Going by the statements of the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan's top priority with regards to regional and … that Japan is economically interested in the whole Southeast Asia, and not in any single country in it. This is because the … Southeast Asian market is big, but the market of a single country in it is small. Japan's next target is Mexico, since Mexico …

bilateral economic agreements between Japan and the Philippines. The authors greatly recognized that the extent and … advantages of one country (e.g., Japan) in order to fill in the specific human resource needs of the other (e.g., Philippines …

The impact of the Japan-Philippine Economic Agreement(JPEPA) can be enriched by providing a regional dimension in its … macro-analysis. Cebu-Japan cooperation largely hinges on Cebu's economic competitiveness which manifests itself through its … exchange loss, driven by the balance of trade deficit between Cebu and Japan, and the foregone corporate income taxes were …

rapidly and the cost of medical and caregiving services in Japan remains to be one of the highest in the world, tourism …

The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement is envisioned to further boost Japan's ODA to the Philippines …

Agriculture is a sensitive issue for both the Philippines and Japan. Thus, promoting economic cooperation cannot be a … concessions in other industries/sectors, e.g., retirement, contract workers, etc. Japan's tariff rates are lower than the …

lessons from the Japanese experience, particularly Japan's practices regarding subcontracting and clustering. There is also a …. Bilateral trade cooperation is mutually beneficial. One way for Japan to encourage Philippine SME development, as part of …

analysis by juxtaposing the ?economic? view inherent in Gene Grossman?s work on ?Japan?s Innovation and Trade? with the …