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Europasurvey Publication Cautious About Long-Term Investment In Japan
Added: (Mon May 01 2006)
For Immediate Release: May 1, 2006
Media Contact: Dr. Ann H.L Sontz
Subject: Business Research: Japan
e-mail:europasurvey@hotmail.com
website: www.europasurvey.org
Europasurvey® Publication Cautious About Long-Term Investment In Japan
Europasurvey® has just announced the availability of an extensive guide to the Asian marketplace. “Japan and the Asian Century: A Challenge to Euro-Japanese Ties©” provides critical background information for investors in the UK and Europe. Japan’s economy
exhibits price stability, and its growth forecast remains predictable in the short-term.
However, a close analysis of its labor force indicates problems in that country’s ability to sustain a workforce size sufficient to meet future needs.
“Japan and the Asian Century©” may be downloaded cost-free by clicking under “free publications” at www.europasurvey.org. The report’s updated research predicts a rising age-dependency ratio, which will strenuously impact Japan’s investment climate. By 2020, 25% of Japan’s population will be 65 years of age or older. The implications for Japan’s economy are dramatic: (1) a shrinking labor force, particularly in its manufacturing and labor-intensive industries, and (2) a pressing need for the government to raise taxes to a level high enough to support a steep growth in national benefits and legacy costs. The publication questions whether outside investment will be sustainable over the long-term. It also provides needed information on the future of consumer demand and retail purchase levels, that will be of particular interest to exporters, and to UK businesses involved in wholesale and retail supply-chains.
Europasurvey® began in 2003 as an independent opinion polling institute. Its website is fully indexed on all major search engines. Europasurvey® is now a comprehensive bi-monthly newsletter, which features a NewsZone -- a press review that summaries major UK and European political and economic trends. In June, a Euroatlantic Digest will provide 54, 000 readers with a focus on the UK’s and Europe’s transatlantic relationships. In addition to each issue’s detailed commentary on public and economic policy, Europasurvey® undertakes a bi-annual survey that tracks business confidence among 100+ SBEs in the UK. The “Small Business Confidence Index-UK” is today a widely respected poll, whose results have been reported in the Federation of Small Businesses® press review and are also available for free download at www. europasurvey.org.
Europasurvey® offers corporate and individual investors a series of cost-free UK, pan-European, and country- specific research reports, as well as an opportunity to place low-cost website links. Its convenient NewsZone and Euroatlantic Digest are ideal for retailers, for financial and computer consultants, for the hotel, restaurant, and tourist industries, and for administrators of profit and non-profit educational institutions.
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