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  JAPAN ECHO

SEEKING A NEW STRATEGY FOR JAPAN’S ECONOMY
Vol. 36, No. 5, October 2009


FROM THE EDITOR (SHIRAISHI Takashi)

CHRONOLOGY
July – August 2009

SEEKING A NEW STRATEGY FOR JAPAN’S ECONOMY (NARIAI Osamu)
East Asia’s Fancy for FTAs (KIMURA Fukunari)
Market Expansion Through Free Trade Agreements (HATAKEYAMA Noboru)
Learning to Thrive Without a Trade Surplus (MIKUNI Akio)

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THE NEW GOVERNMENT’S AGENDA (TAKENAKA Harukata)
How the DPJ Will Govern (KAN Naoto)

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EMPLOYMENT
The Myth of Seniority Wages (KOIKE Kazuo)
Fundamental Reform to Deal with the Employment Crisis (HIGUCHI Yoshio)

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DIPLOMACY
Working Together to Promote Japan (MONJI Kenjirô)

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MUSIC
Pianist Tsujii Takes the Global Stage (YOSHIHARA Mari)
Don’t Call Him the “Blind Pianist” (TSUJII Itsuko)

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SUMÔ
Takamiyama: Japan’s Pioneer Foreign Rikishi (WATANABE Daigorô)

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VOICES OF JAPAN
A Jûdô Champion Reflects on a Changing World (YAMASHITA Yasuhiro, interviewed by KÔNO Michikazu)

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WAR RESPONSIBILITY
Carnage in Okinawa (Yomiuri Shimbun War Responsibility Reexamination Committee)

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and discussions by noted commentators on topics of interest in Japan today.

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