Japan, second only to the United States in economic heft, is heading deeper and deeper into trouble. Yesterday brought a blizzard of bad news that erased any last hopes that Asia's biggest economy ...

Combine Japanese cultural tendencies toward formality, politesse, and indirection with the usual central banker’s love of opacity and econo-jargon, and you’d expect that a meeting with the deputy ...

Radical shifts in the world economy and strategic alignments will thrust Japan into a leadership role in the 1990s. But are we equal to the task? Industrial prowess won`t solve the pressing global ...

A paper documenting several examples of recent protests by students and university employees on campuses in Japan following a period of privatisations and a move towards short term contracts. This is ...

Talk of deflation for China is well wide of the mark, and obsessing over historical growth rates misses the point that 5% growth is sustainable and about the right pace of growth for an economy of ...

In broad strokes, the parallels are alarming. After a long boom, the Japanese economy in the 1990s, as America’s today, was jolted by a sharp plunge in the real estate market. In Tokyo, the government ...