InfoTrac Activities Japan's Economy The Japanese economy is the world’s second largest, and it has a major impact on the shape and direction of world economic growth. What are the important aspects of Japan’s economy? How important is international trade? Why did it begin a prolonged period of economic downturn in 1992? How is Japan’s economy currently performing and why? Here are some articles to get you started. Find them through Keyword searches or by entering "Japan" in the Subject Guide and then going to subdivisions such as "economic aspects" and "economic policy." The Greenspan of Japan; From 1994 to 1998, Fukui was responsible for the Bank of Japan's excessively deflationary policy, which was the cause of the long slump. Newsweek International May 3, 2004 p56 (846 words) The final piece; Japan's economy. (Waiting for the consumer) The Economist (US) April 24, 2004 v371 i8372 p77US (772 words) Slouching Toward Recovery; The sick men of the industrial world enjoy surprise bull markets. But only one has legs. (economic recovery, Germany, Japan)(Cover Story) Karen Lowry Miller. Newsweek International March 15, 2004 p59 (765 words) Japan Can Rise Above A Rising Yen; Companies are stronger -- and less dependent on U.S. trade -- than ever. Business Week Feb 16, 2004 i3870 p51 (765 words) Career moves. (labor market of Japan)(Cover Story) Chiba Hitoshi. Look Japan Feb 2004 v49 i575 p6(6) (4603 words) Cutting by coalition; Japan's budget. (Budget battles in Japan) The Economist (US) Dec 13, 2003 v369 i8354 p40US (555 words) Tilting at windmills? Deregulation in Japan. The Economist (US) Nov 29, 2003 v369 i8352 p61US (705 words) Forces in finance: what the region's leading treasury and finance ministers are doing to prevent another crisis. (Cover Story) Business Asia Oct 2003 v11 i9 p8(3) (1862 words) Koizumi's Big Step. George Wehrfritz, Hideko Takayama. Newsweek International Sept 22, 2003 p28 (1417 words) A pair of deadbeats. (Germany and Japan) The Economist (US) Sept 20, 2003 v368 i8342 p21US (3001 words) Japan's Ruthless Recovery. George Wehrfritz, Kay Itoi. Newsweek International Sept 8, 2003 p38 (1146 words) Japan: adrift in dangerous seas: the world's second-largest economy is suffering from lack of jobs, a shrinking population, and the biggest debt in the world. Howard W. French. New York Times Upfront March 28, 2003 v135 i12 p20(7) (1971 words) Sorting out Japan's financial crisis. Anil K. Kashyap. Economic Perspectives Winter 2002 v26 i4 p42(14) (11473 words) The effects of monetary policy in Japan. Ryuzo Miyao. Journal of Money, Credit & Banking May 2002 v34 i2 p376(17) (8643 words) Bush-league economics: our bum steers for Argentina and Japan. (Below The Beltway). John B. Judis. The American Prospect Jan 28, 2002 v13 i2 p10(2) (1830 words) Nagano Shigeo: business leadership in the Asia Pacific region and the formation of the Pacific Basin Economic Council. Takashi Terada. The Australian Journal of Politics and History Dec 2001 v47 i4 p475(15) (8085 words) Nagano Shigeo: business leadership in the Asia Pacific region and the formation of the Pacific Basin Economic Council. Takashi Terada. The Australian Journal of Politics and History Dec 2001 v47 i4 p475(15) (8085 words) For more articles on Japan, enter: "Japan" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "politics and government." "Japan" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "political aspects." "Japan" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "elections." "Japan" in the Subject Guide, and then go to relevant subdivisions. Courting ASEAN: under Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro Japan has moved smartly to put its ASEAN policy back on track. Kojima Akira considers the challenges ahead. (Viewpoints) Kojima Akira. Look Japan March 2004 v49 i576 p18(1) (849 words) Intimations of a sunrise - Japan's election; To come. (How will Japan's election affect reform?) The Economist (US) Nov 15, 2003 v369 i8350 p24US (2566 words) Election won, civil war resumed; Japan's general election; Koizumi's flawed victory. Global Agenda Nov 10, 2003 pNA (848 words) A fair fight, at last; Japan. (Japan's election) The Economist (US) Nov 8, 2003 v369 i8349 p41US (760 words) Electoral incentives and policy preferences: mixed motives behind party defections in Japan. Steven R. Reed, Ethan Scheiner. British Journal of Political Science July 2003 v33 i3 p469(22) (10736 words) The other Japanese occupation. (Articles). John W. Dower. The Nation July 7, 2003 v277 i1 p11 (2280 words) Migrants, national security and September 11: the case of Japan. Satoru Furuya. Race and Class April-June 2003 v44 i4 p52(11) (4513 words) Teaching "comfort women" issues in women's studies courses. (military sex slaves) Margaret D. Stetz. Radical Teacher Spring 2003 p17(6) Something beyond semantics, we think. (Tokyo, Japan's military museum) Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Jan-Feb 2003 v59 i1 p10(1) Mag.Coll.: 112J3403. The forty-seven ronin incident: December 14th, 1702. (Months Past). (infamous occurence in Japanese history) Richard Cavendish. History Today Dec 2002 v52 i12 p52(1) Mag.Coll.: 112E0555. Japan's post-Cold War security policy: bringing back the normal state. Bhubhindar Singh. Contemporary Southeast Asia April 2002 v24 i1 p82(24) (10258 words) Inside The Outsider: Japan is desperately pinning all its hopes on the strangest politician the country has ever seen. (World) Time Sept 17, 2001 v158 i11 p34+ (1250 words) Japan's Destroyer: He's a reformer, a pop icon--no, wait, a scary nationalist. What's the nation's Prime Minister really all about, and can he possibly succeed? (Asia/Who is Junichiro Koizumi?)(Junichiro Koizumi) Time International Sept 17, 2001 v158 i11 p20+ (3223 words) Keeping The War Alive: Japan needs to confront its past honestly--and the same is true for its former Asian enemies. (Japan needs to acknowledge its role in World War II)(World View)(International)(Brief Article) Newsweek August 27, 2001 p33 (938 words) Electoral reform and the fate of factions: the case of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. Gary W. Cox, Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Michael F. Thies. British Journal of Political Science Jan 1999 v29 i1 p33(2) (11873 words) When the party breaks up: exit and voice among Japanese legislators. (political parties) Junko Kato. American Political Science Review Dec 1998 v92 i4 p857(1) (11944 words) Adjustment to stagflation and neoliberal reforms in Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States: the implications of the Japanese case for a comparative analysis of party competition. Nobuhiro Hiwatari. Comparative Political Studies Oct 1998 v31 n5 p602(31) (12569 words) Inoue Kowashi and the dual images of the Emperor of Japan. Yoshimitsu Khan. Pacific Affairs Summer 1998 v71 n2 p215(16) (7151 words) Interministry coordination in Japan's foreign policy making. C.S. Ahn. Pacific Affairs Spring 1998 v71 n1 p41(20) (8826 words) Factional competition for the party endorsement: the case of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. (Notes and Comments) Gary W. Cox, Frances Rosenbluth. British Journal of Political Science April 1996 v26 n2 p259(11) (5768 words)