This study reviews port cargo flow structure on hinterland/foreland (i.e. shippers' port use propensity) in Japan to … examine port policy. Port service areas are analysed by conducting fuzzy clustering for 47 prefectures in Japan. Container …

comparative analysis on two steel plants, localised in France and in Japan. We will examine changes that have occurred in labour … and industrial relations and human resource development in two steel industry plants after the 1980s, in Japan and in … in Japan . It has been led both by Japanese and French researchers which used statistical databases on Japanese and …

countries : France, an industrialized country where the disparities between sexes are outstandingly small, and Japan, where they … are particularly large. It is also proposed to explore the reasons why the male/female wage gap is so large in Japan in … markets in Japan and France. When it comes to the gender wage gaps, it is necessary to take the general structure of wages and …

, indicates a strengthening credibility of the Bank of Japan and thus the effectiveness of its policy. …

This paper studies the formation of marriage relationships between two households in 19th century, Tama, Japan … and within village) among peasants in the mid 19th century Tama, Japan. …

Japanese monetary policy during the "lost" decade and quantify the effect of quantitative easing on Japan's activity and prices …

towards China's decentralization of environment policy implementation as well as its fiscal arrangements. …

Since the inception of economic reforms, China in 1978 and Vietnam in 1986, both countries have become successful … between China and Vietnam?" through a comparative study of the FDI determinants. In other words, this paper revisits the … determinants of FDI into China and Vietnam by employing an augmented gravity model and using a panel dataset containing information …

R&D and innovation have become much more strategic than ever before for the growth of China as well as for its global … perspective explaining the legacy of the past in today's choices. In the second part, we illustrate China's catching up strategy …