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Are neighborhood bonding and bridging social capital protective against depressive mood in old age? A multilevel analysis in Japan

Murayama, Hiroshi; Nofuji, Yu; Matsuo, Eri; Nishi, Mariko; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 124 (2015) C, pp. 171-179

city of Yabu, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan was conducted in July and August 2012. Bonding and bridging social capital were …

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Explaining inflation in the period of quantitative easing in Japan: Relative-price changes, aggregate demand, and monetary policy

Hayo, Bernd; Ono, Hiroyuki - In: Journal of Asian Economics 36 (2015) C, pp. 72-85

Concentrating on the period of quantitative easing in Japan, this paper reexamines the correlation between the …/deflation period in Japan can be understood as primarily a supply-side phenomenon and suggest that the main driving force was demand …

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Assessment of development potential of ground-coupled heat pump system in Tsugaru Plain, Japan

Shrestha, Gaurav; Uchida, Youhei; Yoshioka, Mayumi; … - In: Renewable Energy 76 (2015) C, pp. 249-257

Assessment of potential use of ground-coupled heat pump (GCHP) system in regional scale is important to promote its growth. Groundwater flow system and subsurface temperature distribution of Tsugaru Plain were comprehended by developing 3D numerical model. In absence of measured hydrological and...

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Review of energy and climate policy developments in Japan before and after Fukushima

Kuramochi, Takeshi - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 43 (2015) C, pp. 1320-1332

In 2009, Japan pledged to reduce its GHG emissions by 25% from 1990 levels by 2020 (“Copenhagen Pledge”). The … after the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011. This paper conducted a comprehensive review of Japan’s recent energy and … climate policy developments since 2009 and particularly after March 2011 to assess where Japan stands today with regard to the …

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Economic performance and supply chains: The impact of upstream firms׳ waste output on downstream firms׳ performance in Japan

Hayami, Hitoshi; Nakamura, Masao; Nakamura, Alice O. - In: International Journal of Production Economics 160 (2015) C, pp. 47-65

of manufacturing industries in Japan. One key finding is that assembler dominated manufacturing supply chains have … that for manufacturing supply chains in Japan at least, the adoption by a downstream assembler of green procurement …

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Japanese Economy in 2007-2010

Stuchlíková, Zuzana - In: Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2013 (2013) 2, pp. 55-68

economic crisis in 2008-2009 (the biggest economic slump in Japan after World War II). Factors of this crisis were mostly …, the economic slump in Japan was fuelled by low domestic demand and investment as well. The aim of this study is to remind …

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Japanese Economy After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011

Stuchlíková, Zuzana - In: Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2013 (2013) 3, pp. 51-67

After a sharp contraction in the economic activity in 2008-2009 (the biggest economic slump in Japan after World War II …), the Japanese economy started to recover in 2010. The Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of March 2011 brought Japan …´s recovery to a halt. It ruined vast parts of Japan´s north-eastern coastal areas and damaged key infrastructure. It was one of …

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European Union and Japan: Political Economy of Free Trade Agreement

Hnát, Pavel; Stuchlíková, Zuzana - In: Současná Evropa 2013 (2013) 3, pp. 75-95

The European Union is currently negotiating ambitious free trade agreement with Japan, even though it long hesitated to … presented on the case of Japan. The authors are trying to answer the question whether the agreement with Japan viable and … agreements and strategic papers of the EU, authors try to quantify the potential effects of the agreement with Japan and estimate …

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EU Competitiveness in the World Economy Globalization Process

Staníčková, Michaela; Melecký, Lukáš - In: Současná Evropa 2013 (2013) 1, pp. 101-122

world impact. The aim of the paper is to analyse EU position in comparison with other world centres, i.e. BRIC, Japan and …

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Global Economic Governance: Its Forms, Manifestations and Development in the EU and the World Economy Main Centres

Neumann, Pavel - In: Současná Evropa 2011 (2011) 1, pp. 93-113

economies (U.S.A., Japan and EU). Furthermore, the article points out the changes in the economic governance forms (especially …

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