Did "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE),'' which has been conducted by the Bank of Japan from April 2013, end the long deflation of the Japanese economy? Answering the question, we constructed a linear projection model to estimate Ex-Ante Real interest Rates (EARRs) and Inflation...

The Law concerning Reporting etc., of Releases to the Environment of Specific Chemical Substances, and Promoting Improvement in Their Management (the so-called Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Law or the PRTR Law) was promulgated in Japan in 1999. Estimated amounts of the specific...

Advanced robotics R&D in Japan has been selected as a national project to develop robots to work in dangerous environments like nuclear power plants, undersea and fire fighting.