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Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy in the 1980S: a View Perceived From
IMES DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES Bank of Japan’s Monetary Policy in the 1980s: a View Perceived from Archived and Other Materials Masanao Itoh, Ryoji Koike, and Masato Shizume Discussion Paper No. 2015-E-12 INSTITUTE FOR MONETARY AND ECONOMIC STUDIES BANK OF JAPAN 2-1-1 NIHONBASHI-HONGOKUCHO CHUO-KU, TOKYO 103-8660 JAPAN You can download this and other papers at the IMES Web site: http://www.imes.boj.or.jp Do not reprint or reproduce without permission. NOTE: IMES Discussion Paper Series is circulated in order to stimulate discussion and comments. Views expressed in Discussion Paper Series are those of authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank of Japan or the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies. IMES Discussion Paper Series 2015-E-12 August 2015 Bank of Japan’s Monetary Policy in the 1980s: a View Perceived from Archived and Other Materials Masanao Itoh*, Ryoji Koike**, and Masato Shizume*** Abstract This monographic paper summarizes views held by the Bank of Japan (hereafter BOJ or the Bank) in the 1980s regarding economic conditions and monetary policy formulation, perceived from the BOJ archives and other materials from the period. From a historical viewpoint, the authors see the 1980s as a watershed time for the Bank’s policy formulation, because the Bank acquired lessons for monetary policy formulation under a large fluctuation in economic and financial conditions and innovated new approaches for monetary policy formulation and money market management as stated below. First, during the 1980s the BOJ had to largely consider the external imbalance in formulating policy, and attention began to shift towards price stability in the medium or long term by the end of the decade. -
Japan and Its East Asian Neighbors: Japan’S Perception of China and Korea and the Making of Foreign Policy from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century
JAPAN AND ITS EAST ASIAN NEIGHBORS: JAPAN’S PERCEPTION OF CHINA AND KOREA AND THE MAKING OF FOREIGN POLICY FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Norihito Mizuno, M.A. ***** The Ohio State University 2004 Dissertation Committee: Approved by Professor James R. Bartholomew, Adviser Professor Philip C. Brown Adviser Professor Peter L. Hahn Graduate Program in History Copyright by Norihito Mizuno 2004 ABSTRACT This dissertation is a study of Japanese perceptions of its East Asian neighbors – China and Korea – and the making of foreign policy from the early seventeenth century to the late nineteenth century. Previous studies have overwhelmingly argued that after the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Japan started to modernize itself by learning from the West and changed its attitudes toward those neighboring countries. It supposedly abandoned its traditional friendship and reverence toward its neighbors and adopted aggressive and contemptuous attitudes. I have no intention of arguing here that the perspective of change and discontinuity in Japan’s attitudes toward its neighbors has no validity at all; Japan did adopt Western-style diplomacy toward its neighbors, paralleling the abandonment of traditional culture which had owed much to other East Asian civilizations since antiquity. In this dissertation, through examination primarily of official and private documents, I maintain that change and discontinuity cannot fully explain the Japanese policy toward its East Asian neighbors from the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth century. The Japanese perceptions and attitudes toward China and ii Korea had some aspects of continuity. -
The Intangible Warrior Culture of Japan: Bodily Practices, Mental Attitudes, and Values of the Two-Sworded Men from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries
The Intangible Warrior Culture of Japan: Bodily Practices, Mental Attitudes, and Values of the Two-sworded Men from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-first Centuries. Anatoliy Anshin Ph.D. Dissertation UNSW@ADFA 2009 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis would not have seen the light without the help of more people than I can name individually. I am particularly grateful to Professor Stewart Lone, UNSW@ADFA, and Professor Sandra Wilson, Murdoch University, for their guidance and support while supervising my Ph.D. project. All of their comments and remarks helped enormously in making this a better thesis. A number of people in Japan contributed significantly to producing this work. I am indebted to Ōtake Risuke, master teacher of Tenshinshō-den Katori Shintō-ryū, and Kondō Katsuyuki, director of the Main Line Daitō-ryū Aikijūjutsu, for granting interviews and sharing a wealth of valuable material during my research. I thank Professor Shima Yoshitaka, Waseda University, for his generous help and advice. I would like to express my infinite thankfulness to my wife, Yoo Sun Young, for her devotion and patience during the years it took to complete this work. As for the contribution of my mother, Margarita Anshina, no words shall convey the depth of my gratitude to her. 1 CONTENTS Acknowledgements…………..…………………………………………………….……1 Contents…………………………..……………………………………………………...2 List of Illustrations……………………………………………………………………….5 Conventions……………………………………………………………………………...6 List of Author’s Publications…………………………………………………………….8 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………….9 -
World Bank Document
Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized ICSID Twelfth Annual Report 1977/1978 Contents Page Letter of Transmittal . 2 Highlights of the Year . 3 The Proposed Additional Facility. 3 Signatures and Ratifications . 3 The Panels. 4 Implementation of Article 54(2) of the Convention . 4 Advance Acceptance of the Jurisdiction of the Centre. 4 Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Administrative Council. 5 Disputes Submitted to the Centre............................................... 5 Finance ..... 6 Publications . 6 Annexes 1. List of Contracting States and Other Signatories of the Convention . 8 2. Members of the Administrative Council and Officials of the Centre . 10 3. List of the Members of the Panels of Conciliators and Arbitrators. 11 4. Provisions Relating to ICSID in International Agreements and National Investment Laws. '' ''' ''.'".' '' ''' '.'' ' .. "."".''' ' .. " 22 5. Resolutions of the Administrative Counci! .............................. 32 6. Financial Statement... .............................. 33 7. Publications of ICSID. ...................................... 34 8. Legal Bibliography Relating to the Centre ................................... 35 '" ~ ( ') ' ]'. 0 International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes August 28, 1978 Dear Mr. Chairman: Pursuant to Administrative and Financial Regulation 4(4), I hereby submit to the Administrative Council for its approval the Annual Report on the operation of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes required by Article 6( 1)(g) of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States. This Twelfth Annual Report covers the fiscal year July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1978. The report includes the audited financial statement of the Centre, presented pursuant to Administrative and Financial Regulat1on 18. Sincerely yours, A. Broches Secretary-General Mr. -
Banking on Stability Banking on Stability
Banking on Stability Banking on Stability Japan and the Cross-Pacific Dynamics of International Financial Crisis Management Saori N. Katada Ann Arbor Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2001 All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America ∞ Printed on acid-free paper 2004 2003 2002 2001 4321 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Katada, Saori N. Banking on stability : Japan and the cross-Pacific dynamics of international financial crisis management / Saori N. Katada. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-472-11211-2 (Cloth : alk. paper) 1. Japan—Foreign economic relations. 2. International finance. 3. Financial crises. I. Title. HF1601 .K288 2001 337.52—dc21 2001001085 For my parents, Toru and Hiroko Nakai Contents List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii List of Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 Part 1. Theory, Background, and Data 1. The Motivation to Cooperate, Lead, and Follow 19 2. Japan’s Economic Integration: Developing Regions and the United States 35 3. Quantitative Analysis: The Latin American Debt Crisis and Japan’s Ofµcial Financial Flows 76 Part 2. Latin America 4. Introduction to the Comparative Case Study of Latin America 117 5. Japan and the Latin American Debt Crisis 123 6. -
Cities, Autonomy, and Decentralization in Japan
Cities, Autonomy, and Decentralization in Japan Japan is known as a country in which a potent central power reigns over a compliant hierarchy and, for planning, this has meant strong centralized government control. Nevertheless, examples of autonomy have always existed in the politics, society, and economy of Japan and thrive today in various forms, particularly within urban areas. Following the growth and subsequent collapse of the bubble economy in the early 1990s, and in response to globalization, new trends toward local autonomy and political and economic decentralization are emerging that must be evaluated in the context of Japan’s larger political and socioeconomic setting as it becomes increasingly integrated into the global system. Cities, Autonomy, and Decentralization in Japan addresses these new initia- tives, providing a cogent compilation of case studies focusing on the past, present, and future of decentralization in Japan. These include small-scale developments in fields such as citizen participation machizukuri( ), urban form and architecture, disaster prevention, and conservation of monuments. The book offers the first in-depth analysis of this development outside Japan, approaching the subject from a unique urban studies/planning perspective as opposed to the more common political science method. With contributions from a leading group of international scholars on Japanese urban planning, Cities, Autonomy, and Decentralization in Japan provides a valuable new addition to the current English-language literature. Carola Hein is Associate Professor in the Growth and Structure of Cities Program at Bryn Mawr College, USA. Philippe Pelletier is Professor of Geography at Lumière-Lyon 2 University, France. Routledge Contemporary Japan Series 1 A Japanese Company in Crisis Ideology, strategy, and narrative Fiona Graham 2 Japan’s Foreign Aid Old continuities and new directions Edited by David Arase 3 Japanese Apologies for World War II A rhetorical study Jane W. -
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Tax Reform and Corporate Taxation: Industrial Policy in Japan and the United States
UCLA UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal Title Tax Reform and Corporate Taxation: Industrial Policy in Japan and the United States Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/98h1b84f Journal UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal, 7(1-2) Author Pugel, Thomas A. Publication Date 1990 DOI 10.5070/P871-2021949 Peer reviewed eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California TAX REFORM AND CORPORATE TAXATION: INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES Thomas A. Pugel* Corporate taxation has a major impact on competitiveness through its effects on after-tax rates of return and thus the incen- tives to invest in various corporate activities. Corporate taxation is a potentially powerful instrument of industrial policy and one that is used to some extent by all industrial countries. Industrial policy has been defined in various ways. It is here taken to refer to the use of government policy instruments that have a distinct differential impact on the allocation of productive resources across industries. Over time the use of these instruments affects growth or rationaliza- tion in particular industries or sectors of the economy. Industrial policy can include not only policy instruments that have a limited application to specific industries but also macroeconomic or general policy instruments that create substantially different supply-side ef- fects across industries. This article examines corporate income taxation as an instru- ment of industrial policy. It has two major goals. First, through a summary of the systems of corporate taxation in Japan and the United States as they evolved to the mid-1980s, the paper compares the use of corporate taxation as an instrument of policy toward in- dustry in the two countries.