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Japan’s Long Stagnation, Deflation, and Abenomics

Mechanisms and Lessons

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Authors:
  1. Kenji Aramaki

    1. Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

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  • Explains the underlying causes behind Japanese economic stagnation

  • Offers a cautionary tale for other Asian economies

  • Brings practical policy-making experience together with theoretical insights

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Introduction: Objectives and Main Arguments of the Book

    • Kenji Aramaki
    Pages 1-32

  3. Formation of a Bubble and Its Background

    • Kenji Aramaki
    Pages 33-82

  4. Collapse of the Bubble and the Start of the Long Stagnation

    • Kenji Aramaki
    Pages 83-127

  5. The Financial Crisis and Its Impacts, Long Recovery, and Afterward

    • Kenji Aramaki
    Pages 129-188

  6. Deflation and Monetary Policy

    • Kenji Aramaki
    Pages 189-220

  7. Deflation and the Mechanism of Corporate Behavior

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    Pages 221-284

  8. Abenomics and Challenges for the Japanese Economy

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    Pages 285-340

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 341-367
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About this book

This book examines the struggles of the Japanese economy over the last 30 years, analyzing in detail the formation of the huge economic bubble in the 1980s, its collapse at the beginning of the 1990s, and subsequent two decade long economic stagnation and chronic deflation, with the aim of identifying the mechanism of such processes and drawing lessons for future economic policy management. The book also assesses the comprehensive policy efforts called “Abenomics” under the current Abe administration. As Abe continues into a new term, this book will be of interest to Japan scholars, economists, and policymakers around the world, particularly in Asia.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

    Kenji Aramaki

About the author

Kenji Aramaki graduated from Hitotsubashi University with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies in 1974 and a Bachelor of Arts in Law in 1976. He was awarded Master of Philosophy in Economics from Oxford University in 1980 and Doctor of Economics in 2001 from Kyoto University. After 30 year-long career at the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan, including two years as an economist at the IMF, he moved to the University of Tokyo where he taught international economy up to March 2017. He has been teaching at the Tokyo Woman’s Christian University since April 2017. He was a visiting professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London University from 2014 to 2015. 

His publications include “Capital Account Liberalization: Japan’s Experience and Implications for China” in Capital Account Liberalization in China: The Need for a Balanced Approach (2014), “Bretton Woods Institutions and Japan’s Response-Past, Present and the Future” in Glenn D. Hook and Harukiyo Hasegawa’s edited volume Japanese Responses to Globalization (2006), and in Japanese, The Asian Crisis and the IMF (1999) and Risks of Financial Globalization (2018).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Japan’s Long Stagnation, Deflation, and Abenomics

  • Book Subtitle: Mechanisms and Lessons

  • Authors: Kenji Aramaki

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2176-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2175-7Published: 22 February 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3073-9Published: 23 February 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2176-4Published: 07 February 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 367

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 180 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Asian Economics, Asian Politics, Economic Policy

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