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Shaking up Japan: Bold, or plain reckless?
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Reforms planned by the administration of prime minister, Naoto Kan. Plans to raise the consumption tax, to make changes to social security, and to commit Japan to join the Trans Pacific Partnership. Japan's business community supports the plan to join the free trade community called the Trans Pacific Partnership. This group consists of USA, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Peru, Chile. South Korea has signed free trade agreements with the USA and the EU, and Japanese business does not want to be left behind.
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.
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