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China Surpasses Japan as World's Number Two Economy | Sex+Metropolis

[Sex+Metropolis] China’s growth comes both from huge state investment in infrastructure and heavy industry and from private sector expansion in light industry instead of just exports, whose role in the economy appears to have been significantly overestimated. The smaller but highly concentrated public sector, dominated by 159 large SOEs, provided key inputs from utilities, heavy industries, and energy resources that facilitated private sector growth and drove investment, the foundation of national growth.

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August 17, 2010

China's economy takes over Japan's | US Post Today.

[US Post Today.] US Post Today. - China's economy takes over Japan's.

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July 31, 2010

China Overtakes Japan as World's Second-Largest Economy - DailyFinance

[DailyFinance] China is now the world's second-largest economy, having overtaken Japan, a senior Chinese official said.

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July 30, 2010

NewsDaily: China overtakes Japan as No.2 economy: FX chief

[NewsDaily: Top Headlines] In one important respect, however, China is still a shrinking violet: anxious to shield itself from the rough-and-tumble of global markets, it does not permit its currency to be freely exchanged except for purposes of trade and foreign direct investment.

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December 25, 2009

Japan Economy

[Armoks News] Deflation tightened its hold on Japan in November and the unemployment rate rose for the first time in four months, as the world's second-biggest economy struggles to stage a convincing comeback. The unemployment rate climbed to 5.2 percent, reversing an improvement to 5.1 percent in October, the government said Friday.

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October 30, 2009

Halloween & the Japanese economy | Japan Probe

[Japan Probe] Halloween easily fits in with Japan because Japan already has a ghostly tradition and a belief of spirits returning with is the core of the original Halloween or Samhain as it was known in Pagan-Celtic Ireland. Japanese elements have long been a part of Halloween in America providing some of the most favorite costumes like ninja, anime characters, samurai, godzilla, etc…

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February 14, 2009

Global Economy Matters: Staring into the Abyss

[Global Economy Matters] well because, absent a solid growth in exports, Japanese companies have to rely on the domestic market for growth (at least to some extent) and this is quite literally impossible with Japan's demographic profile.

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