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 2004
 2003
  2002
 2001
   
Growth Rate in Real GDP
  6.1% (SAAR (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate), the 1st quarter of 2004)
3.2%
(FY2003) (1.1% (FY2002), 1.2% (FY2001))

(The 1st PreliminaryEstimates of National Expenditure Jan.-Mar.2004, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office
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IMF and OECD predict 3.4% and 3.0% growth in 2004 respectively.

Disposal of Non-performaing Loans
 

NPLs – 5.2% of outstanding loans at the major banks in March 2004

8.4% in March 2002 - The government's goal is to reduce it to the 4% level by March 2005

(Financial Statements of Major Banks: March 2004, Financial Services Agency)

Nikkei 225 Stock Average
  11,166.03 JPY (5/27/2004)
(7,600 JPY in April 2003)

(Nikkei.net Interactive)

Unemployment Rate
  4.7% in April 2004 (almost the lowest in the past three years)

(Labour Force Survey Monthly Results; April 2004, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
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  Industrial Revitalization Corporation
The Ceremony of Certification of Plans for Special Zones for Structural Reform and Plans for Regional Revitalization (12/09/04)
Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the "Guidelines for Formulation of the FY2005 Budget" (Cabinet Decision) Responding to the Proposals of the Council on Econmic and Fiscal Policy" (12/09/04)
Twenty-fourth Meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) (09/10/04)
Invest Japan! (08/19/04)
Opening Speech by Toshihiko Fukui, Governor of the Bank of Japan, at the 11th International Conference sponsored by the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, on July 5, 2004 (07/06/04)
Japan's Economic Recovery (06/17/04)
Prime Minister's Statement on "Basic Policies for Economic and Fiscal Management and Structural Reform 2004" (06/10/04)
Basic Policies for Economic and Fiscal Management and Structural Reform 2004 (06/09/04)
Foreign Direct Investment Promotion (06/03/04)
Publicity of Foreign Direct Investment Promotion in the US (06/01/04)
The Eighth Meeting of the Intellectual Property Policy Headquarters (05/28/04)
The First Meeting of the Headquarters for the Promotion of Regulatory Reform and Opening up to the Private Sector (05/26/04)
Prime Minister Observes IT-related Technologies in Tokyo (05/13/04)
Commemorative Exhibition for the First Anniversary of the
Establishment of the Special Zones for Structural Reform
(04/28/04)
Japan's Government Procurement: Policy and Achievements Annual Report  (04/27/04)
The Ninth Meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) (04/27/04)
Prime Minister Delivers Address on the Launching of the Preparatory Office for Privatization of Postal Services  (04/27/04)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the Passage of the FY2004 Budget (03/30/04)
The Ceremony of Certification of Plans for Special Zones for Structural Reform (03/25/04)
Structural Reform and Medium-Term Economic and Fiscal Perspectives - FY 2003 Revision, Decided by the Cabinet on January 19. 2004 (Jan. 19, 2004)(PDF format) (03/12/04)
Fiscal 2004 Economic Outlook and Basic Stance for Macroeconomic & Fiscal Management, Decided by the Cabinet on January 19.2004 (Jan.19.2004)(PDF format) (03/12/04)
Video Clips (TV Commercial Inviting Investment in Japan) video Media 64k / 256k, Real 64k / 256k (03/05/04)
TV Commercial Inviting Investment in Japan (03/04/04)
Speech on Fiscal Policy by Minister of Finance Tanigaki at the 159th Session of the National Diet (02/19/04)
Progress and Challenges of Structural Reform in Japanese Economy (PDF: 434KB) (01/29/04)
The First Meeting of the Year 2004 of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP)  (01/20/04)
Kantei Economic Policy Conference (01/16/04)
Keynote Speech given by Toshihiko Fukui, Governor of the Bank of Japan, at the JSLA Symposium on 'New Corporate Finance to Revitalize Japan,' in Tokyo, on November 17, 2003 (Toward the Reform of Corporate Finance in Japan) (01/05/04)
Keynote speech given by Kazumasa Iwata, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan, at the Center for Financial Industry Information Systems (FISC), on December 9, 2003 (Recent Economic and Financial Developments) (01/05/04)
   

 

 
     
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