Download or read book Japanese Economic Policy Reconsidered written by Craig Freedman and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise and relative decline of the Japanese economy has been an important feature of the world economy since the late 1980s. This book re-evaluates commonly held perceptions in the West and in Japan about the strength of the Japanese economy, shedding new light on Japan's current economic situation and prescribing policies to restructure the domestic economy in order to achieve growth objectives.