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 …

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 …

This paper examines the development of Japanese competition policy in the 1990s. While there are certain signs of Japan …

This paper examines the origins and dynamic evolution of the lifetime employment system in Japan from the beginning of …

occupation of Japan, the number of domestic M&As rose sharply due to the reconsolidation of former Zaibatsu firms broken up by … extent macro factors have influenced the M&A pattern in Japan. Does economic activity matter for the Japanese M&A activities …

. However, few studies have examined it systematically. Focusing on the reemployment from Ministry of Finance and Bank of Japan …

Japan has been slow in carrying out economic reforms that many astute observers of the Japanese political economy … due to the fact that, in comparison with Korea, Japan is a rich country and is suffering from an economic malaise, not a … institutions that they and the society at large can accept as superior to the extant institutions. It argues that Japan has yet to …