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04/07/2008
Reassessing the Accuracy of Analyst Estimates
Unlike the prestigious I/B/E/S consensus forecast in the U.S. and Europe, analyst estimates in Japan are not highly regarded, ...
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03/07/2008
Economy Struggles with Rising Raw Material Prices-Short-Term Economic Forecast (FY 2008-2009)
Real GDP in Q1 (Jan-Mar) 2008 surged an impressive 4.0% (annualized) from the previous quarter. However, rising raw material p...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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26/06/2008
“Downsizing” of Housing and Lifestyles for a Low-Carbon Aging Society
“Downsizing” is an emerging trend in home remodeling. It is driven by the aging of society, which causes househ...
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06/06/2008
The Next Step in Securing Women Workers - New Work Arrangements for Non-Working Housewives
As employers vie for the dwindling number of new workers entering the labor force, we explore strategies to “lock in...
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27/05/2008
Asset Allocation of Defined Contribution Plans in Japan
In defined contribution (DC) plans, the asset allocation decisions of plan participants can significantly affect benefits a...
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21/05/2008
Employees’ Pension Insurance Must Cover More Part-Time Workers and Permanent Employees
Legislation to integrate three Mutual Aid pension plans into the Employees’ Pension Insurance plan has stalled in the ...
Kunio Nakashima
Insurance Research Department
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20/05/2008
Estimate of Additional Funding Needed to Forego Macroeconomic Indexing of the Basic Pension
The National (Basic) Pension faces key issues not only on the funding side—most recently regarding tax-based funding...
Kunio Nakashima
Insurance Research Department
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28/04/2008
Proposal to Make Financial Institutions Carbon Neutral by 2020
Since 1990 (the base year for Kyoto Protocol commitments), carbon dioxide emissions in Japan have decreased in the industries ...
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31/03/2008
Corporate Ownership Structure in Japan-Recent Trends and Their Impact
The corporate ownership structure in Japan has changed significantly since the late 1990s. Using a new shareholder classific...
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04/03/2008
Trends in Employment Stabilization of Older Persons-Achieving Work-Life Balance in the Aging Society
The amended law concerning stabilization of employment of older persons, which took effect in April 2006, is steadily expandi...
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06/02/2008
Current Status and Outlook for the Real Estate Investment Market
In our latest annual survey of real estate investment professionals and experts (conducted in October 2007), respondents wer...
Masanori Oka -
29/01/2008
Building Code Revision Intensifies Downside Risk to the Economy - Short-term Economic Forecast(FY 2007~2008)
The real economy expanded at a 1.5% annualized rate in the third quarter of 2007, following negative growth in the second quarte...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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28/12/2007
Subprime Mortgage Crisis Casts a Global Shadow-Medium-term Economic Forecast (FY 2007~2017)
The U.S. subprime mortgage crisis has roiled global financial markets and will continue to sway the world economy for several y...
Koichi Haji -
17/12/2007
Assessing Private Pension Plan Regulation in Japan
This paper examines the regulation and legal practices of Japanese private sector pensions and compares them to the OECD Recom...
Masaharu Usuki -
10/12/2007
Preventive Behavior and Health Guidance from the New Perspective of Gerontology
A national disease management program (specified health examination and guidance program) that targets lifestyle illnesse...
Nobuhiro Maeda
Social Improvement and Life Design Research Department
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13/11/2007
New Outlook is Needed to Ease Pension Anxiety
Ahead of the 2009 financial verification of the public pension system, the outlook for pension finances should already have be...
the Economic Research Dept. -
12/11/2007
Subprime Loan Problem and the Securitization Market
Financial engineering has taken much blame for the turbulence in global financial and securities markets sparked by the U.S. s...
Yukio Muromachi -
02/11/2007
Structural Changes in Saving and Income of Elderly Households
Despite the decrease in average pension benefits since the late 1990s, more elderly households are choosing not to work, in par...
Tatsuya Ishikawa -
12/09/2007
Educational Reform Through the Arts-Initiatives from Abroad and the Challenge for Japan
More artists are providing creative education in schools across Japan. Their origin can be attributed to arts outreach progra...
Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto -
23/08/2007
M&A Event Risk of Corporate Bonds
As M&A activity intensifies in Japan, the “M&A event risk” of corporate bonds can emerge in three ways...
Hiroshi Tsuda -
16/08/2007
Trends in the Real Estate Investment Market
As seen by the vigorous growth of J-REITs and private real estate funds, Japan’s real estate investment market is thriv...
Masanori Oka -
03/08/2007
Economy Must Shift to Consumption-Led Growth-Economic Forecast for FY 2007-2008
The economy’s performance was mixed in January-March (Q1) 2007. Although real GDP expanded 3.3% (annualized), indus...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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04/07/2007
Status and Causes of Regional Disparity in the Economic Recovery
Regional disparities in the strength of the current economic recovery can be partly explained by differences in industrial st...
Satoshi Shinohara -
15/06/2007
Social Inclusion and the Arts-Cases of Collaboration with Social Welfare
In recent years, social inclusion−a concept that aims to create conditions for everyone to be embraced by society and t...
Akemi Tsukada -
13/06/2007
Pension Fund Management and Socially Responsible Investment -Thoughts from Yakushima
The 7,200-year old Jomon-sugi cedar tree on Yakushima Island is a truly awesome sight to behold. This irreplaceable natural wo...
Koji Inui -
18/05/2007
Assessing the Insufficient Employment Sentiment in Light of Labor Share Trends
Excessive employment, which plagued the post-bubble economy for a decade, has finally ended. Today, sentiment is mounting to...
Taro Saito
Economic Research Department
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27/04/2007
Periodic Adjustment of the Topix Index Free-Float Weighting and Implications for Index Management
Free-float weights of the Topix Index are revised on a quarterly basis. Since weighting changes are announced prior to impleme...
Yuko Iwaki -
27/04/2007
Accounting for Plan Sponsors-Trends in the Discount Rate and Expected Return on Plan Assets
Five years after the introduction of new accounting rules, both the discount rate and expected return on plan assets—t...
Masaharu Usuki -
18/04/2007
Family and Residence in the Gracefully Aging Society-Integrating Housing and Community
Elderly persons now comprise over 20% of the population, making Japan the world’s most aged society. As people live lon...
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30/03/2007
New Equity Index May Overcome Problems of Capitalization-Weighted Indexing
We apply a new indexing method developed in the U.S. to Japanese equities. Backtesting of the new index indicates a significant ...
Shingo Ide
Financial Research Department
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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 2023 to 2025 (February 2024)