1998 aaa1999

1999

December

• WTO Meeting Aftermath

November

• Yen Redenomination
• Talks Start For New WTO Round

October

• Akio Morita In Retrospect
• Intellectual Property/Unfair Competition

September

• Latest Japanese GDP Figures
• Comparative Data On Annual Working Hours
• Japan-EU Car Export Quota

August

• Revised GDP Figures
• Yen/Dollar Exchange Rate Developments

July

• Japan-South Korea Trade Relations
• Japanese Banks Sell Bad Loans
• Summer Bonuses Decline

June

• Banks Report FY 1998 Business Results
• FSA Raids Foreign Financial Institutions
• "Greening" Of Japan
• First Quarter 1999 GDP Figures
• Japanese Birth Rate Spiraling Down
• New OTC Market

May

• Exchange Rate & Exporter Profit Margins
• Japanese FDI In The United States

April

• Regional Bank Woes
• Japan's Car Industry

March

• Industrial Groups
• Japanese Land Prices

February

• Japanese Industrial Policy

January

• Home Mortgage Rates
• Japanese Auto Industry Consolidation

1998

December

• FY 1999 Economic Forecasts
• FY 1998 General Account Budget

November

• Nissan Motors Seeks Public Help
• Death Of A Bank
• Bank Accounting Issues
• Japan's Capital Stock And Economic Ills
• North Korea & U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation

October

• Dumping Charges
• Public Money For Banks

September

• Banking Cleanup Strategy
• Corporate Restructuring
• Deflation Debate
• Holding Companies

August

• College Grads' Job Hunt

July

• Japanese Birth Rate
• Election Aftermath
• Foreign Banks

June

• Japan and the Asian Crisis
• First Quarter GDP Figures Released
• Yen-Dollar Exchange Rate
• EPA Economic Report
• Banking Sector Shakeout

May

• Krugman's Prescription