Country Report: Japan

Asian banks boost budget cabinet CALIFORNIA capital cars changeb China Clean Government Party coalition government companies construction Consumer prices consumption tax current-account surplus decline deregulation DIEGO SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY Diet domestic demand economic Economist Intelligence Unit EIU estimates election ERSITY Exports fob firms fiscal foreign GATT Gross domestic product growth Hata Hosokawa housing starts Ichiro Ozawa imports income tax cut industry Intelligence Unit Limited 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 4 Qtr quarter real GDP rice rise SAN DIEGO SDPJ seasonally adjusted sector Shinseito Shinto Shinto Sakigake Source South Korea strong yen tion Tokyo trade United Kingdom UNIV year-earlier period year-on-year Yohei Kono