E-Journal

March/April 2002 Issue

March/April 2002 Issue

Japan’s Economic Outlook over the Next Decade

Cover Story : Japan's Economic Outlook over the Nex
New Lease of Life for the Japanese Economy
by Wakatsuki Mikio
SPECIAL ARTICLE
Japanese Civilization Part 1
by Kawakatsu Heita
BUSINESS PROFILES
Interview with Kobayashi Yotaro Chairman of Fuji Xerox. Co., Ltd.
Interviewer James C. Abegglen
PIONEERS
Shibusawa Eiichi: The Businessman as Public Figure
by William D. Hoover
TRENDS
Striking Cold Iron
by Kojima Akira
FINANCE
Analysis of the Draft Budget for Fiscal 2002
by Tani Sadafumi
A LIFE REMEMBERD
Memories of Mike Mansfield
by Yamamoto Tadashi
REFLECTIONS
Cigarettes
by Takashima Hatsuhisa
UNKNOWN JAPAN
The Genealogy of Rationalism in Japan: Foucing on Early Modern Confucianism
by Minamoto Ryoen
ON THE ROAD
A Love of Work?
by Patricia Massy
OBSERVER
JAPAN – A Country that Never Ceases to Amaze
by Rafia Hussain
FEATURE
Kabuki: Scenery and Props
by Elizabeth Kiritani (article) and Kiritani Itsuo (illustrations)
BOOKSHELF
Embracing Defeat
by Ikemi Kiyoshi
LETTERS AND TOPICS
Government Set to end Full Protection of Deposits
LETTERS and TOPICS
Japan Agrees to Repeal Safeguard Impact Curbs against China
LETTERS and TOPICS
Japanese Economy in Deflationary Spiral
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Charts March/April 2002
EDITOR'S NOTE
Globalization and Regionalization
Cover Story : Japan's Economic Outlook over the Nex
The Japanese Economy in the Next Decade
by Yoshikawa Hiroshi
Cover Story : Japan's Economic Outlook over the Nex
Lost Decade and Beyond
by Ito Takatoshi
Cover Story : Japan's Economic Outlook over the Nex
Japan's Economic Recovery and the Next Decade
by Jinno Naohiko

Japan SPOTLIGHT