This paper reviews economic developments in Japan during 1994. It focuses on the weak recovery that began in 1994, and …

assistance (TA) activities. The report then describes in greater detail the Japan Administered Account for Selected Fund … activities and scholarship programs-with a focus on fiscal year (FY) 2009. Japan has provided grant contributions to support IMF …

This Selected Issues paper analyzes macroeconomic developments and prospects for Japan during the 1990s. Following a … in 1997. This paper also examines fiscal policy issues for Japan …

assistance activities. The report describes in detail the Japan Administered Account for Selected Fund Activities (JSA … projects in two or three countries are visited and reviewed each year by a joint Japan-IMF mission. These visits provide the …

This paper reviews economic and policy developments in Japan during the 1990s. It suggests that, while growth is likely …

This paper reviews the macroeconomic and microeconomic dimensions of the United States-Japan conflict over trade. From … a macroeconomic perspective, there is nothing surprising about Japan’s surpluses, given global trends in saving and … investment. The current accounts of the United States and Japan have both responded to exchange rate changes in a normal fashion …

This Selected Issues paper analyzes Japan’s medium- and long-term fiscal challenges. It discusses the initiatives that … will be necessary to cope with Japan’s medium- and long-term fiscal challenges. It describes medium- and long …

This paper reports about the IMF and its activities, and particularly its technical assistance activities, the Japan …; and to help low-income countries formulate and implement poverty reduction strategies. The Japan-IMF Scholarship Program … for Asia supports a 12-month course of graduate studies in Japan in macroeconomics or related fields for students from …

financial markets and spillovers from Europe to Japan. The results also suggest that the uncertainty about the direction of …