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May/June 1998 Issue

May/June 1998 Issue

Economic Structure Reform – Challenges and Opportunities

Cover Story : Economic Structure Reform—Challenges
Economic Reform
by Kosai Yutaka
Cover Story : Economic Structure Reform—Challenges
Need for Structural Reform of the Economy
by Yashiro Naohiro
Cover Story : Economic Structure Reform—Challenges
An Outline of Economic Structure Reform
by General Affairs Division, Industrial Policy Bureau, MITI
CLOSE-UP
A New Approach to the Twenty-First Century –World Expo in Aichi
by Takashima Nobutaka
CLOSE-UP: Better Economic Relations Toward the New
Future Economic Interaction Between Japan and the U.S.
by Tsutsumi Tomio
FIELD SURVEY
Deregulation Set to Ease Entry into Japanese Market
by Rupert Naylor
JAPAN EYE
Within the Great Hall
by Michael E. Stanley
JAPANOMICS
Debate on Numbering Taxpayers Brewing Again
by Ellen Bjornebye
FINANCE
U.S. Taking the Initiative in Japan-Bashing
by Sakamoto Sakae
TRENDS: Changes in Modern Japanese Social and Cult
Citizens or Residents?
by Nakano Osamu
SUMO WATCHING
Sumo Love: A Many-Splendor Thing
by David B. Wiggins
GALLERY
The Language of the Hands in Ukiyo-e
by Inada Toshiyuki
OUTING
Asakusa Old and New
by Bill Tingey
ECONOMCI INDICARORS
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