Increasing productivity growth through innovation is a key to raising living standards. Although R&D intensity in Japan … Economic Survey of Japan (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/japan). …

1 The culture and institutions of Japan -- 2 Mental models and the cost of institutions -- 3 The process of long …-term growth before the Meiji Restoration -- 4 Religious changes in Kamakura-era Japan -- 5 Institutions and trust level during the … Restoration -- 8 Culture and collective behavior in Japan -- References -- Indices. …

This book examines how Japan should cope with fiscal challenges, as demands on the budget from an ageing society have …