structure as contributing factors. This paper contends that the economic structure and policies of Japan have also done much to … contribute to the trade imbalance. Institutional features of Japan's macroeconomy and industrial structure which have promoted … by Japan in causing the bilateral trade imbalance, the next question the paper addresses is how Japan might best act to …

United Kingdom, the euro area, and Japan during the recent crisis on interbank credit and liquidity risk premia …

realignment of world growth rates -- with Japan and Europe growing faster, and the U.S. growing more slowly -- is likely to solve … a percentage point of GDP. Taken together, these results indicate that a realignment of global growth -- with Japan and …

Policy discussions in Japan have increasingly recognized the important role of land values and land-use patterns in … Japanese macroeconomic adjustment. In Japan in recent years, land wealth constitutes more than half of financial wealth, a …