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July/August 2000 Issue

July/August 2000 Issue

Promoting Japanese Venture Businesses

Cover Story :Promoting Japanese Venture Businesses
Why Japan Needs Starts-Ups
by Yonekura Seiichiro and Michael J. Lynskey
Cover Story :Promoting Japanese Venture Businesses
Amendment of the Law for Facilitating the Creation of New Business
by Kusunoki Shinji
Cover Story :Promoting Japanese Venture Businesses
The Internet Challenge
by Maxwell Thomas
Cover Story :Promoting Japanese Venture Businesses
Shibuya's Bit Valley is the Base of Japanese Net Businesses
by Arai Takuya
CLOSE-UP
Changing Japanese Employment Practices and Their Implications for the Labor Market
by Yashiro Naohiro
Viewpoint S
On the Rule-Oriented Approach to Fair Trade
by Suzumura Kotaro
TRENDS
Cyclical Elements and Structural Problems of the Japanese Economy
by Kojima Akira
JAPAN AT HEART
Kicking up a Stream
by Elizabeth Kiritani (article) and Kiritani Itsuo (illustrations)
FINANCE
US Stock Prices, a Major Theme behind the Scenes of the G-7 Meeting
by Tani Sadafumi
ANALYSIS
The Enigma of Japanese Capitalism Part 2
by Wasa Takahiro and Sonoyama Hideaki
JAPANOMICS
Patchy Regional Economic Recovery
by Hamano Takayoshi
GALLERY
Charmed by Red and Black
by Okabe Masayuki
UNKNOWN JAPAN
The Poetic Spirit of the Japanese
by Saeki Shoichi
OBSERVER
A Lesson in Respect
by Charlotte Pfeiffer
ON THE ROAD
When Ghosts Come to Visit
by Patricia Massy
OUTING
Inuyama – A Western Yen
by Bill Tingey
TOPICS
Prime Minister Mori Visits G-8 Countries to Seek Support for Okinawa Summit
TOPICS
English Proposed as an Official Second Language in Japan
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
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