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This 4 page paper discusses aspects of import, export, banking, trade and investments with regard to Japan. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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questions, it seems easiest to simply list them and answer them in order. First, we turn to regulation on investments. What sort of controls does Japan exercise on direct investments?
Are there free transfers of money in and out of the country? Because Japan suffered a heavy defeat in World War II, it was a debtor nation for a long
time, and its use of capital was strongly influenced by government policy (Capital flows, 1994). "During the 1950s and the first half of the 1960s ... concern over maintaining a
high credit rating in international capital markets and fear of having to devalue the currency and of foreign ownership of Japanese companies all led to tight controls over both inflow
and outflow of capital" (Capital flows, 1994). As an example, we find that in this period the government "severely restricted foreign direct investment in Japan, but it encouraged licensing agreements
with foreign firms to obtain access to their technology" (Capital flows, 1994). As the economic picture improved, Japan was pressured to "liberalize its tight controls" (Capital flows, 1994). In
1966, when Japan became a member of OECD, it agreed to do so, leaving "all external economic transactions ... free of control," at least in theory (Capital flows, 1994). However,
in reality a "wide range of transactions" is still subject to some sort of government control, either formal or informal (Capital flows, 1994). Next, we look at imports and
exports. Is Japan a member of any trade treaties or of the European Commission? Are there regulations on exports? Is an export license required? What are the regulations on foreign
trade? Japan is a member of the following: the United Nations (UN), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation [sic] for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the General Agreement
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