influential at the health policy making level in a number of countries. However, a search of the literature reveals that in Japan … the system of health care financing in Japan is not conducive to this form of analysis. Moreover, the government and many …. Even if it is accepted that low health care costs and good health prevail in Japan, slower economic growth rates, an ageing …

This paper analyzes how Japan financed its World War II occupation of Southeast Asia, the transfer of resources to … Japan, and the monetary and inflation consequences of Japanese policies. In Malaya, Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines … inflation, hyperinflation hardly occurred because of a sustained transactions demand for money, because of Japan's strong …

different energy portfolios in Japan in a post-3/11 context. A baseline and four alternative scenarios were designed assuming … reliability in the short-term, given infrastructure and technical constraints. Investment should be channelised to develop storage …

crisis. Occupational mismatch accounted for approximtely 20-40 percent of the recent rise in the unemployment rate in Japan …

SMEweaknesses would improve private investment, enhance firm productivity, and lift growth. …The paper discusses the role the financial sector can play in supporting growth in Japan. While overall credit …

This study assesses the overall impact on credit of the financial regulatory reforms in Europe, Japan, and the United … higher taxes and fees. Overall, average lending rates in the base case would rise by 18 bps in Europe, 8 bps in Japan, and 28 …