Exports look like a cure for Japan's economic woes; increase means many structural changes of past four years are likely to be put on hold

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Japan's exports have started to climb, helped by the yen's decline which made foreign products more expensive and Japanese goods cheaper abroad. Exports rose in volume by 6% over the last three months of 1996, while imports declined in four of the last seven months of 1996. Imports gained by 1.6% for the year, compared with 14% and 13% in 1994 and 1995, respectively. Japan is expected to post a 26% increase in overall current-account surplus to Y9.2 trillion ($74.33 billion) in 1997, and another 17% increase in 1998.

Merchandise Trade Balance, International trade, Statistics, Balance of trade

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Deflation rattles economists: Japan's falling prices expose structural problems; threats to the U.S.?

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Economists are worried that continued deflation in Asian economies as a result of the regional currency crisis will result in detrimental effects on the US economy. Prices in Japan, in particular have been falling since 1991, with drops in wholesale prices of 5.7%, decreases in real-estate and stock markets by 50%, and similar declines in chemical products. Deflation has significantly affected business investments and consumer spending in a manner similar to the effects of inflation.

Prices, Analysis, Economic aspects, Deflation (Finance), Deflation (Economics)

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Microsoft wins reprieve: firm hails Japan decision as antitrust victory

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Microsoft won a reprieve from Japanese antitrust authorities after Japan's Fair Trade Commission declared it could not prove accusations that the company abused its near-monopoly standing in personal-computer operating systems to further its Internet Explorer browser software to the disadvantage of its competitors. Microsoft officials implied that the ruling casts doubts on the company's antitrust case in the US.

Prepackaged software, Japan, Government regulation (cont), Computer software industry, Software industry, Cases, Laws, regulations and rules, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Internet access software

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