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The demographic crisis Japan faces.
11/20/2010
Japan's rapidly ageing population. The lower proportion of the working age population over time relative to the older population.
Grouped Articles
Japan Raises Sales Tax to Tackle Debt
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2012
A special report on Japan: Into the unknown
Economist 11/20/2010
A special report on Japan: On the down escalator
Economist 11/20/2010
A special report on Japan: The dearth of births
Economist 11/20/2010
A special report on Japan: Bring on the cultural revolution
Economist 11/20/2010
A Debate Arrives With Japan Politician's Baby
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2011
Japan's solar power industry
11/17/2010
Grouped Articles
Japan’s Growth in Solar Power Falters as Utilities Balk
New York Times 03/03/2015
Japanese Oil Company Looks to the Rising Sun
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2010
New York Times 11/06/2011
Dark Times Fall on Solar Sector
Wall Street Journal 12/27/2011
Solar Turnaround Eclipsed by Subsidy Cuts
Wall Street Journal 02/23/2012
Price Wars Seen Hurting Solar Sector in China
New York Times 08/21/2012
Japan's auto parts industry and the planned transformation to electric car parts
11/02/2010
Area such as Hamamatsu where the auto parts manufacturing industry accounts for a large part of the local economy, and a planned transformation to electric car parts.
Grouped Articles
Electric Cars Make Japan's Gas Engine Industry Anxious
New York Times 11/02/2010
U.S. Manufacturing Decline Raises Concern About Innovation
New York Times 02/12/2011
After Disaster Hit Japan, Electric Cars Stepped Up
New York Times 05/06/2011
Ford CEO: Battery Is Third of Electric Car Cost
Wall Street Journal 04/18/2012
Japan Probe Pops Car-Part Keiretsu
Wall Street Journal 02/16/2013
Budget Discipline in Japan in 2010
06/11/2010
Spending is to be kept at 71 trillion yen for the next 3 years and the budget balanced in 10 years. This is critical to the Democratic Party government's credibility on spending, deficit and debt issues facing Japan.
Grouped Articles
Abe Set to Proceed With Tax Increase in Japan
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2013
Japanâs Prime Minister Warns That Debt Could Bring a Crisis Like That of Greece
New York Times 06/11/2010
Japan Expects Higher Tax Revenue
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2015
In Budget Plan, Japan Proposes More Spending and Aims to Borrow Less
New York Times 01/14/2015
Japan Vows to Cap Budget at 71 Trillion Yen
Wall Street Journal 07/20/2010
Shaking up Japan: Bold, or plain reckless?
Economist 02/05/2011
The new administration of Naoto Kan in Japan.
02/24/2010
A new administration committed to reverse decades of heavy public spending and issuance of debt to finance it. Public debt at $9.7 trillon is bout twice the national GNP. Kan assumed the prime ministers position when Hatoyama resigned, after only 8 months in office.
Grouped Articles
Once Mighty Party Falls, and Worries Grip Japan
New York Times 02/24/2010
Wall Street Journal 06/10/2010
Wall Street Journal 07/10/2010
Japanâs Prime Minister Warns That Debt Could Bring a Crisis Like That of Greece
New York Times 06/11/2010
Japan's New Leader Seeks Bipartisan Attack on Debt
Wall Street Journal 06/12/2010
Japan Enlists Executives as Envoys
Wall Street Journal 06/15/2010
Toyota crisis and changes in direction for Japanese economy in 2010.
02/09/2010
Experts in Japan ponder the future direction of Japan's economy, possibly into a US style service industry dominated economy away from the mass manufacturing of the postwar era.
Grouped Articles
In Toyota Mess, Lesson for Japan
New York Times 02/09/2010
Japanâs Prime Minister Warns That Debt Could Bring a Crisis Like That of Greece
New York Times 06/11/2010
Electric Cars Make Japan's Gas Engine Industry Anxious
New York Times 11/02/2010
Toyota's Domestic Plant Problem
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2011
Shaking up Japan: Bold, or plain reckless?
Economist 02/05/2011
Toyota Unveils New Business Plan
Wall Street Journal 03/09/2011
2010 high Inflation and asset price bubbles in in India and China, and low or no inflation in Europe, Japan and the USA.
01/14/2010
Wide divergence in conditions and the prospects of tightening credit in Asia affecting export prospects of the USA which depends on exports for half the growth generated in 2009 and early 2010 according to Commerce Department figures.
Grouped Articles
Japanese Economic Data Give Abe a Lift
Wall Street Journal 06/10/2013
Central Bankers Hone Tools to Pop Bubbles
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2013
India's Central Banker Lobbies Fed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2013
Staying Away from Indian Bonds
Wall Street Journal 12/18/2013
Corrosive Inflation Eats at Developing World
Wall Street Journal 02/11/2014
Japan and China: Edging closer
Economist 10/06/2014
Buddhism in Japan.
01/03/2010
The ancient city of Nara, with a $100 million investment to recreate parts of the city which saw the advent of Buddhism to Japan. This is the 1300th anniversary for this historic city.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 01/03/2010
New York Times 03/22/2012
The new administration of Yukio Hatoyama of the Democratic Party in Japan.
03/15/2009
A major postwar shift away from the Liberal Democratic Party to the Democratic Party of Japan and to a younger generation of politicians.
Grouped Articles
Once Mighty Party Falls, and Worries Grip Japan
New York Times 02/24/2010
Wall Street Journal 06/10/2010
Japan’s Political Dynasties Come Under Fire but Prove Resilient
New York Times 03/15/2009
Japan’s Next Premier Vows to Cut Emissions Sharply
New York Times 09/08/2009
Japan’s New Prime Minister Takes Office, Ending an Era
New York Times 09/17/2009
Japan’s Leader Promotes $81 Billion Stimulus Plan
New York Times 12/09/2009
Errors made- US and Japanese economy comparisons for a lost decade.
02/13/2009
Japan's economy suffered badly after a flood of credit and bad loans, resulting in deflation and a lost decade. The comparison with what the US faces now.
Grouped Articles
Japan Is a Model Not a Cautionary Tale
New York Times 06/09/2013
Japanese Prices Rise, Signaling Rebound
Wall Street Journal 07/26/2013
In Japan’s Stagnant Decade, Cautionary Tales for America
New York Times 02/13/2009
In Japan’s Stagnant Decade, Cautionary Tales for America
New York Times 02/13/2009
New York Times 10/30/2014
Abe: U.S., Japan Close to TPP Trade Deal
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2015
Japan Air Lines (JAL) strategies
01/28/2008
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 09/05/2012
Wall Street Journal 07/01/2010
JAL's Latest Plan Unveils Deep Cuts
Wall Street Journal 09/01/2010
Wall Street Journal 08/31/2010
JAL Charts Direction for New Budget Carrier
Wall Street Journal 08/23/2011
Japan Airlines Plans to Spend $6 Billion on New Aircraft
Wall Street Journal 02/16/2012
Japan's Social Security
11/20/2010
Grouped Articles
A special report on Japan: Social insecurity
Economist 11/20/10
A Ponzi scheme that should be fixed - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/16/11
Electric car development in Japan
11/02/2010
Grouped Articles
Electric Cars Make Japan's Gas Engine Industry Anxious
New York Times 11/02/10
After Disaster Hit Japan, Electric Cars Stepped Up
New York Times 05/06/11
Long and Winding Road for Electric Vehicles
Wall Street Journal 07/02/11
Nissan Raises Leaf Price to $35,200
Wall Street Journal 07/19/11
Ford CEO: Battery Is Third of Electric Car Cost
Wall Street Journal 04/18/12
Nissan Boss Defends His Expensive Electric Experiment
Wall Street Journal 03/27/13
China-Japan Economic and Political Relations
09/02/2010
Increasing strains in the econmic and political relations in 2010.
Grouped Articles
Territorial Dispute Continues to Affect Japanese Car Sales in China
Wall Street Journal 09/11/13
China Raises Stakes in Air Standoff
Wall Street Journal 12/01/13
Tensions With China Shoring Up Japanese Prime Minister's Push to Build Up Military Capability
Wall Street Journal 12/01/13
Japan, U.S. at Odds Over China's Air Zone
Wall Street Journal 12/02/13
Interview With Japan Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada
Wall Street Journal 09/02/10
Firms Face 'Unthinkable' in China, Tokyo Official Says
Wall Street Journal 09/03/10
The Japanese economy and the rising yen in 2010-2012
05/27/2010
The yen reached 86 yen to the dollar by August 2010. Chinese government accumulation of Japanese bonds was amajor factor in the yen's rise in 2010. By August 2011 the yen experienced a new surge going up to 78 yen to the U.S. dollar resulting in intervention by the Bank of Japan in currency markets. Investor flight to safe havens such as the Swiss Franc and the Japanese yen with the debt crisis in the U.S. and the Eurozone. The impact on export markets. The newly elected LDP government of Shinzo took strong action to reverse this and improve export competitiveness in 2013.
Grouped Articles
Japan's Yen Rises Above War Jitters, Deflation
BusinessWeek 05/27/10
Japan Faces Uphill Battle in Curbing Yen's Rise
Wall Street Journal 08/04/10
Behind Japan's Allure: Stagnancy
Wall Street Journal 08/24/10
Electric Cars Make Japan's Gas Engine Industry Anxious
New York Times 11/02/10
Japanese manufacturers: Leaving home
Economist 11/20/10
Nissan to 'Significantly' Reduce Japan Exports
Wall Street Journal 02/01/11
Failure of the N.H.T.S.A. in the Toyota unintended acceleration and braking failure complaints.
02/10/2010
The NHTSA failed to take any action against Toyota when the company stalled for years in providing information from Japan to NHTSA investigators. Safety complaints were left unanswered, and investigations incomplete, and no effort was made to require Toyota to provide answers from Japan where quality matters are centralized. It took Toyota a long time to make the recalls and acknowledge the truth of complaints.
Grouped Articles
Detroit News 03/01/10
Toyota Nears $1 Billion Deal to End Probe
Wall Street Journal 02/08/14
Obama Names Fatigue Specialist to Lead Traffic Safety Agency
New York Times 11/19/14
Federal Auditor Finds Broad Failures at N.H.T.S.A.
New York Times 06/19/15
Safety Agency Scrutinized as Toyota Recall Grows
New York Times 02/10/10
Regulators Hired by Toyota Helped Halt Investigations (Update3)
BusinessWeek 02/12/10
Growing Risks for the Chinese Economy going into 2010-2014
01/14/2010
One is a concern that China may like Japan in the 1980's is getting into a property and asset price bubble after aperiod of rapid industrialization and shifting of rural population to the cities. The risks of an overheating economy were growing with a 22% jump in a broad measure of money supply in March 2010.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/01/13
I.M.F. Tells China of Urgent Need for Economic Change
New York Times 07/17/13
Economist 01/14/10
BusinessWeek 04/14/10
Fear Pervades China's Stocks As Market's Gains Disappear
Wall Street Journal 05/13/10
Europeâs Debt Crisis Is Casting a Shadow Over China
New York Times 05/17/10
U.S.-Japanese relations.
01/07/2010
Relations between the United States and Japan as the Hatoyama administration takes a more independent approach to Japanese-American relations.
Grouped Articles
Japanâs Premier Will Quit as Approval Plummets
New York Times 06/01/10
Seoul Scores Victory in Textbook War Against Japan in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 02/08/14
China Pumps Up the Volume Against Japan
Wall Street Journal 02/08/14
An Ohio Church Puts the Yarn in Japan's 'Yarn Alive' Club
Wall Street Journal 03/04/12
Japanese Elderly Knit a Safety Net
Wall Street Journal 03/05/12
Obama Juggles Itinerary in Bid to Ease Tensions Between Two Asian Allies
New York Times 03/24/14
The state attorneys general in the U.S. and the subprime lending and foreclosure crises and mortgage settlements.
12/08/2009
Federal regulators and the Bush and Obama administrations failed miserably to help homeowners achieve loan modifications. This with the false belief that putting homeowners out of their homes would actually speed up a recovery, considering the huge scale of foreclosures in the USA , the high unemployment and other problems hitting the economy. Feldstein's consistent arguments for homeowner relief throughout 2008 and 2009- considering the large number of homeowners under water- as the mortgage crisis unfolded, were ignored by the Bush and Obama administrations. See the comparisons to Japan's lost decade, as the lack of recovery in housing adds to problems with job losses. The lawsuits, legal action and mortgage settlements facing banks as they make their way through the mortgage mess.
Grouped Articles
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/13
Wall Street Journal 12/31/13
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/10
Banks Keep their Mortgage Litigation Reserves a Secret
New York Times 01/16/14
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/14
BP’s Cuts May Wound Portfolio Recovery
Wall Street Journal 02/04/15
The leadership and relevance of Ryoma Sakamoto- Japan's Samurai leader from the 19th century.
03/15/2009
Ryoma Sakamoto and the eight points of the Charter Oath, which helped lay the basis of a united and modern Japan and its response to the Western powers in the late 19th century. The relevance of his leadership and vision for today's 21st century Japan.
Grouped Articles
Japan’s Political Dynasties Come Under Fire but Prove Resilient
New York Times 03/15/09
A Samurai Reformer Inspires a Nation Adrift
BusinessWeek 10/28/10
Japan's economy after the 2008-2009 crisis.
02/05/2008
Grouped Articles
Japan Gets Shelter via China Trade
Wall Street Journal 02/05/08
Japan Sets $100 Billion Stimulus Plan
Wall Street Journal 04/06/09
Chasing Growth, Japan Inc. Is Bullish on China's Shop
Wall Street Journal 12/29/09
Economist 12/30/09
Japan Unveils Plan for Growth, Emphasizing Free Trade in Asia
New York Times 12/31/09
Wall Street Journal 12/31/09
Japan's pharmaceutical companies.
01/19/2007
The pharmaceutical industry in Japan.
Grouped Articles
Big Drug Merger Shapes Up in Japan
Wall Street Journal 01/19/07
Japanese Drug Company Bids for U.S. Biotech Firm
New York Times 04/11/08
Wall Street Journal 11/21/08
Wall Street Journal 03/02/09
Japan Drug Makers' Growth Slows
Wall Street Journal 08/03/09
Drug Firm From Japan Buys Maker of Lunesta
New York Times 09/04/09
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