E-Journal

May/June 1999 Issue

May/June 1999 Issue

The WTO and the Millennium Round of Global Free Trade Negotiations

Cover Story : The WTO and the Millennium Round of G
Toward New WTO Round Negotiations – Japan's Position
by Int'l Economic Affairs Dept. Int'l Trade Policy Bureau, MITI
Cover Story : The WTO and the Millennium Round of G
Liberalization of Investment
by Int'l Economic Affairs Dept. Int'l Trade Policy Bureau, MITI
Cover Story : The WTO and the Millennium Round of G
Liberalization of Trade in Service
by Int'l Economic Affairs Dept. Int'l Trade Policy Bureau, MITI
CLOSE-UP: The Japanese Digital World in 1999 (1)
Current Status and Problems of the Digital World
by Iwasaki Ieo
TRENDS: Changes in Modern Japanese Social and Cult
A New Style of Vice – Is the Internet to Blame?
by Nakano Osamu
JAPAN AT HEART
Creating Group Consensus
by Elizabeth Kiritani (article) and Kiritani Itsuo (illustrations)
JAPANOMICS
Expectations for the Consumer Contracts Law
by Hamano Takayoshi
FEATURE: Japanese Garden and Impressions of Nature
From Reality to Abstraction
by Amasaki Hiromasa
FINANCE
Growing Doubt about Moody's – JCIF Report
by Sakamoto Sakae
UNKNOWN JAPAN
The Development of Commerce in the Edo Period
by Miyamoto Matao
SPECIAL ARTICLE
Developing a Trade Policy Based on Rules: The Japanese Experience (4)
by Sakamoto Yoshihiro
BASEBALL WATCHING
It's a Whole New Yakyu Game
by David Wiggins
ON THE ROAD
The Seasons of Yore: Transitions in a Seaside Suburb
by Patricia Massy
OBSERVER
From My Corner of Tokyo
by Ewa Axelson Kumlin
OUTING
Takaoka – Modernity and Tradition
by Bill Tingey
BOOKSHELF
Who Runs Japanese Business?
by Prabhu Guptara
TOPICS
10-Year Plan for Fiscal Reconstruction – blueprinted by Economic Strategy Council
TOPICS
Japan's First Legal Organ Transplants Conducted
TOPICS
Toyota to Enter F-1 Racing
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Charts May/June 1999

Japan SPOTLIGHT