Japan has made progress in addressing major economic challenges. Executive Directors emphasized for a comprehensive … program for financial revival and commended Japan's continued commitment to overseas development assistance. They stressed the …

antimoney laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) measures in Japan. The paper describes and analyzes such … of compliance of Japan with FATF recommendations and also provides recommendations on how certain aspects of the system …

This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that although Japan was not at the center of the initial crisis, the …

This Selected Issues paper focuses on Japan’s public debt and the challenges facing small- and medium-size enterprises … in Japan. Historically, Japan’s public debt has been financed in a fairly smooth manner. The large pool of household …, Japan is already undergoing rapid population aging, which will likely limit the market’s future absorptive capacity of …

expectations using asset price data for Japan over the 1980s and 1990s …

over the next 80 years for Japan, the United States, other industrial countries, and the developing regions of the world …

This paper examines the role of Japan against that of China in the exchange rate regime in East Asia in light of …, Japan does not appear to be a dominant player in forming a currency union in East Asia, and this trend is likely to continue … generate higher average welfare gains for East Asian countries than currency unions with Japan or the United States. Overall …

Fiscal policy has been strongly expansionary for most of the past decade in Japan. The resulting strain on public … structural reform and deregulation in Japan …

This Selected Issues paper examines the factors behind the recent surge in capital flows in Japan. The paper presents …

This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that Japan’s external position remains strong. Boosted by investment … income, the current account surplus widened in 2006 to nearly 4 percent of Japan’s GDP, despite a shrinking trade balance …