Japan's fishing industry is divided into four types: coastal fishing, distant-water fishing, aquaculture, and recreational fishing. Coastal fishing of various species has continued since the country's premodern era, whereas distant-water...

Although endowed with few natural resources, Japan has achieved a world-class standard of living following its miraculous economic recovery from World War II. At current exchange rates, Japan's per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) in 1999 was...

In recent decades the timber industry has intensified efforts to harvest logs from tropical, temperate, and boreal forests worldwide to meet an increasing demand for wood and wood products. Japanese companies have been particularly active in logging...

Japan's industrialized, free-market economy is the world's third-largest, adjusted to purchasing power parity (PPP), after the United States, and People's Republic of China. It is the second-largest by market exchange rates. Its economy is highly...

Japan's economy is in a severe state of crisis. In fiscal 1997, the economy declined by 0.7 percent. A further decline of 1.8 percent is expected in 1998. Japan's economy accounts for two-thirds of Asia's economy and occupies a 15 percent share of the...

Experts are optimistic and predict that the gross domestic product of Japan will grow 0.9% in 1994 as consumer spending increases about 2%. The economy is currently sluggish, and Japan is also grappling with turmoil over political reforms. JAPAN'S businessmen, worried already by...

Japanese and Australian stocks fell in quiet trading Tuesday as traders took their cues from Monday's performamce on Wall Street. Many other markets in the region were closed for holidays.In Tokyo, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed at 17,274.98 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange...

Japan will pursue assertive foreign policies and strengthen its ties with the U.S. and Europe in response to new security threats in the region, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday.Abe, who took office in September, has taken a tougher stance on the international stage than...

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Examination of how Japan's economy and industry transformed itself from being non-existent to booming in around 30 to 40 years.

Both the policies of the Japanese government and the favorable postwar international climate contributed greatly to Japan's economic rise following the end of World War II. However, the international climate provided the greater contribution, as it facilitated both the access to markets and the transfer of technology, without which the Japanese economy would not have experienced exponential growth. The roles of the United States and of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) are particularly imp