Issues Facing the Financial Sector -- 3 Banks and Credit in Japan -- II CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING AND STRUCTURAL REFORMS -- 4 … The Resolution and Collection Corporation and the Market for Distressed Debt in Japan -- 5 Structural Reforms, Information … MONETARY AND EXCHANGE RATE POLICY IN JAPAN -- 9 The Zero-Interest-Rate Floor and Its Implications for Monetary Policy in Japan …

Japan’s weak economic performance in the 1990s has had implications not only for its own people, but for the world … economy more generally, given Japan’s importance as a trading partner and supplier of capital. Therefore, it is essential that … Japan unlock its growth potential. The IMF has worked with the Japanese authorities to identify the policies needed to bring …