Country Report:

Asian banks bilateral boost budget cabinet capital cars China Clean Government Party coalition government companies construction Consumer prices consumption tax corporate current-account surplus decline Democratic Party deregulation Diet domestic demand economic Economist Intelligence Unit EIU estimates election Exports fob fall firms fiscal forecasts foreign GATT Germany gross domestic product growth Hata Hosokawa housing starts Ichiro Ozawa imports income tax cut industry Japan Japan Renewal Party Japanese Komeito labour lower house major manufacturing Masayoshi Takemura ment Morihiro Hosokawa n/a n/a n/a overseas package plans political reform politicians prime minister private consumption Qtr 3 Qtr quarter real GDP recovery rice rise SDPJ seasonally adjusted sector Shinseito Shinto Shinto Sakigake Source South Korea strong yen tion Tokyo Tomiichi Murayama trade wage year-earlier period year-on-year Yohei Kono