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Business and Government in East Asia: |
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| basic background | online news | government and politics | labor and employment | science & technology | |
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| trade | overseas investment | other business info | U.S. business | ||
| U.S.-Japan relations | Japan-European relations | links libraries | statistics | maps | |
Doing Business in Japan -- Links
- State Department Fact Sheet (June 1995); use it to get a sense of how Japan compares to the other 6 major industrialized powers.
- From the Japan ExIm Bank.
- On a Japanese government server, but no author given.
- Find out the Japanese government's strategy for dealing with recent shifts in the domestic and international situations.
- From Nikkei, Japan's leading source of economic and business news:
- This comes from JETRO. They want you to subscribe, but you can still find a number of useful articles from past issues online here.
- Has a few of its recent articles online. This is a print-medium periodical that features English-language articles on contemporary, and often controversial, topics, by prominent Japanese business leaders, academics, and government officials. Good place to get a sense of the pulse of Japan's opinion-makers.
- Nothing seems to have been posted since early 1996.
- Diplomatic and Foreign Affairs:
- See also MITI's Studies In International Trade and Industry
- Also take a look at News from MITI. Not the official MITI site, but lots of information not at the official site (or else it's arranged very differently).
- Responsible for important aspects of telecommunications and information technology policy. See MPT Policy Reports/White Paper
- Various subministerial agencies of economic and technological importance:
- Other important subministerial agencies:
- Government Banks
- Political Parties
- The sites that are linked here seem to be in Japanese, with very few exceptions.
- For help in locating individual companies:
- From JETRO.
- Keidanren links:
- Some Japanese government reports:
- U.S. government reports:
- What's going on?
- From Japan Technology Evaluation Center (US)
- Industry associations:
- Computer industry
- Computer companies
- Most of their offerings are in Japanese. They give you links for getting equipped to read Japanese online -- if you have a Mac.
- Semiconductors
- Telecommunications
- High tech
- Includes notices of openings of foreign branches and representative offices, with rationale.
- On Sumitomo Bank:
- EXIM Japan Bulletin
- This source tells you what materials have been published containing information on the Japanese economy and business (including individual companies and specific sectors); if you want to see the materials, though, you have to buy them or find a library that carries them.
- A helpful guide for those making the first contact in Japan, with emphasis on customs and courtesy.
- Japan Labor Bulletin
- dates from April 17, 1996.
- A directory of discussion fora on Usenet.
- From JETRO. Especially rich in information and documents on the automobile industry and automobile trade negotiations.
- Subject categories for many different sets of statistics, in case you haven't found what you wanted above.
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| Last updated: 26 February 2000 |
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