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Hiroshi Yamagiwa

JAPAN

Sep 9, 1999

Experts differ over forces behind positive GDP data

JAPAN

Sep 8, 1999

U.S. firm eases decision-making on pension options

JAPAN

Aug 3, 1999

Yasuda Kasai CIGNA eyes 5% of 401(k) market

JAPAN

Jul 20, 1999

Experts ponder state's next great spending project

JAPAN

Jul 2, 1999

401(K): Principal seeks market entry, potential partner

JAPAN

May 26, 1999

The 401(K) Approach: Skandia eyes pension plan gains

First in an occasional series

JAPAN

May 25, 1999

Some wary as pension plight casts 401(k) in rosy light

JAPAN

Apr 23, 1999

Miyazawa to state position on debt-relief at G7 meeting

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa will attend a Monday meeting of the Group of Seven industrial nations in Washington to put forward his ideas to prevent a financial crisis in emerging market countries.

JAPAN

Feb 5, 1999

Will government bonds help? It's a trick question

Debate on how Japan can pull itself out of its worst postwar economic slump has entered a new stage.

JAPAN

Feb 2, 1999

Fukushima urges Japan, U.S. to talk over trade differences

Now that Washington has decided to revive the controversial "Super 301" procedure, Japan should start market-opening discussions with the U.S. to prevent trade conflicts, according to Glen S. Fukushima, a former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for Japan and China.

JAPAN

Jan 28, 1999

U.S. policy, experts called obstacle to stable foreign exchange

U.S. trade policy and influential American economists are obstacles to creating a system to enforce a trading band for yen-dollar exchange rates, according to Kenichi Ohno, an advocate of such a system.

JAPAN

Jan 18, 1999

Miyazawa qualifies 0.5% target, notes job, bank roles

Economic development in the January-March period — especially in the areas of employment and bank recapitalization — is crucial to achieve the government's 0.5 percent growth target for fiscal 1999, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Monday.

JAPAN

Dec 31, 1998

Japan best brace itself for the euro

JAPAN

Nov 2, 1998

New minister pushes for future financial safety net

JAPAN

Oct 14, 1998

DPJ's Ikeda calls new bill 'opaque,' counterproductive

Staff writer The banking sector crisis will continue because of the "opaque" bank recapitalization bill, Motohisa Ikeda, a key member of the Democratic Party of Japan, said Wednesday. The bill, expected to be enacted Friday, will not enable accurate assessment of bank assets, sufficient injection of...

JAPAN

Oct 5, 1998

Investment firm puts trust in disclosure

18th in an occasional series on financial deregulationStaff writerAlliance Capital Investment Trust Management Inc. of Tokyo is attempting to calm anxious customers by fully explaining how their funds have been hurt amid global financial instability, company President Takahiro Fujino said.The severe...

JAPAN

Aug 19, 1998

In with a Bang: Fidelity finds favor in recession

17th in an occasional series on financial deregulation

JAPAN

Jul 24, 1998

Fiscal policymakers face uphill task with economy

and YOSUKE NAITOStaff writers

JAPAN

Jul 15, 1998

Prudential-Mitsui venture to focus on customer needs

JAPAN

Jul 13, 1998

LDP setback may rock Asia for some time: HKMA chief

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The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'

By Tomoko Otake

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