No. 22 — June 9, 2000

Feature Article

ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, POLITICAL CHANGES CHALLENGE
JAPAN'S COZY BUSINESS-GOVERNMENT TIES

Barbara Wanner

• Summary
• Policymaking The "Old Way": Consensus, Connections And A Compact
  • Traditional Lobbying Activities
• Recurrent Graft, Economic Problems Shape Reform Initiatives
  • Business As Usual
  • Busted
  • Public Outcry Intensifies
  • Political Reform
  • Bureaucratic Ethics
  • Administrative Reform
• Business Reevaluates Relationship With Government
  • Political Contributions
  • Cross-Cutting Issues
  • Information Needs
  • "Domestic" Reluctance
• Outlook: Lower House Elections May Cause More Uncertainty
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Weekly Review

• JEI To Phase Out Operations
  --- by Arthur J. Alexander
• Mori Dissolves Lower House For June 25 Elections
  --- by Barbara Wanner
• Japan's GDP Data Provoke International Controversy
  --- by Douglas Ostrom
• Japanese Bank Results Return To Black, But Future Still Looks Blue
  --- by Jon Choy
• Business Failures Rising In Japan As New Bankruptcy Law Takes Effect
  --- by Arthur J. Alexander
• Notes
  • ADB Approves New Japan Fund
    --- by Marc Castellano

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