New Report
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01/04/2001
Medium-term Economic Forecast for Japan (FY 2000-2005) - Overcoming Two Structural Problems of the Economy
the Economic Research Dept. -
01/04/2001
Has the Economy Already Peaked Out? - Debate Reveals Differences in Approach
Takeshi Hyuga -
01/03/2001
A Model for Predicting Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Actions
Takeshi Yamada -
01/03/2001
Considering the Free Float-Adjustment of the TOPIX - The Need for a New Index and Possible Effects of Implementation
IntroductionThe two most prominent stock market indexes in Japan are the Nikkei 225 Average and Tokyo StockExchange Stock Pri...
Shingo Ide
Financial Research Department
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01/03/2001
Constructing a Value Chain for Long-Term Care Businesses - An Examination of Viable Business Strategies for the Future
IntroductionThe Long-Term Care (LTC) Insurance System introduced last April is about to complete its first yearof operation...
Masashi Hirao -
01/02/2001
Trends in the International Division of Labor in Asia for IT-Related Production
Yoshikazu Suehiro -
01/02/2001
Considerations for Fiduciary Duty in the Corporate Pension Law - Specialization of Fund Functions and the Litigation Rights of Participants
IntroductionThe Corporate Pension Law, which the government has been working on since 1997, finally appears ...
Osamu Tonami -
01/02/2001
Savings, Consumption and Real Assets of the Elderly in Japan and the U.S. -How the Existing-Home Market Can Boost Consumption
IntroductionAttention on the savings behavior of elderly persons has been growing. The common perception that the elderly in ...
Tatsuya Ishikawa -
01/01/2001
Developments in the Short-term Money Market - Settlement Risk and the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) System
IntroductionUnfamiliar money market terminologies such as RTGS and repos have recently cropped up in the newspapers. Most pe...
Taizo Ueda -
01/01/2001
The Preservation and Use of Scarce Agricultural Land in Suburban Areas
IntroductionThere are approximately one million kleingartens (small gardens) in Germany which provide publicgreen spaces ...
Masumi Shiraishi -
01/01/2001
Consumption-Led Growth is Key to Japan's Economy - Economic Forecast for FY 2001
Koichi Haji -
01/12/2000
The Present Status of Takeover Bids (TOB) and Their Effect on Stock Prices
IntroductionTakeover bids (TOBs, also called tender offers) were introduced in Japan under the Securities andExcha...
Keisho Komoto -
01/12/2000
Trends in the Tokyo Office Real Estate Market
In Tokyo’s office real estate market, the economic recovery has combined with low but stable rents todrive dem...
Toshihiko Yamakata -
01/12/2000
A Demutualization Proposal to Alleviate the Negative Spreads of Life Insurers
1.IntroductionThe failures of Chiyoda Life and Kyoei Life in October brought the tally of failed life insurers to four in just t...
Hiroshi Aketa -
01/11/2000
Japanese Companies Forge New Business Relationships - The Nissay Business Conditions Survey
IntroductionJapan has long been known for business practices typified by keiretsu relationships and rebates tofavored cust...
the Survey Analysis Team -
01/11/2000
Is the Corporate Sector's Return on Assets Recovering?
Takeshi Hyuga -
01/11/2000
Evaluating the Effect of Recent Reforms to the Employees' Pension System
IntroductionDue to structural changes in the economy and the continued decline in birthrates, if the Employees ...
Shigeo Mori -
01/10/2000
Companies Continue to Unwind Cross-Shareholdings- The Fiscal 1999 Cross-Shareholding Survey
IntroductionOur survey found that companies are continuing to unwind their cross-shareholdings at a fast pace, andc...
Hideaki Inoue -
01/10/2000
A New Era of Corporate Competition Based on Environmental Factors - The Need for Environmental Assessments of Companies
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01/10/2000
Recent Improvements in Information Networks for Local Care Services
1. IntroductionThe new public long-term care (LTC) insurance system that began in April 2000 fundamentally changed how welfa...
Nobuo Ono -
01/09/2000
Preparing the Information Infrastructure for the Real Estate Securitization Market
Toru Matsumura -
01/09/2000
The Need to Cope with the Decline in the Labor Force Participation Rate of Young Persons
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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01/09/2000
Economic Forecast for Fiscal 2000- Resolving the Divergence of the Household and Corporate Sectors
Koichi Haji -
01/09/2000
Long-term Forecast for Housing Demand-The Decline in Households Points to Lower Housing Demand
Kazumasa Takeuchi -
01/09/2000
China's WTO Entry and Insurance Market Access
Ginka Sa -
01/08/2000
The Stock Market and Investors Waver Between Growth and Value Investment Styles
Shuichi Chizawa -
01/08/2000
How Immigration Contributes to Economic Growth in the U.S.
Tsuyoshi Yamada -
01/08/2000
The Diversification of Types of Employment in the Retail Industry
Emiko Takeishi -
01/08/2000
Issues in the White-Collar Job Market- Improving the Job Search Process for Companies and Individuals
IntroductionAmid major trends such as economic globalization, deregulation, and the IT revolution,...
Yuko Shozugawa -
01/08/2000
New Developments in Demutualization Among Life Insurers in the U.S. and U.K.
IntroductionThe main points of the recently revised Insurance Business Law concern bankruptcy procedures for life insuranc...
Hiroshi Matsuoka
Researcher
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Shingo Ide
New Equity Index May Overcome Problems of Capitalization-Weighted Indexing
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Yasuhide Yajima
The U.S. Dollar’s Amazing Strength in the Deepening Financial Crisis
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Kim Myoungjung
Future Issues of Indefinite Employment Reclassification Rule - Learning from the Precedent in South Korea -
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Kanako Amano
An International Comparison and Analysis of Japan's High Suicide Rate
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Sayuri Ito
What is the prospects of trilateral cooperation to the WTO reform?
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Taro Saito
Japan’s Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2024-2026 (February 2025)