March 1, 1996
Published bimonthly by Japan Economic Foundation
Publisher: Masuda Minoru (Chairman)
Editor-in-Chief: Tamori Aichy (Executive Managing Director)
Managing Editor: Suetsune Takashi
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Hashimoto Made Japan's New Prime Minister
JapanÕs 1995 Trade SurplusÑFirst Drop In Five Years
Japan's Homework
The U.S.-Japan security system, the Northern Territories, and debate over constitutional revisions are among the various items of ÒhomeworkÓ that confront Japan. This article delves into the issues behind each of these questions and at the same time identifies steps that the recently inaugurated Hashimoto cabinet should take in dealing with these issues amidst increasing popular distrust of politics.
by Sakanaka Tomohisa
by Sato Kikuo
by Nakano Kunimi
by Matsuyama Yukio
AUTOMOTIVE NEGOTIATIONS
This latest installment in our series on the U.S.-Japan car talks introduces European and Japanese industry viewpoints and surveys the course the negotiations have taken from the reopening of the framework talks to the action brought before the WTO.
Bout over Trade Issues-What Have We Learned from the U.S.-Japan Auto Negotiations? | | | | 28 |
by Miyoshi Masaya
The U.S.-Japan Negotiations on Automobiles and Auto Parts: | | | | 29 |
The View of European Industry
by A.N.R. Millington¥ACEA Tokyo Office
Details of the Negotiations, continued | | | | 30 |
U.S.-Japan Framework Talks:
Car and Car Parts Sector
At a Country Shrine
by Michael E. Stanley
Is It Safe to Stop Worrying About Deflation?
by Hamano Takayoshi
Message from Iron: Wakabayashi Isamu
by Iseki Masaaki
Think Tanks Cautious on 1996 Economy
Whither APEC: Reflections on the Osaka Conference and the Future
by Goto Motoi
At the APEC meeting in Osaka in November last year the Osaka Declaration was adopted in support of an "action agenda" to liberalize trade and investments and the conference closed with an affirmation that specific liberalization programs would be decided upon at the next meeting in the Philippines. This article reviews the Osaka meeting and offers thoughts on the outlook for APEC.
Foreign Telecom Firms Ring in Competition
by Hayden Stewart
A History of Industry in Japan
by Tsukamoto Takeshi
Japan's High Cost of Living:
A Personal View
by Catrien Ross
Hida Wood and Heritage
by Bill Tingey
Decision Making and Implementation
by Robert J. Ballon
Reading Out for Your Audience:
The Art of Effective Public Speaking
by Muramatsu Masumi
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