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July/August 1988 Issue

July/August 1988 Issue

The Four Dragons

TOPICS
Firms Start Vying for Top Graduate
TOPICS
Plan Stresses Domestic Demand
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Helping the NICs -- Help the World Economy
by Watanabe Toshio
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Looking at the Options
by C. Michael Aho
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A Dream of Growth
by Han Seung-Soo
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South Korea: Mission Accomplished
by Nozoe Shinichi
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Taiwan: Rich with Potential
by Liu Wen-fu
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Hong Kong: Under a Giant Shadow
by Sanada Iwasuke
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Singapore: Path to Prosperity
by Mori Takeshi
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Cheap Imports that Signal a Quiet Revolution
by Takesue Takahiro
ANTENNA
Breaking the Baldness Barrier
by Yamamuro Hiroyoshi
SKETCHBOOK
Geta
by Oba Hiroshi
TRENDS
New Railways Take the Fast Track to Solvency
by Togii Kenji
TRENDS
Events to Revive the Regions
by Ubukata Yasuhiko
JAPAN EYE
Fascination with Fish
by Sonia Katchian
FOREIGN BUSINESS
Cargill: Trying New Approaches to Sell to Japanese Farmers
by Suetsune Takashi
Viewpoint S
Toward a New US-Japan Economic Alliance
by Toyonaga Keiya
ANALYSIS
Restructuring Mature Business –Asian Forum Looks at Japanese Trends-
by S.K. Subramanian and Aoyama Shuji
PROFILE
From Family Store to Retail Giant –Interview with Ito Masatoshi, President of Ito Yokado Co.
by Iwasaki Toshio
DATAGRAPH
Tracing the Asian Export Surge
REFLECTIONS
A Question of Manners
by Iwaki Hiroyuki
CONTENDERS
Cecile: Setting the Pace with Mail-order Mastery
by Suzuki Sara
BOOKSHELF
Inside the Japanese System by Daniel I. Okamoto and Thomas P. Rohlen
by Fredrick M. Uleman
BOOKSHELF
Trading Places –How We Allowed Japan to Take the Lead by Clyde V. Prestowitz Jr.
by Katayama Ken
OUTSIDE TOKYO
Oze: Exploring Nature’s Treasures
by Lincoln Bell
BULLETIN BOARD
Advisory Panel Urges Value-added Tax
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
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