JAPANESE ECONOMY

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Subtitle	Evolution of Japanese ecomomy observed through the lense of economic policymakers
Lecturer(s)	KUROSAWA, TOSHITAKE
Credit(s)	2
Academic Year/Semester	2024 Spring
Day/Period	Wed.1
Campus	Mita
Class Format	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
Registration Number	25608
Faculty/Graduate School	BUSINESS AND COMMERCE
Department/Major	BUSINESS AND COMMERCE
Year Level	3, 4
Field	BUSINESS-RELATED SUBJECTS
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Course Description	This course deals with Japan’s macroeconomic development (growth, inflation, exchange rate, etc.) during the post-war period with special focus placed on the current issues and policy responses.
K-Number	FBC-BC-35103-212-07

Course Administrator	Faculty/Graduate School	FBC	BUSINESS AND COMMERCE
Course Administrator	Department/Major	BC	BUSINESS AND COMMERCE
Main Course Number	Level	3	Third-year level coursework
	Major Classification	5	Commerce and Related Course
	Minor Classification	10	Commerce and Related Course
	Subject Type	3	Elective subject
Supplemental Course Information	Class Classification	2	Lecture
	Class Format	1	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
	Language of Instruction	2	English
Academic Discipline		07	Economics, business administration, and related fields

Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

The program aims to help enhance participants's practical analytical skill to understand economic phenomenons, through analysing evolutions of Japanese economy over the past decades and their interactions wth economic policies, including monetary, fiscal, financial regulation policies, as well as trade and industrial policy.
The discussion would encompass: the high-speed growth period of 60s; the hyper-inflation age of 70s; financial bubble days of 80s; the financial crises of 90s and 2000s, as well as the successive deflationary decades extended through the launch of the new policies - Abenomics and beyond.
The course will benefit from the lecturer's years of experience actuallly working as a policy analyst in major international organizations (WTO, IMF, WBG) and Japanese government agencies (MOF, FSA, METI).