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This article allows a brief overview of investment in Japan from a UK perspective and highlights some of the advice available from UKTI and JETRO. A UK Trade and Industry (UKTI) sponsored seminar, Doing Business in Japan, scheduled for October 2011 is a reminder that post Tsunami Japan remains a key UK business market.

This article talks about how a keynesian approach to an economic matter may be radically opposed to the point of view of a classicist; concretely about the japanese crisis, consequence of the earthquake and tsunami of the past month

Japan's nuclear crisis and the devastations caused by last Friday's earthquake and tsunami are unlikely to trigger a global recession as happened in the aftermath of the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers three years ago, according to leading economists. However, they expressed fears that automobile and electronic industries around the world, especially in Asia, Europe and the US, may face manufacturing delays, if the Japanese production of components remain crippled for a long period. Even though Japan is the world's third largest economy, its share of the global gross domestic product (GDP) is below 5 per cent. Therefore, the consequences for the global economy from the catastrophe will be very minimal

Updated March 21, 2011 12:27:44 The US dollar strengthened against the Japanese yen on Friday, after Japan and its Group of Seven partners stepped in to help the central bank force down the value of the currency. In a rare move, the powerful G7 agreed to a joint intervention to stabilize foreign exchange markets. A strong yen risks further destabilising Japan's economy

This article talks about how Taiwan's standard of living has passed Japan's. Although Japan's GDP per capita itself is still far larger than that of Taiwan, when taking into consideration of the price of the two markets, the real relative income for Taiwan is larger than that of Japan. The role that price plays here is that it serves as a clarifier of the numbers which may mislead the people into believing that the standard of living for Japanese people is twice as good as the Taiwanese's.

"WHEN disaster strikes, the reaction of many investors is to scoot first and ask questions later." The recent natural disaster in Japan not only caused tsunamis that destroyed the cities, but it also caused ripples of detrimental effects on the world economy. Investors reluctant to put their money on the table due to the negative trends due to geopolitical and economic reasons around the world further contribute to the cycle of recession.

This article is about the top 10 Keynesian ways to boost the economy of Japan after this year's terrible disaster. Jason Kaspar wrote that Japan will have a GDP boost in about six months as a result of rebuilding, but the money that was lost in these days will easily negate any future upside.

After the tsunami in Japan, it destroyed a place that focussed on fishing the Pacific Saury, therefore to ease supply shortfalls they set an import quota on this kind of fish.The quota amounts almost triple the size of actual imports last year.

This article is about how the supply side within the United States has changed since the Deepwater Horizon incident last year and the recent earthquake in Japan. These two disasters that occurred within 1 year of each other are estimated to affect the US economy for over 10 years at the least.