Articles
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August 10, 2010
Postal Reform and the Fiscal Investment and Loan Program: Toward Democratic Control of Government Finances (3)
Because Japan's postal savings system plays a major role in financing government programs, proposed changes to the privatization plan adopted ...
June 23, 2010
Postal Reform and the Fiscal Investment and Loan Program: Toward Democratic Control of Government Finances (1)
Japan's postal system does much more than deliver the mail. Its savings program collects vast sums that help finance government ...
May 20, 2010
The Long Road to Fiscal Stabilization
While the ballooning fiscal deficit is not an immediate threat to the Japanese economy, the continued issuance of bonds to ...
April 28, 2010
Political Leadership and the Policymaking Process (2)
This is the second of a three-part series of articles concerning political leadership and the policymaking process in Japan. This ...
February 03, 2010
Economic Policy Priorities in 2010
Exports to Western markets have significantly declined following the global economic crisis of 2008, preventing the Japanese economy from staging ...
January 08, 2010
Program Review: The First Step to Budgetary Reform
As part of the fiscal 2010 budget process, the Government Revitalization Unit, which was established under the Cabinet Office by ...
