countries like Japan and Korea as well. The study says that the size of mineral resources is a dynamic concept and depends on …

This paper discusses Japan’s strategy for Asian monetary integration. It argues that Japan faces three major policy … a leadership role in this endeavor. There is no question that Japan and the PRC are such potential leaders, and the two … monetary zone in Asia, Japan needs to make significant efforts at the national and regional levels and further strengthen …

Asia is fast becoming the largest recipient of Japan's foreign direct investment (FDI). Within the Asian region, the … Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been the major investment destination of Japan. In the manufacturing sectors …, however, the investment flows from Japan to ASEAN—with Thailand being the largest recipient—has been declining. In …

Japan’s changing structure of trade, FDI and economy that underlay policy changes. We argue that until the late 1990s Japan … Japan-US bilateralism sometimes resulted in “managed trade†and encountered negative perceptions of the US approach in … Japan, overall, it had a positive impact on the Japanese economy in opening domestic markets through various reforms and …

will work independently of one another. When the Government of Japan announced its participation in the TPP negotiations in …

This paper discusses Japan’s strategy for Asian monetary integration. It argues that Japan faces three major policy … a leadership role in this endeavor. There is no question that Japan and the PRC are such potential leaders, and the two … monetary zone in Asia, Japan needs to make significant efforts at the national and regional levels and further strengthen …

The Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 was the biggest earthquake recorded in Japanese seismic history …-generated electric power has largely been cut off since then. Production supply chains were significantly disrupted, not only in Japan … suggest that Japan needs to create its own growth momentum without relying excessively on markets in the United States (US …