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Investing in Japan, 2004.
Looks at the viability of opening a business in Japan as a means of foreign investment.
1,540 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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This paper looks at Japan's economic status, with an emphasis on its automobile industry. The paper looks at the problems faced by Japan's automobile industry and analyzes the different strategies available for approaching those problems. This overview is then followed by a look at Japan's economic scene and both the advantages and disadvantages to investing there.
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"Between April of 1990 and July of 1993, the yen "rose" from 158 yen per dollar to 106, a thirty percent rise in three years. Since Japanese wages didn't fall relative to those in the US, this meant that Japanese exporters, like Toyota, faced a comparable increase in their costs. In the North American market, this gave the Big Three a big competitive advantage, a replay of the situation of the late 1980s. This left the Japanese automobile exporters with three options: (1) to maintain current prices and allow for a significant decrease in profit margin; (2) to increase the price so as to maintain profit margins on car sales in the US or (3) to increase the price by less than the thirty percent change in order to maintain market share but with the result of minimally decreased profits."
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Foreign Investment in Japan, 2007.
An analysis of the background of economic, political and cultural conditions in Japan since World War II and their affect on foreign investment.
1,388 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 32.95
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This paper discusses the economic and political conditions in Japan that affect foreign investment there. It looks at the background of political and cultural changes in Japan since World War Two and how these have affected Japan's economy. It shows how recently introduced reforms are gradually dismantling barriers to investment in order to promote future growth and to help Japan recover from an economic slump. The paper discusses how this provides new investment opportunities.
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"Japan has emerged a world leader in technology development with innovations including wireless capabilities, i-modes and wireless technology services. The success of i-modes, a wireless Internet service popular in Japan, is unlikely to be repeated at quite the same level anywhere else. Their innovations in technological environment generate an alternative way of doing things that can lend additional perspectives to technological enterprises in the U.S (Barclay,2004)."
"As a result of recently introduced reforms in which barriers to investment are being gradually dismantled to promote future growth and to recover from an economic slump, new investment opportunities exist. The process of deregulation is underway and future growth and increased competition is expected. Opportunities for investment in the financial, technological and medical sectors are predicted, which will provide multiple opportunities to foreign investors in Japan. Although economic barriers are being removed, prospective investors must consider the unique cultural characteristics of Japanese society in implementing a strategic plan."
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Direct Investment in China and Japan, 2002.
How China and Japan actively encourage foreign direct investment.
864 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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The writer discusses the policy of direct investment and various forms of incentive governments utilize to encourage foreign investment. The paper shows how countries can protect and nurture their growth toward mutual benefit of the investing organization and the country receiving the investment. The paper follows the plan China has used to its benefit and also cites the less positive results in Japan.
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"During the 1980?s China recognized a need for significant foreign investment, particularly in those infrastructure and productive areas in which a complete modernization and/or overhaul was needed. Foreign investment encouragement in the form of tax reductions and exemptions was implemented, especially in the coastal ?Special Economic Zones?; this has expanded into the interior. (Braham and Ran, p.9)."
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Japan, 2004.
The economic status of Japan.
2,305 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 50.95
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This paper explains that, for the past ten or twelve years, Japan has been a miracle of contradictory economic factors, experiencing little inflation, little economic growth, a deterioration in trade, more government spending than previously, and unreliable savings and investment, both by business and individuals. The author points out that, in the year 2000, for the first time, Japan?s unemployment rate had exceeded that of the United States; but this may be because of a difference in the definition of the official unemployment rate. The paper relates that investment in Japan was, arguably, partly the cause of the real GDP growth in Japan of 5 percent per year form 1985 to 1990, versus 3 percent the first half of the decade; however, by early 1991, Japanese consumption and business investment had slowed, and residential investment declined.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Inflation
Unemployment
GDP
Consumption
Government Spending
Trade Deficit
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"In 1998, Japan was trying to avert a deflationary spiral and some economists wanted to create a mini-bubble of inflation to jumpstart a sluggish economy. That would have been done by increasing liquidity. They argued that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) needed to aggressively increase liquidity by printing money or by purchasing securities from the money market. In turn, this would push down interest rates, trigger demand for corporate capital investment, and encourage consumers to buy. Part of the reasoning behind this was that Japan was in a liquidity trap and money was not circulating, as it should; under those conditions, even extremely low interest rates did not encourage companies to borrow for investment because the return on their investments would be so low as well. In fact, the opposite behavior was keeping inflation low. Companies were holding large amounts of capital as a hedge against their expectation that the economy would worsen. That concept was also affecting consumers, of course. But consumers were also worried about a thinly stretched pension system and job security, or lack thereof."
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Japan's Economic Development, 2006.
This paper analyzes the importance of Japan's foreign direct investment (FDI), to its economic development and growth.
2,686 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 56.95
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This paper defines FDI inflow as the investment one particular country or nation receives from another, while outflow is the amount of resources leaving the investing country into the source country. This well-researched paper focuses on the history of Japan's economy and the recent significant increase of FDI inflow into the country. The writer of this paper compares Japan's FDI flows to those of other countries. The ratio of inward FDI compared to nominal GDP in 2000 was only 1.1% in Japan, which compares to 27.9% in the U.S., 32.4% in the UK and 22.4% in Germany. The writer contends and explains why Japan's FDI flows are crucial for economic development and growth in other nations as well as on its own shores. This paper delves into the various programs instituted by the Japan Investment Council, which is geared towards making the public aware of the role of Japan's FDI and its overall importance to the economy.
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Executive Summary (Abstract)
Background
History
Statement of Problem
Research
References Cited
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"As of September 2004, foreign-affiliated firms employed some 1.02 million workers in Japan, JETRO research finds. This figure represents only 2.4 percent of Japan's total permanent workforce and lags well behind that of other developed countries such as the U.S. at 5.5 percent and Germany at 5.4 percent. In Japan's finance/insurance sector, however, the share of foreign-affiliated company employment accounted for 8.2 percent of the sector's total permanent workforce. Subsidiaries of foreign companies employ the most, at 598,657 workers, followed by sub-subsidiaries at 373,566, and Japanese branches of foreign-owned companies, at 51,218. By industry category, affiliates in the manufacturing industry employ the most, at 37.4 percent, followed closely by the wholesale, retail and restaurant sector, which accounts for 34.1 percent of the total figure for Japan."
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Japan's Strengths and Weaknesses in International Trade and Finance, 2002.
The paper analyzes the economic challenges currently facing Japan as a result of the recession that has hit the country following years of extraordinary economic growth.
2,245 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 49.95
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The paper examines the major characteristics of the Japanese economy and its most important sectors-- industry and manufacturing. The paper compares the economic structure of Japan to the developed countries of Europe, such as Germany. The paper discusses the high rate of private and public investment in Japan and its lack of openness to foreign trade. The paper looks at the economic woes created as a result of the recession and the uncertainty with which the country is faced.
Table of Contents
About Japan
Economic Overview
Japan's Economic Structure
Japan's Investment Rates
Economic Woes
Japan's Trade Surplus
Japan's International Trading Process
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"While Japan is still very much focused on traditional culture, the country absorbed a great deal of Western technology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries (Bartleby, 2000). After losing World War II, Japan experienced an amazing recovery, which secured its status as the second most powerful economy in the world and a loyal ally of the United States. Although the emperor holds the throne as a symbol of national unity, the actual power falls to a network of powerful politicians, bureaucrats, and business executives. Japan?s economy experienced a major slowdown in the 1990s, following three decades of unprecedented growth, and currently has some serious economic challenges."
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U.S.-Japan Economic Relations, 1994.
This paper discusses U.S.-Japan economic relations: Background, global accounts, trade imbalance, savings and investing, yen-dollar relationship, strategies, Clinton's policy, negotiations and problems and solutions.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, £ 56.95
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I"Does the United States face a trade crisis with Japan? Are the Japanese competing unfairly by not allowing American goods into their markets while "dumping" their goods into the United States? Does the trade imbalance that the United States has with Japan indicate that the US economy is destined for weakness? These questions have received much attention by the American media recently, and there have been charges that America is selling its heritage and economic strength to the Japanese. Some Americans, mired in recession, have turned to "Japan-bashing" and place the responsibility for the trade situation with Japan solely on the Japanese. ... take on the complicated issue of trade between America and Japan, and move beyond the headlines ... "
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Trade Patterns: Japan and United States, 2004.
An examination of foreign trade between Japan and the U.S. and what it entails.
1,164 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, £ 28.95
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This paper introduces and discusses the topic of trade between the United States and Japan. Specifically, it discusses the export and import of goods, exports and imports of services, tourism, and investments. Japan and the United States are two of the premier forces in trade around the world, and both countries depend heavily on each other in a variety of trade areas from electronics to tourism and banking. The paper examines how, together, they form a formidable bond of trade that dominates the world market and economy.
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"Financial services are also a burgeoning part of the Japanese economy. Japan boasts some of the world's largest banks, and they fund a variety of projects and services around the globe. They are also branching out into other areas, such as investment in film and television (i.e. Sony Pictures in the U.S.), and in outsourcing, especially in the financial and information technology service sectors."
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Japan's Modern Myths, 2007.
This paper discusses Japan as viewed in 'Japan's Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period' by Carol Gluck.
849 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 21.95
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In this article the writer discusses Professor Carol Gluck's views regarding Japan as portrayed in Chapter 5 and 6 of 'Japan's Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period'. The writer points out that Professor Gluck argues that Japanese society was and is a society founded upon the values of the collective, rather than upon the individual. Further, the writer notes that her view of Japanese civic virtues is extremely broad and suggests that on every level of public and personal morality, the nation is given greater value than the lives of its citizens. The writer then discusses that, in Chapter 6, Gluck paints the period as a constant struggle between the forces of nationalism and collectivism versus the "social fever" for modernity, or Westernization, that is still present and, in Gluck's opinion, was a natural, human impulse in contrast to the expressed will of the state.
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"Gluck suggests that the Meiji policies of the late 19th and early 20th century Japanese government leading up to World War II made civil obedience and national sacrifice a religious calling. Gluck's views of the causes of World War II thus take on a very socially deterministic cast. In her view, because the Emperor was divine, everything he did and was done in the name of Japan was seen as right and just. In terms of Japanese religion, although Gluck argues that although it might seem Buddhism had had a strong religious presence in Japanese morality, she believes this should not be over-emphasized, stating that Buddhism was often perceived as a foreign religion by the state In contrast, Gluck stresses the emphasis on the indigenous Japanese religion Shinto as a state religion. She sees Shintoism, as opposed to the imported philosophy of Buddhism, to form the true philosophy of the civil cult of the state. She points out that the Shintoists continued to press their claims for the institutionalization of Shinto as a separate office of state, apart from Buddhists."
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Japan's Nuclear Capabilities, 2006.
This well-researched paper examines not only whether Japan has the capability to create nuclear weapons but whether or not Japan already has these actual weapons.
6,555 words (approx. 26.2 pages), 17 sources, MLA, £ 106.95
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This in-depth paper explores the sometimes fragile alliance between Japan and the U.S. and ponders whether or not Japan is capable, from a technical standpoint, of creating nuclear weapons. This paper delves into the possibility that Japan may already have nuclear weapons in its possession. A large number of Japanese citizens and successive governments have favored continuing the alliance with the U. S. which involves enormous reliance on American security and military power to protect Japan from attack. This paper defines article 9, the renunciation of war, of Japan's Peace Constitution. The writer also discusses the economic benefits in developing and maintaining nuclear weapons. This well-researched and informative paper considers some of the means Japan could employ to gain greater military autonomy which includes completing the development and production of advanced weapons such as the FSX fighter. This paper also discusses the various groups and parties that oppose nuclear weapons including the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs.
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"Considering that the huge military-industrial complex of United States is an often-criticized force in the American economy and that maintaining a similarly high level of expenditures on weapons was a critical factor leading to the economic and political failure of the former Soviet Union, many in Japan are understandably content not to have a defense industry of a comparable magnitude. But there are some Japanese willing, and even eager, to duplicate or surpass American state-of-the-art military technology. Those who wish to see Japan more independent of reliance on the American power, who believe Japan's future is dependent on an autonomous defense establishment, favor the concept of Kokusanka or, indigenization of defense production."
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Lifetime Employment in Japan, 2002.
Offers an opposing view to an article that claims that Japanese firms invest in human capital because the external labor market is restricted.
2,258 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 1 source, £ 49.95
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In a 'Columbia Law Review' article published in 1999 -- "Lifetime Employment: Labor Peace and the Evolution of Japanese Corporate Governance" -- authors Gilson and Roe maintain that the Japanese practice of constricting the external labor market is responsible for firms' willingness to invest in human capital. They specifically reject the proposition that Japan's institution of lifetime employment could be the impetus for such corporate outlay. This paper contends, however, that social norms, coupled with a divergent development of Japan's employment law, gave rise to its lifetime employment policy and that this resulting policy accounts for employers' willingness to invest in human capital. The paper argues that a closed market is the result -- not the cause -- of corporate investment in employees.
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"It is recognized that Japanese labor law theory is firmly established in that of the Weimar Republic, which gave preference to group interests over that of the individual. The theory began to evolve during Japan's first industrialization at the end of the 19th century, when a severe shortage of skilled labor fostered worker migration from company to company. The situation was exacerbated when, in the 1920s, Japan underwent a series of hostile, chaotic strikes, which further caused significant labor turnover in key industries."
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Post-World War II Japan, 2004.
Discussion of Japan's monumental economic and technological success following WWII.
3,951 words (approx. 15.8 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 75.95
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In an effort to determine the causes of Japan's economic and technological success following WWII, this paper examines Japan's history beginning with the signing of the peace treaty bringing an end to World War II and the years that followed. The paper reviews the peace treaty and what was demanded of Japan to bring an end to the war after the bombing of Nagasaki and examines the role of the U.S. in ruling post-war Japan. Furthermore, the paper assesses Japan's aggressive pursuit of its post-war reconstruction, including what industries were pursued and why, and then analyzes those factors that made it possible for Japan to recover in such a short time following the devastating war, becoming a major, global industrial power. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion.
Introduction
Review and Analysis
Industrialization in Post-War Japan
Cultural and Demographic Factors
Conclusion
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"The key points of these policies were simple and straightforward, and included the demilitarization of Japan (so that it would not again become a danger to peace); democratization, meaning that, while no particular form of government would be forced upon the Japanese, efforts would be made to develop a political system under which individual rights would be guaranteed and protected; and the establishment of an economy that could adequately support a peaceful and democratic Japan. Further, MacArthur shared the vision of a demilitarized and democratic Japan and he was well suited to the challenge. MacArthur was an outstanding administrator and possessed the leadership and charisma that appealed to the defeated Japanese. MacArthur did not tolerate any domestic nor foreign interference, and aggressively went about creating a new Japan. To this end, he encouraged an environment in which new forces could and did rise, and, where his reforms corresponded to trends that had already established in Japanese society, they served to play a critical part in Japan's recovery as a free and independent country (Winchester 1989)."
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International Business Study Of Japan, 2002.
Discusses the potential of doing business in Japan.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 14 sources, £ 56.95
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Discusses the potential of doing business in Japan. Reviews the Asian country's demographics, economic performance, international trade, industrial activity, foreign investment climate, marketing, and resouces. Issue of high level of problem loans of the Japanese banking system. Foreign investment climate. Japanese market as consumer driven. Macroeconomic measures for Japan. Two tables.
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"JAPAN: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDY
Introduction
This international business study of Japan reviews demographics, economic performance, international trade, industrial activity, foreign investment climate, marketing, and resource issues. The objective of the study is to provide international companies with a sense of the potential of doing business in Japan.
Demographics
Japan is an Asian island nation whose 127 million inhabitants (as of July 2001) occupy four major islands and a number of smaller islands (CIA, 2001). As a political entity, the country dates back to about 500 B.C. (Hunter, 2001).
The Japanese population is remarkably homogeneous in an ethnic context ..."
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Japan's Immigration Policy, 2006.
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of Japan's current immigration policy.
1,950 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 44.95
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This paper explains that the Japanese people, who are among the most nationalistic people of all, try hard to preserve their ethnic homogeneity, ensuring that the population of Japan remains dominated by the Japanese and that foreign nationals are a very small percentage of the population. The author evaluates Japan's immigration policies by focusing on its labor markets, rights protection, societal identities and border security. The paper concludes that globalization of Japan's industries causes an increasing demand for skilled workers;
however, currently, Japan's immigration policy is not open enough to welcome foreign workers and businesses as compared to the policies of
Singapore and Hong Kong, which leaves Japan behind in terms of economic globalization. The paper includes several quotations.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Japan's Immigration Policy: An Evaluation through a Study of the Policies' Evolution
Japan's Immigration Policy: In Comparison to Other Countries' Policy
The Effects of Japan's Immigration Policies
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"In terms of maximum period of stay for foreign workers, Japan currently grants a maximum of only three years; surprisingly too short for a worker who wants to establish a good future; and surprisingly too short as compared again to other more developed countries. In terms of the employment status of foreign workers, on the other hand, considering the claim of Japan on their strict policy on limiting, or even preventing, foreign unskilled workers, it is surprising that "entertainers" and "trainees" coming from neighboring Asian countries are categorized under skilled workers."
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