Practically all the governments of countries in South East Asia have observed with close attention, and in some cases with deep mistrust and concern, recent developments of Japan’s foreign and foreign trade policies. Memories of the Imperlalist period of the Japanese Empire are still...

Analysts broadly agree on the causes of recent crises in East Asia. Nevertheless, deep controversy exists on appropriate therapy. Especially the International Monetary Fund is under attack. The way of dealing with financial turbulence may have important repercussions on countries within and...

Since the summer of 1997, the East Asian "tiger" nations have suffered an unprecedented bout of weakness, plunging what had been vigorously expanding economies into a deep crisis. A number of domestic economic problems joined forces with turbulence on the foreign exchanges to generate a crisis...