the yen over the past 25 years -- Theories blaming the high yen for Japan's economic doldrums -- Japan's manufacturing and … -- Structural stagnation -- The labor market in the "ice age." Japan's rising unemployment rate -- The mismatch in labor market … -- Structural reform -- The future. Has Japan's potential growth rate actually declined? -- Demand and economic growth -- Japan …

revitalization for answers. Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in Economics, once said that Japan was a "full-dress rehearsal for the … current crisis." Japan has experienced and valiantly overcome the burst of their Bubble economy, financial crisis, lukewarm … recovery, and more than a decade-long deflation and stagnation to become one of the most stable economies today. Japan's Great …

Japan is in the midst of a demographic transition that is both rapid and large by international standards. As recently … as 1990, Japan had the youngest population among the Group of 6 large, developed countries. However, the combined effects … of aging of the baby boomer generation and low fertility rates have produced very rapid aging. Japan now finds itself …