| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 25, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
Change in Japan: Progress... FOREIGN INVESTMENT Direct and portfolio investment from abroad is on track to hit $125 billion this year, a record DEREGULATION Finance-sector deregulation is already putting downward pressure on brokerage and banking fees TECHNOLOGY Internet use is taking off, with the number of Japanese Netizens expected to rise 35%, to 23 million, between 1999 and 2000 SOCIETY Women are gaining more freedom at work, and more college graduates are seeking jobs with foreign companies and startups ...And Obstacles BANKING The banks have been rescued, but there has been little progress in selling off the bad debt and clearing the market TELECOMMUNICATIONS Phone giant NTT still has a stranglehold on phone prices, imposing ruinous costs on Japanese who want Net access RESTRUCTURING There has been progress, but the really hard stuff--plant closings, mass layoffs--still lies ahead REGULATORS It's still unclear how reform-minded the Ministry of Finance and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party really are DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP |
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 RELATED ITEMS A New Japan? (int'l edition) ASIAN COVER IMAGE: Japan: Is It Really Ready to Change? TABLE: Change in Japan: Progress...And Obstacles Marriage Goes the Way of Lifetime Employment (int'l edition) Commentary: An Inflexible Japan? Look Again (int'l edition) INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||
