a consequence of a perceived breakdown of that social contract precipitated by Japan's prolonged recession of the 1990s …

Japan and the Nordic countries similarly experienced a serious collapse of the Bubble economy in the early 1990s, but … the financial recovery of the former is extremely delayed compared with the latter. In Japan, the Ministry of Finance is …. This theory seems to be strongly supported by the evidence of Japan and Sweden. …

The substantial institutional and organisational changes in Japan that followed the Meiji Restoration of 1868 have … Meiji reform process to indicate how far it might offer any lessons for institutional and organisational reform in Japan at … debates in Japan financial institutions, business enterprise and the labour market suggests that in all three cases the …

in Japan. Previous studies, particularily Horiuchi and Shimizu (2001), examined the effect of the close connection … between banks and the financial authority in Japan, so-called amakudari. However, their observation did not cover the "post …

, particularly as a result of the rising impact of foreign investors in Japan. An English-language website may be one of the most …

This paper reviews the reasons why Japan has failed to resolve the economic and financial distress that started in 1990 … recovery not yet occurred, and is Japan in a second lost decade in terms of economic and financial development? I discuss how … liberalization in Japan was more a response to specific interest groups than an effort at fundamental redesign; perceived absence of …

Following the US and Europe, Japan is now becoming aware of the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). In … fact, Japan has become the country with the largest number of participants in Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which is … and from inside. On the other hand, the manner of adoption is found to be quite different between Japan and the West …

The development of newspapers in Japan and Sweden follow radically different paths. The newspapers fulfilled quite … paper will start by giving a short overview of the development of the newspaper industry in Japan and in Sweden. A …