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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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August 26

Japan, Russia, and the Future of Nuclear Energy (2)

In the second half of this two-part series, the author explores the complex interrelationship between nuclear energy cooperation and nuclear ...

August 20

Japan, Russia, and the Future of Nuclear Energy (1)

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August 10

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 ...

August 5

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