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 …

corporate restructuring in Japan. It reviews the deflation and associated economic problems of Japan, demonstrates the impact of …

This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that the GDP growth in Japan slowed unexpectedly in the second quarter of …

This Selected Issues paper for Japan illustrates the impact of fiscal and structural reforms on the Japanese and world … economies. Japan faces a sizable fiscal deficit, against a backdrop of weak trend growth and growing imbalances in the world …

Assessment assesses Japan's financial stability and structural changes in the deflationary, banking sector, life insurance …