Spend And Save (The Economy)

Credit-worthy surplus countries must expand domestic demand relative to potential output to revive the world economy.

Of Aliens and Inalienable Rights

A hot topic in recent Japanese politics has been: Should suffrage be extended to resident aliens?

TT-554 -- Personal Imports to Test Market, ebiz news from Japan

Japan's Personal Import system allows for the simple import of private consumption mail order goods.

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Kit for Tools

Jason de Luca on the necessary tools to crank up sales in times good and bad.

TT-553 -- Medical Tourism a Non-starter, ebiz news from Japan

... and an ossified Japanese hospital system in a state of financial crisis.

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Exports And Japan's Domestic Disconnect

An export-led recovery isn't the likely way out for Japan's dismal domestic deflation.

U.S. Economy: First Down, First Up?

What goes down, must come up--and so should the U.S. economy and currency.

Miscellaneous:

TT-552 -- Pressures to Change Japan, ebiz news from Japan

Denying foreigners the right to vote in local elections -- child abduction in divorces -- Toyota's PR crisis -- proposed ban on Bluefin tuna

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JIN-518 -- Toyota Presses Pause

Toyota struggles to deal with a worldwide recall of millions of its vehicles.

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