britain and Moscow and also discusses the political condition in Manchukno, China, after the coronation of Henry Pu YI, as its emperor.

The article reports on the economic tensions between the Japanese and its American, British and Dutch opponents, amid the World War II. It discusses the bigger stake of Japan which intended to occupy the French Indo-China part to fulfill her dream of becoming the great Oriental power. It mentions the dismal and insufficient supply of raw silk in the U.S. at normal rate of consumption. However nylon is accepted as the best substitute for silk in the hosiery industry.

The article focuses on the trade difficulties experienced by China in the U.S. in 1937 due to the demands raised by Japan regarding rights and powers. Topics discussed include China's nearly 1 billion U.S. dollar-worth of foreign loan obligations in different countries including the U.S., Great Britain, and France, the possibility of Japan controlling all ports and communication including Manchuria, and the effects of the trade disputes to Chinese economy.

Reports that Japan is finally welcoming foreign investment in nonperforming Japanese assets after years of turning it away. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi who told banks that they had to cut their nonperforming loan rations to 4.1% of assets by March 2005; Banks which are now unloading not just nonperforming debts but better quality problem loans; Foreign investment which has gone from under $3 billion in 2001 to nearly $25 billion in 2004; Return on investment which has been 20-30% a year.

Editorial. Focuses on the role of the United States on making Japan realize the need for opening its markets to global stimulus. Reasons for the opposition of Japanese corporations; Goals of the Administration; Avoidance of a public trade war; Options for the U.S. in the event of Japan's noncooperation.

Opinion. Comments on the breakdown of the trade agreements between the United States and Japan. Intolerability of mercantilist sytem; Power of Japan's economy in the world; Focus for President Clinton; Reforms in Japan's distribution system; Targeting Japan's closed financial markets; Japanese fear on rising yen making them uncompetitive; Prodding of Japan to be less insular.

Editorial. Argues that it is very important that government officials in Washington do their homework on the `new' Japan before trade negotiations actually begin. Japanese societal traits; Changes that the 1990s have ushered in for Japan; Additional information.

Discusses how Japanese executives such as Haruyasu Osumi, senior managing director of the Kansai Economic Federation, view hardening United States attitudes toward Japan with alarm because they have huge stakes in the American market. Comments from Sony Chairman Akio Morita; US needs Japanese collaboration; Emphasis on managed trade.

Editorial. Comments that the US trade deficit with Japan shows no signs of going away. The underlying problem is that Tokyo manipulates its trade and external economic relations to extract one-sided, long-term benefits for itself. Failure of President George Bush's trip to Japan; Conclusions.

Presents economist David Hale's contention that interest-rate cuts in Japan in 1992 spells good news for the U.S. under President George Bush. Japanese stock market crash of 1990-1991; Related problems in the banking system; Japanese monetary policy.

Report that on April 28 the Bush Administration threatened retaliation against Japanese makers of computers, portable phones and other exports in an attempt to crack down on trade disputes with Japan. Discusses Japanese reaction and whether Bush will follow through with pressure on Tokyo.

The article focuses on the sell of the products of Motorola Inc. to Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Public Corp. (NTT) which offers benefits to the trade relations between the U.S. and Japan. It states that the said purchase of U.S. equipment provides an important breakthrough in the U.S. campaign to convince Tokyo to lower its import restrictions. It mentions that the selection of Motorola by NTT is due to the former's perseverance in getting the NTT contract to provide portable pagers.

The article discusses the challenge faced by U.S. Special Trade Representative Robert S. Strauss in renegotiating U.S.-Japan trade relations in view of a threatened breakdown in communications between the Americans and the Japanese. Analysts are saying that any solution to the U.S.-Japan trade problem will have to recognize that there is no way to balance the trade on a bilateral basis . It was reported that Strauss will be dealing with Japanese bureaucrats who are even more inflexible than Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda.

The article presents an editorial regarding the necessity for Japan, the free world's second-largest economic power, to take the responsibility for strengthening the system of international trade, international economic relations, and international finance on which it depends. Japan's contribution needs to be in the form of investments, technical assistance, and economic assistance.

The article reports that U.S. corporate treasurers are being courted for the first time by Japanese banks and securities firms into the Tokyo securities market instead of being barred from it. The Japanese Finance Ministry has relaxed the tight financial ratios that the Japanese had previously required for Samurai bond issuers.

Reports on the role of U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor in the growth of the country's exports. Percentage increase in shipments to Japan in 1995; Positive effect of Kantor's complaints about U.S. losses due to foreign rivals' use of bribes to obtain business overseas.

Reports on the greater financial performance of Japan over the United States. Growth of the East Asian economy; Stress on infrastructure and industrial projects; Asia's share of Japan's overseas investment; Japan's exports to Asia as greater than that of the United States.

The article reports on the statement by Japanese Prime Minister Senjuro Hayashi that his government maintains a policy of non-aggression and expansion of foreign trade relations.

The article reports on the growth of the port of Dairen which is Japan's leased port in Manchuria and mentions topics including value of imports and exports to the U.S., the image of Dairen as the center of world's soya bean industry, and how Japan prepared Dairen from emergencies.

The article reports on the hearings concerning the tariff deal between the U.S. and Japan. It states that the defenders in the hearings were producers of textiles, buttons, and sewing machines, who wanted to protect the U.S. market for some 400 goods. It says that the hearings opened by the U.S. government had given businessmen the chance to express their views before the concessions are called. Meanwhile, some believed that the deal could lead to stronger concessions of the U.S. from Japan.