In the preceding three chapters, financial markets, in particular the loan market, were the subject of analysis. Chapters 1 and 2 found that, although during the period of rapid economic growth the interest rate regulation in the loan market operated effectively and the market could not be said...

This study analyzes what adult children will do for their parents if they become frail and need long-term care. Descriptive statistics show that about 30 percent of adult children living separately from their parents provide long-term in-home care, which suggests that a significant number of...

The "Nakasone Tax Reform," the objective of which was the most drastic tax reform since the Shoup Tax Reform Recommendations of 1949, overcame the setback of the rejection of the sales tax proposal in the 108th Regular Session of the Diet and ended in the 109th Regular Session, having...