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January/February 2001 Issue

January/February 2001 Issue

COVER STORY I: Is Nationalism Surging in Japan? , COVER STORY II: Can Asia Regain Its Status as a Center of Economic Growth

Cover Story I: Is Nationalism Surging in Japan?
A New Era of Nationalism?
by Sasaki Takeshi
Cover Story I: Is Nationalism Surging in Japan?
The Meaning of Nationalism in Japan Today
by Ito Ken'ichi
Cover Story I: Is Nationalism Surging in Japan?
Is Nationalism Intensifying in Japan
by Kitaoka Shin'ichi
Cover Story II: Can Asia Regain Its Status as a Ce
Revival of Asian Economies
by Watanabe Toshio
Cover Story II: Can Asia Regain Its Status as a Ce
Telecom Business: Intense Competition to Become Regional Hub
by Overseas Market Information Division, JETRO
Cover Story II: Can Asia Regain Its Status as a Ce
Asia’s Emerging Local Household Electric Appliance Industries
by Overseas Market Information Division, JETRO
Cover Story II: Can Asia Regain Its Status as a Ce
Asian Auto Market Recovering
by Overseas Market Information Division, JETRO
CLOSE-UP
JSEPA (Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement) and Future Trade Policy
by Eguchi Masato
UNKNOWN JAPAN
Advanced Public Sanitation in 17-19th Century Japan
by Susan B. Hanley
TRENDS
Free Trade Agreements as Constructive Regionalism
by Kojima Akira
FINANCE
Troubled Waters Ahead in the Final Chapter of Japan's Financial Reorganization
by Tani Sadafumi
JAPANOMICS
A Few Thoughts on Financial Safety Nets
by Hamano Takayoshi
REFLECTIIONS
Upon Reaching 60
by Takashima Hatsuhisa
OBSERVER
Urban Life of a Curious Gaijin
by Anna Bruckner
TOPICS
Best-Selling Author Elected Governor of Nagano Prefecture
TOPICS
Legendary Japanese Red Army Leader Nabbed
TOPICS
Notable Progress Seen in Structural Reforms of the Japanese Economy
Economic Indicators
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