The National Defense Program Guidelines (NDPG) is the primary document of Japan’s defense policy, setting both … guidelines for defense force planning and outlining the basic principles and policies of Japan’s national security strategy …

policy subsystem that responds to different arrays of institutions and interest groups; the relative priority of the baskets … conveys the complexity of the individual policy “whirlpools†and their interactions. The first section of the chapter … traces the path in bilateral relations to the current setting; the second looks at the policy and programmatic issues …

be organized around common notions of complete markets. This paper compares two alternative modes of trade policy … analysis by juxtaposing the ?economic? view inherent in Gene Grossman?s work on ?Japan?s Innovation and Trade? with the … remarks on ?New Trade Theory?s Implications for Policy Analysis? by John Pomery. …

paper, we conducted a comparative analysis of U.S. and Japanese broadband network policies. Policy-making processes of the … two countries are contrasted. While the U.S. policy-making process is decentralized, the Japanese counterpart has a … sense than in Japan because of the high penetration of the cable service. It is reasonable to say that cable modem is a …

This paper considers a range of issues affecting Japan's contemporary economic well-being. Japan has continued toward … idiosyncrasy of Japan's economic performance. The decoupling of growth and deflation is explained primarily by the ongoing …'s share of GDP will also continue to decline presents inadequate aggregate demand as a major constraint on growth and Japan …