products, and people, they are dealing with. 'Contracting in Japan' illustrates this by examining five sets of negotiations and … unusual contractual arrangements among non-specialist businessmen, and women, in Japan. In it, Ramseyer explores how sake …

study embraces all except the smallest European countries, with comparative material on Japan, Russia and the United States …

allocation of time. We then use our conceptual framework to analyse intrahousehold inequality in Japan, allowing for the presence …

insurance (LTCI), formal care, informal (family) care, and bequests. In our empirical analysis, we use micro data from the Japan …, conducted by Osaka University. Japan is an interesting case to analyze because a public LTCI system was introduced there in 2000 …. Our analysis shows that, in the case of Japan, if parents are eligible for public LTCI benefits, their children will be …

industry in China and Japan as an example to demonstrate the index development process and compare the performance of green …