Japan's deepest recession since the Second World War has come to an end in 2000. Yet, the task of reforming Japan is far from completed. The current political drift has brought deregulation to a premature end putting the still vulnerable recovery at risk. What structural changes have already taken place? What important reforms have to be undertaken in the future?
The contributions of the book shed light on the transitional path of the Japanese system amid rapid globalization. Can Japan Globalize? covers a broad range of areas from macro- and micro-economic structures to...

Japan's deepest recession since the Second World War has come to an end in 2000. Yet, the task of reforming Japan is far from completed. The current political drift has brought deregulation to a premature end putting the still vulnerable recovery at risk. What structural changes have already taken place? What important reforms have to be undertaken in the future?
The contributions of the book shed light on the transitional path of the Japanese system amid rapid globalization. Can Japan Globalize? covers a broad range of areas from macro- and micro-economic structures to political and...

Hierzulande ist uber das japanische Beschaftigungssystem viel geschrieben worden. Doch die Tatsache, dass es in Japan eine sehr weit vorangeschrittene Arbeits marktsegmentation gibt und diese durch die bubble economy und die darauffolgende Wirtschaftsrezession noch starker intensiviert wurde, hat Wirtschafts experten und Politiker nicht daran hindern konnen, an ihrem undifferenzierten Japan-Bild festzuhalten. Fur viele gilt Japan immer noch als das Land von beneidenswert hohem Beschaftigungsgrad verbunden mit der lebenslangen Beschaftigung und dem Senioritatsprinzip. Die Arbeit von Dr. Arne...