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March/April 2012 Issue

March/April 2012 Issue

Global Growth Strategy to Avoid Global Recession

Publisher's Note
Dialogue on TPP
By Noboru Hatakeyama
Book Review
Reimagining Japan
By Richard P. GREENFIELD (Journalist, Editor and Consultant)
Cover Story • Growth Strategies in Principal Regional Economies • 1-1
Euro Crisis & World Economic Outlook By Harald MALMGREN (CEO of The Malmgren Group)
By Harald MALMGREN (CEO of The Malmgren Group)
Cover Story • Growth Strategies in Principal Regional Economies • 1-2
EU Growth Strategies amid Sovereign Debt Crisis By Rene DUIGNAN (Economist for the Delegation of the European Union to Japan)
By Rene DUIGNAN (Economist for the Delegation of the European Union to Japan)
Cover Story • Growth Strategies in Principal Regional Economies • 1-3
Focal Points for US in Achieving Stable Long-term Economic Growth
By Naoyuki HARAOKA (Editor-in-chief, Japan SPOTLIGHT)
Cover Story • Growth Strategies in Principal Regional Economies • 1-4
Japanese Economy: Issues for the Coming Decade By Nobuo IIZUKA (Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics at Kanagawa University)
By Nobuo IIZUKA (Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics at Kanagawa University)
Cover Story • Growth Strategies in Principal Regional Economies • 1-5
Chinese Dragon in the Year of the Dragon By Long KE (Senior fellow, Economic Research Center Fujitsu Research Institute)
By Long KE (Senior fellow, Economic Research Center Fujitsu Research Institute)
Cover Story • Growth Strategies in Principal Regional Economies • 1-6
New Macroeconomic Challenge for Emerging Economies By Kenichi OHNO (Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
By Kenichi OHNO (Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
Cover Story • Growth Strategies in Principal Regional Economies • 1-7
Seeking True Driving Force to Achieve Sustainable Growth By Japan SPOTLIGHT Editorial Section
Interviewer: Japan SPOTLIGHT Editorial Section
Cover Story • Growth Strategies in Principal Regional Economies • 1-8
Opening Markets as Engine for Much-needed Growth: Imperative for Japan & the EU By Patrick A. MESSERLIN (Professor of economics and director, Sciences Po, Paris)
By Patrick A. MESSERLIN (Professor of economics and director, Sciences Po, Paris)
Cover Story • Growth Strategies in Principal Regional Economies • 1-9
Japan's Budget Deficit: Product of Japanese-style Democracy & Governance Structure
By Naoto NONAKA (Professor, Faculty of Law and Politics, Gakushuin University)
Cover Story • Future of Global Governance - Key to Global Growth • 2-1
Introduction of New Index to Establish G10 to Realize Justice in Global Governance
By Noboru HATAKEYAMA (Chairman/CEO, Japan Economic Foundation)
Cover Story • Future of Global Governance - Key to Global Growth • 2-2
Exploring Regional Regimes for Climate Change
By Llewelyn HUGHES (Assistant Professor of Political Science & International Affairs, George Washington University)
Cover Story • Future of Global Governance - Key to Global Growth • 2-3
US Perspectives on APEC
By Shay SINGH (Senior analyst at International Technology & Trade Associates, Inc.)
SPECIAL ARTICLES
1. Japanese Consumer Dynamics
By Parissa HAGHIRIAN (Associate Professor of International Management at Sophia University, Japan)
SPECIAL ARTICLES
2. Let's Learn from How Kaoru Ishikawa Established Kaizen (Japanese QC)
By Motokazu KANOKOGI (A Kaizen Evangelist)
SPECIAL ARTICLES
3. E-commerce Trends in Japan
By Richard P. GREENFIELD (Journalist, Editor & Consultant)
WORD PLAY
CORSSWORD PUZZLE #1
BY John BOYD (Freelance Journalist)
STUDY IN JAPAN
Initiatives & Challenges for Osaka University in Global Human Resource Development
By Akira TAKAHASHI (Vice President & Trustee of Osaka University, Japan)
Club of Rome
Vaclav Havel (1936-2011)
By Anitra THORHAUG, Pavel NOVACEK & Andrew OERKE
Back Cover (Answer of Crossword Puzzle)
Back Cover (Answer of Crossword Puzzle)
BY John BOYD (Freelance Journalist)

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