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JAPAN ECHO VOL: 36 NO 3 (8) answer(s).
 
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Beyond the spell of Asianism / Takashi, Shiraishi; Hau, Caroline Sy   Journal Article
Takashi, Shiraishi Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract Asianism had two major features. One was that it took modern Western Europe as a single, coherent civilization and criticized the double standard represented by the claim of universality for the Eurocentric world order and its exlusiveness in practice (with the
Key Words Japan  East Asian Community  Asianism 
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ID:   091197


Building an East Asian community / Makoto, Taniguchi   Journal Article
Makoto, Taniguchi Journal Article
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Publication 2009.
Summary/Abstract As the effects of the economic crisis make themselves more clearly felt in Asian economies, the major countries of the region will come to recognize that they must correct their excessive dependence on the US economy and move to improve and expand the finanfial markets within the region, using these as a foundation for the expansion of intraregional trade and investment.
Key Words Economic Crisis  Japan  East Asian Community 
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ID:   091199


Natural death for the LDP / Takashi, Mikuria   Journal Article
Takashi, Mikuria Journal Article
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Publication 2009.
Summary/Abstract The party must generate proposals that only an unseated LDP is capable of producing whether they relate to foreign policy, national security, the economy, or education and work toward reclaiming the government.
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ID:   091187


Paving the way to largre-scale farming / Masayoshi, Homma   Journal Article
Masayoshi, Homma Journal Article
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Publication 2009.
Summary/Abstract A lively discussion of Japanese agriculture is now underway. Deliberations have begun on revising the basic plan for food, agriculture, and rural areas, which is updated every five years, and six members of the cabinet have joined in an agricultural reform group, which has begun studies on creating sturdier agricultural administration in areas from economic and fiscal affairs to local government.
Key Words Agriculture  Japan  Food Security  Food production 
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ID:   091189


Playing tricks with the food self-sufficiency ratio / Yoshihiro, Asakawa   Journal Article
Yoshihiro, Asakawa Journal Article
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Publication 2009.
Summary/Abstract People in Japan are taking increasing increasing interest in their country's food self-sufficiency ratio, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries has adopted as set of indicators to measure progress in raising this ratio. I wonder that people would think, however, if they knew that the agriculture ministry's metrics are bogus and disigned to serve the interests of the ministry itself. In this article I will examine MAFF's indicators and argue that they are ineffective and in fact detrimental to the growth of agriculture in Japan.
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ID:   091200


Rebutting the critics of Koizumi's reforms / Naoki, Inose   Journal Article
Naoki, Inose Journal Article
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Publication 2009.
Summary/Abstract There is no such effective safety net in Japan because the system was inappropriately designed by bureaucrats, who assumed that the practice of lifetime employment would persist. While failing to properly address the needs of people who lose their jobs, the very same bureaucrats have been taking steps to ensure their own reempoyment.
Key Words Japan  Bureucracy 
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ID:   091184


What has happened to Toyota / Hisao, Inque   Journal Article
Hisao, Inque Journal Article
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Publication 2009.
Summary/Abstract This will be Toyota's first operationg loss since 1938, which was just its second year of business. In 1950, amid the post-World War II turmoil, the company made a pretax loss and laid off some its employees, and Toyota Kiichiro resigned as president to take responsibility for the resulting labor dispute.
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ID:   091182


Writing on the wall for Japanese manufacturing / Kazuo, Mizuno   Journal Article
Kazuo, Mizuno Journal Article
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Publication 2009.
Summary/Abstract Today, when a postmodern framework has yet to take shape, Japan's large manufacturing firms and small non-manufacturing firms have only one path they can tread in order to keep on growing. They must embark on a structural shift aimed at meeting the demand of final consumers elsewhere in Asia.
Key Words Japan  Economic Growth  GDP - 2009  Financial Growth 
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