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  • February 2008
    • Looking for a Real Recession? Try Japan

      Looking for a Real Recession? Try Japan

      (Newser) - While economists squabble over a possible US recession, Japan has quietly slipped into one. The country’s postwar riches have all but vanished, the Washington Post reports, as its GDP tumbles from fourth to twentieth among the world’s countries and its share of the world’s economy dips from 18% in 1994 to below 10% in 2006. More »

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      Japan   recession   Toyota   unemployment   manufacturing   GDP   Yasuo Fukuda   Shinzo Abe   foreign investment   Japanese economy   Japanese auto industry   Junichiro Koizumi

  • December 2007
    • Fukuda in China to Thaw Frosty Relations

      Fukuda in China to Thaw Frosty Relations

      (Newser) - Yasuo Fukuda is in Beijing, where the Japanese PM is hoping to solidify improved relations between two countries with a troubled past.  In contrast to his two predecessors, Fukuda is a pro-Asian leader; as he reminds his Chinese hosts, his own father brought in the Japan-China peace treaty 29 years ago, Bloomberg reports. More »

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      China   Japan   Yasuo Fukuda   Junichiro Koizumi

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