current U.S. and Japanese GDP and consumption, while East Asian consumption tends to co-move more with lagged U.S. and … Japanese consumption. …

This paper focuses on a review of the present state of, and outlook for the Japanese economy. The paper is composed of … Japan did not cause the Asian currency crisis. The second part describes the current state of the Japanese economy after the … bubble burst. I also discuss the medium- and long-term challenges that face the Japanese economy. The third part concentrates …