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Central Bank Balance Sheets Expansion: Japan's Experience
Kazumasa Iwata and Shinji Takenaka (31/Jan/12)

Strategy switching in the Japanese stock market
Ryuichi Yamamoto and Hideaki Hirata (01/Feb/12)

Belief changes and expectation heterogeneity in buy- and sell-side professionals in the Japanese stock market
Ryuichi Yamamoto and Hideaki Hirata (01/Feb/12)


Redesigning of the Japanese Economy
 : Beyond the Earthquake Disaster

 -Looking at the Issue of Abandoning Nuclear Energy New!

"Energy Saving and Renewable Energy Development Less Costly than Sticking with Nuclear Energy--Nuclear Generation Could Cost Twice Government Estimates" (30/Jan/12)

Tokyo Market View by Masataka Maeda New!

Lending Upturn May Signal Economic Recovery (27/Jan/12)

JCER Staff Reports by Kengo Tahara New!

Wavering choices of the U.S. regarding the alternative energy to oil (24/Jan/12)

Asian Economic Policy Review New!

Vol.6 Issue 2, "Developments in Asian Finance" (26/Dec/11)

Medium-term Forecast

38th Medium Term Forecast for the Japanese Economy : 2011-2020
"Reconstruction Demand and Exports will Maintain 1% Growth
-Consumption Tax Rate Hike will not Resolve Financial Risks
-Both Operating and Decommissioning Costs of Nuclear Power Plants will Amount to 4 Trillion Yen Annually"
(2/Dec/11)
Full text has been added! (18/Jan/12)

World Business Climate Index New!

EU turned 'Stormy' in November for the first time in 21months.
(23/Jan/12)

Short-term Forecast

No.148 Quarterly Forecast of Japanese Economy [2011/10-12---2014/1-3] (22/Nov/11)

 -Tax and Pension Reform

"Pension Reform: Take 'Energizing' Approach
 --Stimulate Private Investment and Consumption
 --Scrap Premiums: Finance via Consumption Tax"
(2/Sep/11)

 -Thinking Costs of Generating Electricity

"FY2020 Nuclear Generating Cost Treble Pre-Accident Level--Huge Price Tag on Fukushima Accident Cleanup" (29/Aug/11)

JCER Staff Reports by Yuki Masujima

Food Prices Booming, So Why Are Farm Values Sinking? (22/Jul/11)

Policy Proposals for the response of the Great East Japan Earthquake

"Urgent Need for 5 Trillion Yen Disaster Recovery Package" (13/Apr/11)

Potential Competitiveness Ranking 2010

Japan Unchanged 14th Place
appendix table

China Research Report 2010

The Impact of the Rise of China on the World Order (MAR/11)

Asia Research Report 2010

Asia's Huge Dragon and Elephant(FEB/11)

Economic Forecasts
Short-term Forecast

No.148 Quarterly Forecast of Japanese Economy
[2011/10-12---2014/1-3]
(22/Nov/11)

JCER Monthly Estimate

Real GDP Down 0.5% On Month In October (02/Dec/11) New!

Medium-term Forecast

38th Medium Term Forecast for the Japanese Economy : 2011-2020
"Reconstruction Demand and Exports will Maintain 1% Growth
-Consumption Tax Rate Hike will not Resolve Financial Risks
-Both Operating and Decommissioning Costs of Nuclear Power Plants will Amount to 4 Trillion Yen Annually"
(2/Dec/11)
Full text has been added! (18/Jan/12)

Potential Competitiveness Ranking 2010
Japan Unchanged 14th Place
appendix table

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AEPR Special Seminar : "New Order of World Economy After the Global Financial Crisis"


JCER held the special seminar entitled "New Order of World Economy After the Global Financial Crisis" on 9th Apr, 2010 at Nikkei Kayabacho Hall.


Panel Discussion:
  • Prof. Miles KAHLER,University of California,SanDiego,UCSD

  • Prof. Takatoshi ITO,University of Tokyo

  • Akira KOJIMA, Senior Research Fellow,JCER (also serving as moderator)
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