日本の１９９８年末の金・外貨準備高は６８９億ドルで、１年前の７７０億ドルを下回った。の英語

Japan's gold and foreign exchange reserves stood at $68.9 billion at the end of 1998, down from $77.0 billion a year earlier.

The Japanese Cabinet Office recently announced that Japan's nominal gross domestic product (GDP) for 2010 was 479.22 trillion yen (about 5.47 trillion dollars).

A high savings rate is cited as one factor for Japan's strong economic growth because it means the availability of abundant investment capital.

Currently, Japan has the 10th largest population in the world with about 130 million people but it may have less than 100 million by 2050.

The total area of Japan as of Oct. 1, 2008 was 377,943.57 square kilometers, 13.58 square kilometers larger than in the previous year.

Japanese companies have set up factories on every continent, and Japanese banks help finance many of the world's major economic programs.

The U.S. dollar dipped against the Japanese yen, momentarily hitting a record low of ￥98 on the Tokyo foreign exchange yesterday.

Japanese consumers are watching closely the U.S. government's efforts to make Japan dismantle various restrictions on imports of foreign goods into the country.

Its gross domestic product (G.D.P.) is over 9.5 trillion euros, the world’s second largest after the United States.

The average surface air temperature in October and November in Japan is rising 0.9 and 1.1 degrees Celsius, respectively, per 100 years.

The trade balance registered a surplus of $76 billion, with exports reaching $314 billion and imports $238 billion.

The economic outlook is bright because GDP (gross domestic product) in the April-June quarter showed an annual growth rate of 3.9 percent.

To calculate the current replacement cost of a product, the inflation rate and other factors impacting the time value of money should be excluded.

During the first nine months of this year, 805,000 Japanese tourists visited Taiwan, more than 54,000 less than during the same period last year.

For example, in the Kansai and Kyushu areas, people have been asked to use 10 percent less electricity than in 2010 on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. till Sept. 7.

Taking into account the continued steady rise of unemployment in the current economic climate, the government issued some new economic measures.

The closing price of the Nikkei Stock Average on Jan. 4 reached levels not seen since before the Great East Japan Earthquake.

The rate of unemployment in Japan was only 1 percent during the years of high economic growth, but recently it has remained at the high rate of 5 percent.

The Year 2013 Problem in Japan means that retired or jobless men who become 60 years old on or after April 2, 2013 won't have any regular income for a certain period of time as a result of the phased raise in the qualifying age for receiving Social Security.

The total sales in Japan for this fiscal year are expected to be about one billion yen, and in fiscal 2005 they are expected to reach about 20 billion yen.

Learning lessons from Europe, Japan has to switch its economic-oriented policy to a consumer-conscious one, in order to cope with the coming unprecedented aging society towards the 21st century.

Learning lessons from Europe, Japan has to switch its economic-oriented policy to a consumer-conscious one in order to cope with the coming unprecedented ageing society towards the next century.

while the European and developing countries want more control over financial markets, the United States opposes greater international regulation.

The Earth Policy Institute in the United States recently reported that world bicycle production in 2000 climbed to 101 million, more than double the production of automobiles.

A high household savings rate in Japan is attributed, among other things, to people's desire to save money to buy a home.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will provide about half of the bank's total capital and the rest will be gathered from domestic and foreign private financial institutions.

According to the report, in this situation, it is necessary to increase income tax, and increase the consumption tax to 10 percent or more.

Regarding the situation in Japan after the earthquake, Keene said, "Japanese people were helping each other soon after the earthquake, but now they don't have the same passion as before. There's still a lot to do."

The Securities and Exchange Law prohibits such actions and the penalty for doing so is a maximum of five years imprisonment or a fine of up to five million yen.

Due to various setbacks like the global financial crisis of 2008 and the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, the goal took three years longer than expected.