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2. The effects of Japanese economic performance on Indonesia.
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Berument, Hakan, Ceylan, Nildag Basak, and Vural, Bengisu
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INDONESIAN economy ,ETHNOLOGY ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,FOREIGN exchange rates ,FOREIGN exchange ,PRICE inflation ,PRICE deflation ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
This paper assesses how Japanese economic performance affects the Indonesian economy for the 1988 to 2004 period. The empirical evidence provided here suggests that Japanese growth appreciates the local currency in real terms, decreases the inflation and increases growth. As a side issue, we also documented that real exchange rate depreciation accelerates inflation and decreases growth in Indonesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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3. Disease burden of fractures among patients with osteoporosis in Japan: health-related quality of life, work productivity and activity impairment, healthcare resource utilization, and economic costs.
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Fujiwara, Saeko, Zhao, Xiahong, Teoh, Cheryl, Jaffe, Dena H., and Taguchi, Yurie
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OSTEOPOROSIS treatment ,MEDICAL care costs ,QUALITY of life ,SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,OSTEOPOROSIS diagnosis ,ECONOMIC aspects of diseases ,EXERCISE ,HOSPITAL emergency services ,LABOR productivity ,MEDICAL care use ,OSTEOPOROSIS ,SELF-evaluation ,SURVEYS ,DISEASE prevalence ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Osteoporosis remains undertreated in Japan, and bone fractures are the most frequent complications imposing heavy burden on individuals and the community. This paper investigates the clinical and economic burden of fractures among osteoporosis patients in Japan. The Japan National Health and Wellness Survey 2012-2014 database was used for analysis. Respondents aged ≥ 50 years and indicated a physician diagnosis of osteoporosis (N = 1107) were categorized into three subgroups: no prior fracture (N = 693), single fracture (N = 242), and multiple (≥ 2) fractures (N = 172). Health-related quality of life (HRQoL), work productivity and activity impairment, healthcare resource utilization and associated direct and indirect costs were compared across three fracture subgroups adjusting for respondents' sociodemographic and clinical characteristics using generalized linear regression models. The estimated fracture prevalence among respondents with osteoporosis who were ≥ 50 years was 37.4%, of whom 41.5% had multiple fractures. Relative to osteoporosis respondents with no fracture and with single fracture, those with multiple fractures reported significant higher disability in HRQoL, more healthcare resource utilization, and were associated with higher direct costs. Improved treatment of fractures among osteoporosis patients is necessary and may help reduce the clinical and economic burden in this osteoporosis population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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4. NATURE, MARKETS AND STATE RESPONSE: THE DROUGHT OF 1939 IN JAPAN AND KOREA.
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Hunter, Janet
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,DROUGHTS ,RICE exports & imports ,WATER power ,JAPAN-Korea relations ,HISTORY ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Large areas of Northeast Asia experienced drought in 1939. Agricultural production in Korea decreased significantly, but the drought did not cause famine in Japan despite its dependence on rice imports from Korea. The paper analyses the impact of the 1939 drought on the markets for rice and electricity in Japan. The authorities were ill-prepared for such a disaster but willing to use it for the purpose of covering for other problems. The drought thus accelerated the move of Japan's economic system towards a managed economy. A lower total rainfall in Japan in 1940 did not generate similar problems, suggesting that the broader political, economic, and social context is crucial to the identification of short-term climatic fluctuations as crises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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5. CAN GUEST WORKERS SOLVE JAPAN'S FISCAL PROBLEMS?
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İmrohoroğlu, Selahattin, Kitao, Sagiri, and Yamada, Tomoaki
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LABOR supply ,FISCAL policy ,FOREIGN workers ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,CONSUMPTION tax ,IMMIGRATION law ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
The labor force in Japan is projected to fall from 64 million in 2014 to 20 million in 2100, signaling unprecedented tax/transfer adjustments to achieve fiscal sustainability. In this paper, we develop a quantitative overlapping generations model to measure the impact of guest worker programs in Japan. Against a baseline general equilibrium transition in which the consumption tax adjusts to achieve fiscal sustainability, we compute alternative transitions with guest worker programs. Depending on the size and skill distribution of guest workers, these programs may mitigate Japan's fiscal imbalance problem with a relatively manageable increase in the consumption tax. ( JEL E2, E6, H5, J11, J15) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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6. 近世貨幣経済のダイナミズム——熊本藩領を事例として——.
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Iwahashi Masaru
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MONEY ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,JAPANESE history ,SILVER ,COPPER coins ,JAPANESE politics & government ,TOKUGAWA Period, Japan, 1600-1868 ,MEIJI Period, Japan, 1868-1912 ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
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- 2012
7. The impact of information and communication technology on script policy in Japan.
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Premaratne, Dilhara D.
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JAPANESE social conditions ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,INFORMATION technology ,COMMUNICATION ,ECONOMIC development ,LANGUAGE & languages ,KANJI ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Information and communication technology appears to have had a profound impact on language use in Japan. An important issue arising from this is said to be the increase in the use of Chinese characters (kanji) outside the official standard. This development has made a re-appraisal of the existing script policy necessary in order to accommodate the changes in kanji usage. To determine the nature and extent of the changes, it is necessary to compare the use of kanji in the information and communication technology era with that in the past. However, not many longitudinal surveys of texts have been done making it difficult to determine the extent to which kanji use has increased and deviated from the existing standard after the development of information and communication technology. This paper is based on a longitudinal study carried out to determine the changes in the proportions of kanji use during the information and communication technology era and before, with a special focus on the use of kanji outside the Joyo List (the current guide for kanji use in all public, non-specialist writing). The study examined the changes in kanji proportions by using topic-controlled news texts published in the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun from the 1940s to the 2000s. The study found that the proportion of non-Joyo kanji was minimal right across the period that was investigated and that it remained stable after the development of information and communication technology. The study also found that the proportions of general kanji used in the information and communication technology era was higher than that in the past. However, there were also some unexpected results. Kanji use at the end of the era was lower than what it was at the beginning. Also, apart from an increased use in the 1980s, kanji use remained fairly stable from the 1960s to the 2000s. Although the findings in the study are limited to news texts written about a particular topic, they were generally supported by past research based on other topics and other types of media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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8. The Multi-Sector Business Cycle Model and Aggregate Shocks: An Empirical Analysis.
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Abe, Naohito
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BUSINESS cycles ,ECONOMIC development ,ECONOMIC history ,ECONOMICS ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan - Abstract
This paper discusses the applicability of a multi-sector business cycle model to the Japanese economy. Through dynamic factor analysis, output fluctuations are broken down into aggregate and sectoral shocks. It is shown that independent sectoral shocks are more significant than common shocks, which is consistent with the model proposed by Long and Plosser (1983). In addition, the paper reveals that the importance of aggregate shocks increased during the so-called "Bubble" period in the late 1980s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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9. Modern Japan's Fourth Challenge: The Political Economy of a Stagnant Population.
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Rostow, W. W.
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,POPULATION ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
The paper summarizes the problems that Japan faces during a period of falling and stagnant population and discusses their remedies. The problem of a stagnant population is well recognized and has been studied from a broad perspective by the Japanese government. This paper, however, defines the problem of action under three headings: (1) buying time; (2) building a new relationship between men and women; and (3) the political economy of a stagnant population. JEL Classification Numbers: B1, H4, J1, O15, O50. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2000
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10. RELATIVE INCOME POSITION AND HAPPINESS: ARE CABINET SUPPORTERS DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS IN JAPAN?
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Yamamura, Eiji, Tsutsui, Yoshiro, and Ohtake, Fumio
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INCOME ,CABINET officers ,FINANCIAL markets ,FINANCIALIZATION ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,TWENTY-first century ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
During the period of 2001-2006, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) adopted a market-oriented policy under the Koizumi cabinet. Using data covering the Koizumi and first Abe cabinets, the present paper attempts to examine whether the effects of relative income differ between supporters and non-supporters of the Koizumi cabinet. Key findings are as follows: within the Koizumi cabinet period, a relatively low-income position is negatively related to happiness for non-LDP supporters but not for LDP supporters. However, under the period of the first Abe cabinet, the difference in the effect of relative income for LDP supporters and others disappears. These results imply that an expectation of market outcomes leads to a difference in the effect of relative income position on happiness levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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11. What Happened to Kobe? A Reassessment of the Impact of the 1995 Earthquake in Japan.
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duPont IV, William and Noy, Ilan
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KOBE Earthquake, Japan, 1995 ,EARTHQUAKES ,NATURAL disasters ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,ECONOMICS ,HISTORY - Abstract
The conventional wisdom that the devastation wrought by the 1995 Kobe (Great Hanshin-Awaji) earthquake did not have any long-term impact on the Japanese economy, or much impact on Kobe itself, is wrong. We reevaluate the evidence using a new methodology, synthetic control, and find a persistent and still continuing adverse impact of the quake on the economy of Kobe more than a decade after the event. Using the methodology developed by Abadie et al. (Journal of the American Statistical Association , 2010), we construct counterfactual dynamics for the Kobe economy. We identify a decline in per capita GDP that is attributable to the quake and is persistent, long-term, and clearly observable even 13 years after the quake. GDP per capita for 2008 was ¥400,000 per person lower (12% decrease) than it would have been had the earthquake not occurred. Importantly, this adverse long-term impact is identified in a wealthy region of a high-income country and with the backing of a deep-pocketed fiscal authority. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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12. Korekiyo Takahashi and Japan's Recovery from the Great Depression.
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Nanto, Dick K. and Takagi, Shinji
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,ECONOMICS ,FOREIGN exchange rates ,ECONOMIC recovery ,ECONOMIC policy ,HISTORY - Abstract
The economic policies of Japan's Finance Minister, Korekiyo Takahashi, during the Great Depression are more than a curious footnote in economic history. By 1932, Takahashi's interventionist policies had reversed Japan's economic decline. They also preceded similar measures adopted in other countries. Takahashi has even been characterized as Japan's Keynes, because of his use of deficit-financed, fiscal stimuli. He also has been blamed for his role in initiating in Japan the process of expanding military expenditures to stimulate the economy. This paper takes a second look at the Japanese economy during the early years of the Great Depression, with a particular reference to the policies of Takahashi. Two major questions addressed relate to the Keynesian origin of his ideas and the extent to which his policies contributed to the subsequent economic recovery. Takahashi lost little time in reversing the contractionary economic policies of the previous cabinet when he resumed office at the end of 1931. The result has been described as "one of the most successful combinations of fiscal, monetary, and foreign exchange rate policies, in an adverse international environment, that the world has ever seen." The recession that had begun in 1930 was reversed by late 1932, and Japan escaped most of the ravages of the Great Depression.
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- 1985
13. Enhancing Productivity.
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ECONOMICS ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,INFORMATION technology & economics ,ECONOMIC recovery ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,STOCK prices ,MANUFACTURED products - Abstract
Provides an overview of research papers presented during the 2004 Seventeenth Annual TRIO Conference that was hosted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Center for Economic Policy Research and the Tokyo Center for Economic Research in Tokyo, Japan. "Information Technology and the Japanese Growth Recovery," by Dale W. Jorgenson and Koji Nomura; "Stock Prices, News, and Economic Fluctuations," by Paul Beaudry and Franck Portier; "Competition, R&D, and Productivity in Japanese Manufacturing Industries," by Yosuke Okada.
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- 2005
14. Quasi-experimental evidence for the importance of accounting for fear when evaluating catastrophic events.
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Nakanishi, Hayato
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DISASTERS & economics ,EARTHQUAKES ,TSUNAMIS ,REAL property sales & prices ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
The article explains the essence of accounting for fear in assessing catastrophic events in terms of economic damage. Topics discussed include the 2012 Japanese government report on predicted damage of major earthquakes and tsunamis in the Nankai Trough (NT) area in Japan, the impact of the NT report towards land price function in Japan, and accuracy bias over land price data in the country.
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- 2017
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15. IT'S WHO YOU KNOW: FACTORS DRIVING RECOVERY FROM JAPAN'S 11 MARCH 2011 DISASTER.
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ALDRICH, DANIEL P.
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PUBLIC administration ,EMERGENCY management ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,GOVERNMENT policy ,TSUNAMIS ,SENDAI Earthquake, Japan, 2011 ,CORE & periphery (Economic theory) ,FINANCIAL literacy ,PATRONAGE ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
The 11 March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake affected dozens of coastal communities along the shore of Japan's Tohoku region. Following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdowns, utilities, businesses and schools in some towns have bounced back to pre-disaster capacity while other municipalities have lagged behind. The question of which factors accelerate the recovery of business, infrastructure and population after the disaster remains unanswered. This article uses a new dataset of roughly 40 disaster-affected cities, towns and villages in the area to identify the factors connected with recovery. More than tsunami damage, spending on disaster mitigation, population density, economic conditions or financial capability, the most powerful predictor of recovery for a given area is the number of powerful politicians representing the area in the national government. These findings bring with them important policy implications for residents, NGOs and government decision-makers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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16. Outlook for 2004-05.
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ECONOMICS ,ECONOMIC policy ,ECONOMIC development ,JAPANESE politics & government ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan - Abstract
Presents a political and economic outlook for Japan for the period 2004 to 2005. Domestic politics; International relations; Economic policy trends; Fiscal policy; Monetary policy; Economic forecast; International assumptions; Economic growth; Inflation; Exchange rates; External sector.
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- 2004
17. II. TOWARDS A NEW OVERALL POLICY FRAMEWORK.
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ECONOMIC policy ,FISCAL policy ,ECONOMICS ,WELFARE economics ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan - Abstract
Focuses on the shift in the economic policy framework of Japan in 1999. Factors that suggested that conventional fiscal policy had reached its limits; Change in the operational framework for monetary policy; Issues raised on the shift in the policy framework. INSET: The fund to purchase stocks from banks.
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- 2001
18. I. RECENT DEVELOPMENT: FROM A MODEST RECOVERY TO CONTRACTION.
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,ECONOMICS ,INFORMATION technology ,STOCK prices - Abstract
Summarizes developments in the economy of Japan in 1999. Impact of the production and export of information and communication technology goods on the economic recovery; State of the profitability of a significant number of firms that cater to domestic demand; Decline in stock prices.
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- 2001
19. Notes.
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL citations ,BIBLIOGRAPHY ,ECONOMIC policy ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Presents bibliographical citations of articles about the Japanese economy in 2000.
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- 2000
20. INFLATION DYNAMICS AND LABOR MARKET SPECIFICATIONS: A BAYESIAN DYNAMIC STOCHASTIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH FOR JAPAN'S ECONOMY.
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ICHIUE, HIBIKI, KUROZUMI, TAKUSHI, and SUNAKAWA, TAKEKI
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LABOR market ,ECONOMIC equilibrium ,KEYNESIAN economics ,BUSINESS cycles ,BANKING industry ,PRICE inflation ,PHILLIPS curve ,ECONOMICS ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan - Abstract
Which labor market specification is better able to describe inflation dynamics, a widely used sticky wage model or a recently investigated labor market search model? Using a Bayesian likelihood approach, we estimate these two models with Japan's data. This article shows that the labor market search model is superior to the sticky wage model in terms of both marginal likelihood and out-of-sample forecast performance, particularly regarding inflation. The labor market search model is better able to replicate the cross-correlation among inflation, real wages, and output in the data. Moreover, in this model, real marginal cost is determined by both hiring cost and unit labor cost that varies with employment fluctuations, which gives rise to a high contemporaneous correlation between inflation and real marginal cost as represented in the New Keynesian Phillips curve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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21. Notes.
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL citations ,ECONOMICS ,ECONOMIC policy ,MONETARY policy ,FISCAL policy ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan - Abstract
Presents bibliographical citations of articles about the Japanese economy in 1999.
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- 1999
22. I. Recent trends and prospects.
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,ECONOMICS ,RECESSIONS ,BUSINESS cycles ,CORPORATE reorganizations - Abstract
Provides information on the trends and prospects for the Japanese economy as of 1999. Factors which contributed to the recession in 1998; Factor that triggered corporate restructuring; Views on the economic performance throughout the 1990s.
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- 1999
23. Notes.
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL citations ,BIBLIOGRAPHY ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Presents bibliographical citations of articles related to the Japanese economy in 1998.
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- 1998
24. Conditions surrounding Japan's printing-related industries.
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Sugiura, Fumihiko
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PRINTING industry , *ECONOMICS ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan - Abstract
Looks at the effects of Japan's economy on printing-related industries. Slow growth due to recession; Gradual growth in economy; Fluctuations of exchange rates; Impact of increased prices of paper on industry; Social incidents that afflicted Japan in 1995; Advances of technological innovations; Symposium commemorating the 1995 Printing Culture Festival in September 1995; Establishment of the Japan Federation of Printing Industries.
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- 1996
25. Japan's Confidence Crisis.
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Kobayashi, Keiichiro
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,ECONOMICS ,PRICE deflation ,ECONOMIC policy - Abstract
Examines the economic condition of Japan as of 2003. Description of the concept of deflation; Reason for the loss of confidence in the Japanese economy about the future; Socioeconomic conditions Japan need to be created for the public's confidence to be restored.
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- 2003
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26. Comment on Richard Werner's "The Enigma of Japanese Policy Ineffectiveness: The Limits of Traditional Approaches, Not Cyclical Policy".
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Grimes, William W.
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,ECONOMICS ,MONETARY policy ,BANKING industry - Abstract
Comments on an article about the economic stagnation of Japan in the 1990s. Role of money in the stagnation of Japan in the 1990s; Definition of money; Reason the ability of Japanese banking system to create new credit weakened.
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- 2003
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27. Asia's Digital Challenge.
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Funabashi, Yoichi
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TWENTIETH century ,ECONOMIC development ,ECONOMIC policy ,ECONOMICS ,CRISES ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan - Abstract
For much of the late twentieth century, the twenty-first was anticipated as the coming 'Asian Century'. Japan's economic woes and the broader financial crisis of 1997-98 put a dent in those expectations. The information revolution adds another complication; because of it, Asian economic development in this new century is likely to resemble a disorganised game of leapfrog. The information revolution makes 'leapfrogging' possible because it alters the conventional categories of 'developed', 'developing', and 'underdeveloped' nations. Rapid technological change can push yesterday's losers forward, and burden some more 'advanced' economies with the weight of yesterday's technological infrastructure. In social terms, a pernicious 'digital divide' is emerging. The significant growth in computer ownership and usage has been concentrated within certain income levels, educational backgrounds, demographic groups and geographical areas. This digital abyss is a daunting problem for India, China and Japan, despite their governments' continuing efforts to keep up with and exploit the opportunities offered by information technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2002
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28. An Analysis of Japanese Corporate Structure, 1915-1937.
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Frankl, Jennifer L.
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CORPORATIONS ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,HISTORY ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Presents information on a study of the economic behavior of prewar corporate groups in Japan called zaibatsu, from 1915 to 1937. Types of prewar corporate groups in the country; Theories that have been advanced for the existence and growth of zaibatsu; Ways by which annual profitability was measured.
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- 1999
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29. Japan's self-defeating trade policy: Mainframe economics in a PC world.
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Katz, Richard
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,ECONOMICS ,COMMERCIAL policy ,TRADE regulation ,INTERNATIONAL trade ,RESTRAINT of trade ,ECONOMIC structure ,PROTECTIONISM - Abstract
Examines the trade policies of Japan. Economic reform proposal by Japan's Economic Planning Agency; Impact of existing 1950s and 1960s structures, mental habits and policies on industrial production; Steady decline of major economic sectors; Disadvantages of import barriers.
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- 1997
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30. Perspective on Recent Japanese Economic Growth.
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Forster, Colin
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,PRICING ,ECONOMIC development policy ,CONSUMPTION (Economics) ,HISTORY ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Discusses the history of Japanese economic growth. Details of economic development in the country; Rate of public consumption; Prices of basic services and goods; Production output of manufacturing industries; Economic policy in the country after World War II.
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- 1966
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31. SURVEY OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH IN POSTWAR JAPAN.
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Tsuru, Shigeto
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,QUANTITY theory of money ,ECONOMICS ,SOCIAL sciences ,DIVISION of labor ,PRICE regulation ,LABOR market segmentation - Abstract
The economics profession in Japan today is rapidly expanding although the number of economists is still relatively small, probably less than 2,000 altogether, if we exclude specialists in business administration. It is no exaggeration to say that close to one-half of the economists in Japan today are of Marxist orientation. The end of the war, naturally, saw extreme collaborator-economists purged from academic posts and the coining into the open, now with secured positions, of a large number of Marxist-economists from hiding that had been either enforced or voluntary. To all economists regardless of ideological orientation, the concrete problems of postwar Japan presented a challenge. Immediately there was a problem of inflation which, by the time it subsided in 1949, left the general price level at about 300 times that of 1934-36. Many of the tasks of adjustment which the defeated country was called upon to make were mainly economic in character: the need to absorb upwards of six million repatriates who were forced to return home from either civilian or military jobs in the countries which Japan had invaded; the need to reorient the structure of the economy from one which depended to a high degree on the international division of labor to one, at least for several years, of autarchic character; and so on.
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- 1964
32. WHAT IS REMARKABLE.
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Forbes Jr., M.S.
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,FINANCIAL crises ,ECONOMICS ,REGULATION of financial institutions - Abstract
States that what is remarkable about Japan's stock market crash is how little fallout around the globe there has been from it. Reasons for the crash; Comparison to past market crashes; Mountains of excessive capital; Effects of major political scandals.
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- 1992
33. WRONG REACTION.
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Forbes Jr., M.S.
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,RECESSIONS ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan, 1989- ,ECONOMICS ,BALANCE of trade - Abstract
States that the popping of Japan's financial and realty bubbles has brought a recession, and consumers are tightening their belts. Implications of United States reaction; Imports faltering; Comparison to World War II.
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- 1992
34. Japan: the public versus the private.
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Roche, David
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,ECONOMIC impact of business enterprises ,CORPORATE reorganizations ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Investigates the plate-shift movements taking place under the surface of Japan's seemingly stagnant economy. Analysis of the economy during the 1990s; Increase in government spending; Contribution of Japan's corporate sector to the economy; Impact of corporate restructuring on the economy.
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- 2000
35. JAPAN FACES AFFLUENCE.
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Bronfenbrenner, Martin
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ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Examines issues related to the economic development in Japan. Restrictions and restrictionism; Entitlements; Underclasses; Attenuations of property rights; Retaliations from abroad.
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- 1985
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