News

Sarjam - Japan's satellite cable broadband internet information site.
http://www.sarjam.com/

BBC News: The Hidden Face of Japan's Recession - 30 minute radio program on growing poverty in Japan: as recession bites, growing numbers of homeless and starving men are on the streets.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/audiovideo/programmes/crossing_continents/208036.stm

Japan Economic Foundation - Homepage of JEF offering articles and back issues of the Journal of Japanese Trade and Industry.
http://www.jef.or.jp/

Japanese State - Market Relations - Short college essay on different views of the Japanese market and system, and argues that the market has not been in a purely subservient role in Japan.
http://www.anime.net/~roba/PS431-2.htm

The Hidden Realities of Computer Industry in Japan - An online book from a long term Japanese computer engineer that while the products may be hi-tech, the industry in Japan is hopelessly backward.
http://www.pro.or.jp/~fuji/mybooks/okite/index-eng.html

Explaining Japan's Recession - Economic essay asserting that both Keynesian and Monetarist explanations and solutions to Japan's economic stagnation failed and an Austrian theory of the business cycle provides the explanation.
http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1099

BBC News - Sony Plans Massive Job Cuts - The consumer electronics giant is to shed 13% of its workforce to combat its resurgent rivals and prop up profits. <small>(October 28, 2003)</small>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3219667.stm

Japan Entrepreneur Report - A monthly newsletter devoted to covering new business activity in Japan. With online archive.
http://www.japanentrepreneur.com/

Textileinfo.com - Introduces information related to innovative technology and management, at times unique to Japanese culture, as well as the latest news concerning textiles in general.
http://textileinfo.com/

The Japan Investor - Subscription based investor information for those interested in the Japanese market.
http://www.japaninvestor.com/

The Tokyo News - Japan news headlines, world news and financial markets. Links to newspapers, weather, travel, hotels and a map of Tokyo.
http://thetokyonews.net/

Forbes: The Panic Spreads - Documents Japan's continuing economic decline and demonstrates Japan's industrial crisis is reaching Great Depression levels.
http://www.forbes.com/global/2002/0218/022.html

NLI Research Institute - Publishes online studies and research on economic and socioeconomic affairs of Japan.
http://www.nli-research.co.jp/

J@pan Inc - Business magazine focusing on e-business, consumer products, and the changing economy.
http://www.japaninc.com/

Arthritic Japan: The Slow Pace of Economic Reform - Essay investigating Japan's current recessions and lack of reforms, from the Japan Policy Research Institute.
http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp81.html

The Social Contradictions of Japanese Capitalism - Behind Japan's economic crisis lurks a social one. From The Atlantic Monthly. <small>(June 1, 1998)</small>
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98jun/japancap.htm

Saving Japan - A collection of essays by MIT economist Paul Krugman on the Japanese economy.
http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/jpage.html

Nikkei Net Interactive - Daily financial news and information.
http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/

Japan Country Analysis Brief - A US Dept. of Energy report on Japan's energy sector, with information on oil, gas, coal, electricity and nuclear power industry.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/japan.html

JapanConsuming: Monthly Newsletter - Analysis and reporting of Japan's consumer and retail markets to help overseas companies gain access to the Japanese market.
http://www.japanconsuming.com/

Biotech Japan - News and business information on Japan's biotechnology industry, pharmaceuticals, bioventures, medical, and technology transfer resources. Funded by the Japanese government.
http://www.biojapan.org/

Japan Rice Market - Provides regularly updated news on Japanese rice, as well as monitoring current prices. With news archive.
http://www.japan-rice.com/

Terrie.com - Weekly news and information about technology and e-business in Japan.
http://www.terrie.com/

Bureaucratic Corruption in Japan - Essay delves into corruption in Japan's government ministries and police.
http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp76.html

National Review: Setting Sun - Hudson Institute economist Alan Reynolds argues that tax reform is crucial to reviving the Japanese economy.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_natrvw/m1282/n13_v50/20977850/p1/article.jhtml

Revisiting the "Revisionists": The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Economic Model - Cato Institute essay exposing the shortcomings and failed predictions in Japan revisionist thinking.
http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/pas/tpa-003.html

ExecutivePlanet.com: Japan - Guide to business etiquette in Japan covering many aspects of doing business in Japan, including negotiating, entertaining, gift giving, and public behaviour.
http://www.executiveplanet.com/index.php?title=Japan

Forbes - The Pride That Killed Sony - Article stating that hubris caused plunging sales and profits, and led to a major restructuring. <small>(November 5, 2003)</small>
http://www.forbes.com/technology/personaltech/2003/11/05/cz_bf_1104sony.html

No More Games in Japan's Referee-Free Capitalism - Argues that legal reforms are also needed for Japan's economic woes to end, but current structural reforms may worsen the situation.
http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/Kaneko.html

Making Some Sense of the Japanese Economy - Offers some thoughts on what has been happening and how economists have viewed Japan's continuing economic woes. <small>(September, 2003)</small>
http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp94.html

Accounting News in Japan - Provides information about news in accounting standards in Japan.
http://www2g.biglobe.ne.jp/~ykawamur/