Country Report: Japan

Apr May Jun April Asia Bank of Japan bn unless otherwise budget cabinet China companies Consumer prices contraction corporate Country Commerce Country Reports Country Risk Service Current-account balance deflation domestic demand E-mail Economist Intelligence Unit end-period exchange rate exports faction fiscal foreign funds gross domestic product Hakuo Yanagisawa Hashimoto Heizo Takenaka Hong Kong imports increase Industrial production Internet Jan Feb Mar Japanese Junichiro Koizumi Komeito LDP's Machinery orders Makiko Tanaka manufacturing Masajuro Shiokawa Masaru Hayami merchandise trade Ministry of Finance Mori NPLs Oct Nov Dec outlook political prime minister Private consumption privatisation Qtr 2 Qtr quarter of 2001 quarter on quarter reform retail revenue Ryutaro Hashimoto seasonally adjusted sector Sep Oct Nov September slowdown Source South Korea spending Tokyo Trade balance trade surplus unemployment unless otherwise indicated updates upper house election www.eiu.com Yoshiro Mori