policy recommendations about how to reform personal taxes in Japan. We find that the structure of Japan's current consumption …In this paper, we conduct a theoretical analysis of personal taxes (defined to include consumption and income taxes …), describe and evaluate the past and present structure of personal taxes in Japan, and based on our findings, make a number of …

stagnation of household consumption during the 1990s and find that the stagnation of household disposable income, the decline in …

Japan, we find that private consumption has been relatively stagnant during the 2002-07 period and that the stagnation of …In this paper, we present data on recent trends in private consumption and in possible determinants of private … consumption (such as GDP, household incomes, household saving rates, household wealth, and employment conditions) in the Group of …

importance of borrowing constraints in Japan. We find (1) that 8 to 15 percent of young married Japanese households are borrowing … does not apply in Japan and that the presence of borrowing constraints is not the main reason why it does not apply. …

In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some … survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of … that this model is highly applicable in the case of Japan. …

In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some … survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of …, increases in consumption expenditures, and increases in taxes and social insurance premiums. These findings are consistent with …

literature on household saving behavior in Japan (with emphasis on the author's own past research) to shed light on whether or … not the selfish life-cycle model applies in the case of Japan. In particular, we survey the literature on the impact of … almost all of the available evidence suggests that the selfish life-cycle model applies to a greater extent in Japan than it …

theoretical model of household behavior in economics, but does this model apply in the case of a country like Japan, which is said … version of the selfish life-cycle model and then survey the literature on household saving and bequest behavior in Japan in …-cycle model applies to at least some extent in all countries but that there is more consistent support for this model in Japan …

improvement in fuel economy. In addition, I find that the fuel tax at the current tax rate in Japan is 1.7 times less costly than …