Essays on Japanese Economy

Introduction

Exports can be seen as a mechanism for economic growth of a country. Increased exportation of products can provide output growth directly as part of aggregate output. An increase of foreign demand of products can result in a country’s growth through employment and additional income for exporters. Another significant contribution of exports is that it can impact economic growth by way of “efficient resource allocation,” including more economies of scale and technological change as a result of “foreign market competition” (Helpman & Krugman, 198; Ben-David & Loewy, 1998 as cited in Awokuse, 2008, p. 593). One of the drivers for ...

Demographic movements accentuate the fact that current and future trends in the social, political, and economic fronts are directly affected by the issue of an aging population. It is a reality for people regardless of race or culture. However, the rate at which demographic shifts differs in countries worldwide will have significant effects on developed and developing countries when saddled by a high number of ageing population. This is because in a typical developing country, baby boomers opt to delay having babies or starting their own families as they focus more on themselves and career advancement. The same problem ...

The Samurai Ethics: A Paradigm for Corporate Behavior by Shinya Fujimura

In this article, Fujimura advocates for the adoption of the samurai moral and ethical values into the corporate world. The author suggests that the integration of these values by corporate and businesses in wealthy countries such as the US and the UK would aid them in dealing with economic vicissitudes. Apparently, the ancient Japanese samurai culture exemplifies the importance of a society that is driven by loyalty, benevolence, and duty. Fujimura studied for his master degree in public administration at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government where he focused on social change (Fujimura 212). Fujimura also ...

Question One

When Alessandro Valignano arrival in Japan in the year 1579, the Society of Jesus had constantly been working for more than thirty years. The mission was, however, struggling despite the huge number that was considered to have been influenced by the feudal lords. The leadership of Francisco Cabral was stressful such that the few Jesuits workers were overworked, and therefore, they became frustrated. Francisco Cabral had refused to cater for the needs of Jesuits, and this was seen as a disrespect to the Japanese. After Valignano had arrived in Japan, he saw the way Jesuits were being mistreated through ...

Introduction

The exchange rate is a very significant economic variable that all markets keep a close watch. Exchange rates are influenced by multiple factors both political and economic. A variation in exchange rates implies that the reference currency has become weaker or stronger against the underlying currency. The Japanese Yen has experienced numerous stability swings against other currencies over the past here decades. The worst point in the era experienced by the Yen was in the early 1980’s when the Yen weakened to trade at as low as between 200 – 270 yens per dollar. This condition persisted until after ...

1. Since 1949, when the Chinese Communist Party won the Chinese Civil War, China has undergone many social and economic changes, for both ideological and practical reasons. When the communist party came to power, China had just ended a civil war, which had widespread negative effects on the economy of China. This lead to a phase of recovery which lasted a few short years. Also, the goals of the ruling government had changed; in order to be a communist nation, China would have to rapidly industrialize. This caused the institution of several five-year plans, the first of which began ...

In this paper, we display the central bank yield curves as of current date 20XX for the ten chosen countries. We will discuss the economic situation in the U.S., China, Japan, U.K. and Germany in 2006-2016. Economic growth in the US has been observed for approximately 80 consecutive months, and this is one of the longest periods of uninterrupted economic recovery after the recession. The US economy has been able to avoid new waves of recession, despite external threats, including the debt crisis in Europe and the weakening of economic growth in China, as well as internal problems, including ...

Introduction

The economy of Japan has seen a downturn with the economic crisis in the year 2008. Every country has been faced with the consequences that resulted in different impacts. The paper will present the economic indicators and overall economic situations in the Japan. The background of the country’s economic policies will be present, with international and regional trade agreements. The focus will be on presenting the specific economic data along with the definitions and interpretations. Further on, the current state of the country’s economy will be examined in the light of trade, fiscal and monetary policy.

Background on the country and recent economic policies

Japan ...

General Overview

As the world business becomes more competitive, companies are forced to adopt the new technologies that can help in improving the quality of their products. Competitive Intelligence is important in business as it provides very strategic ideas on how a company can improve its success. The company’s Competitive Intelligence gives it a very strategic vision that calls for the implementation of the changes in the business processes, the organizational and managerial systems, and the products (Bloom, 1997). For any positive change to be realized in a company, CI must be the requirement. The implementation of such changes calls for very effective ...

The fundamental reason for the prolonged Japanese great recession

There are many contributing factors to the cause of the prolonged Japanese recession. These are the labour input, government expenditure, capital investment and productivity change. An analysis was carried out measuring the changes in the mentioned factors against the changes in GPB over the period of 1985 to 1990s. The analysis showed all the four factors contributed to the depression but at different levels. The government expenditure on the economy during this time actually stimulated the economy rather than depressed it. During this time the government tried several spending projects in a bid to revive the economy. In the years ...