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BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004 |
Japan's Spreading Pension Fund Scandal Expect to see a lot of red-faced Japanese lawmakers making deep bows of contrition before the television cameras soon, when Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi releases the names of all top government and Cabinet officials implicated in a wide-ranging pension fund scandal.   |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004
Brian Bremner |
Why Koizumi Is On Thin Ice Why Japan's Prime Minister is facing voter backlash. |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003 |
Chopping Up Pork Projects In Japan Fresh from his reelection as ruling Liberal Democratic Party chief, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is flexing his political muscle. Target No. 1 is Haruho Fujii, the reform-resisting president of Japan Highway Public Corp. |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2003
Brian Bremner |
Japan: After The Vote, The Long Knives Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is really at war with the antireformist elements within his own ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). And that reality will linger on after Koizumi and other LDP top brass take their victory lap on Nov. 10. |
BusinessWeek
September 26, 2005 |
A Wide-Open Window In Japan The massive rally in the Nikkei and a steady stream of robust economic data suggest Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's moves to clean up the banking sector, turn off the public works spigot, and hand out Cabinet posts based on merit rather than connections are finally paying off. |
BusinessWeek
August 22, 2005
Rowley & Hall |
A Chill In The Air For Economic Reform The Japanese economy has built up enough momentum that the political uncertainty - and likely gridlock - ahead can't bring it to a halt. |
BusinessWeek
September 19, 2005
Glenn Hubbard |
Keep Your Eye On Japan Both the U.S. and the global economy have huge stakes in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's financial reforms. |
BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004
Bremner & Tashiro |
Japan: Quickly Leaving Pacifism Behind Threats of economic sanctions against North Korea, possible preemptive military strikes, and a missile defense system buildup -- welcome to the new, and surprisingly robust, Japanese national security policy. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Brian Bremner |
Why Japan And China Are Squaring Off Japan and China are locked in a fierce contest for economic and diplomatic leadership in Asia. Trends indicate that China will move forward in a leadership role. |
Entrepreneur
March 2004
Joshua Kurlantzick |
The Sun Also Rises Is a revival on the horizon for Japan's economy? That may be good news for you. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2010
Axel Merk |
Rough Ride Japan -- not the U.S. -- may have been the ultimate safe haven at the peak of the financial crisis. |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005
Rowley & Tashiro |
Japan: Koizumi's Quixotic Quest In early August, Japan's Upper House is expected to vote on several bills that would start the privatization process of the country's postal savings system. |
BusinessWeek
September 29, 2003
Brian Bremner |
Why This Japan Fund Pro Is Gung Ho Shuhei Abe, who manages about $3.7 billion, professes to be "absolutely bullish" about the Japanese economy's long-term growth prospects. |
Reason
October 2001
Sara Rimensnyder |
Political Elvis Imagine an amalgamation of Margaret Thatcher, Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner, and Elvis Presley. Can't quite see it? Visit Japan... |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003
Brian Bremner |
Commentary: Currency Quid Pro Quo Japan's offer to help in Iraq means the U.S. is likely to accept a deal on the yen. |
BusinessWeek
November 7, 2005
Kenji Hall |
The Japan-China Oil Slick Negotiations over billions of dollars' worth of oil and gas fields along their disputed sea border stalled. Now, a new chapter in the increasingly ugly rivalry between Japan and China could start soon. |
BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004 |
Is Martin Going Overboard In Canada? Some business leaders fear Martin, a fiscal hawk when he was Finance Minister, is abandoning restraint to cater to interest groups. |
Chemistry World
May 12, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Tory election victory heralds new science minister for UK Jo Johnson has been appointed the science and universities minister within the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, overseen by new business secretary Sajid Javid who replaces Liberal Democrat Vince Cable. |
Reason
June 2008
Adam B. Summers |
Japan Goes Postal Japan's post office has been run by the government for 130 years, but not for much longer. |
National Defense
July 2015
Allyson Versprille |
Japan Eyes Exporting Weapons Overseas As the United States enters a new era of defense cooperation with Japan, it will have to cope with pushback from the Japanese public, businesses and lawmakers. |
BusinessWeek
September 26, 2005
Ian Rowley |
Rebuilding Japan's Banks Prime Minister Koizumi's finance-sector overhaul is driving Japan's recovery. It has also kept him in power. |
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Palash R. Ghosh |
S&P Mutual Fund Sector Focus: Japan Funds Get Imperial Treatment Mutual funds that invest in Japan have blossomed. The average Japan stock fund soared 32.8% in calendar 2005, and registered an average annualized gain of 27.2% over the three-year period. |
BusinessWeek
July 5, 2004
Brian Bremner |
Why Debt Could Drag Japan Back Down As interest rates climb, Tokyo's staggering obligations may bring on a full-scale fiscal crisis. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
Brian Bremner |
If Japan Is Back In Gear, Fasten Your Seatbelt After more than a decade of growth averaging 1% a year, the $4.7 trillion Japanese economy seems increasingly on solid footing, with huge implications for the region and for the global economy. |
AskMen.com
Simon Sinek |
Make It Happen Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don't think we can achieve something beyond what we're qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams? |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2011
Drake Bennett |
Rebuilding Japan, Without the Graft Can the government rein in the country's big construction firms, or zenekon, which still wield an outsize influence? |
Reason
March 2002
Charles Oliver |
Tales from the Dark Side Alex Kerr divines the causes of Japan's economic nightmare in Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Japan... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Japan's Economic Outlook Remains Gloomy But Opportunities Exist for Investors Japan's stock market -- and its economy -- have been basket cases for more than a decade. But some sectors of the Japanese economy may be attractive for long-term investors... |
BusinessWeek
October 10, 2005
Brian Bremner |
Still Curing Yesterday's Disease Despite robust growth, Japan's central bank is coddling the economy. |
TIME Asia
August 2, 2010
Michael Schuman |
A Clouded Outlook While Asia lurches forward in business and politics, Japan inches backward. |
BusinessWeek
March 22, 2004
Brian Bremner |
Don't Let Japan's "Mr. Dollar" Get Away With It Japan is driving down the yen in order to increase exports. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Is Japan the New Europe? Is Japan gearing up to be the next Europe, taking the lead among developed nations around the globe? |
BusinessWeek
September 2, 2010
William Pesek |
Japan Has More Than Just a Yen Crisis The currency crisis in Japan is merely one symptom of the country's general aversion to change after the boom-and-bust 1980s. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005 |
How a Gray Japan Can Thrive Merrill Lynch's Jesper Koll says by not applying "shock therapy," the Koizumi government is taking the right approach. |
Parameters
Summer 2004
William E. Rapp |
Past its Prime? The Future of the US-Japan Alliance Over the next two to three decades, Japan will liberalize and expand its security posture in broad ways long sought by the United States, but at the same time will increasingly desire to chart its own course in foreign policy. |
TIME Asia
September 27, 2010
Michael Elliott |
Seeing Double There are two ways to view Northeast Asia, and right now, both of them are on display. The region may be a cockpit of tension, instability, and potential catastrophe or a zone of peace and prosperity. |
