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Government Democratic Party
Government
Government Liberal Democratic Party
Government Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal Democratic Party
World War, 2nd
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Fukuda, Takeo
Hashimoto, Ryutaro
Ikeda, Hayato
Nakasone, Yasuhiro
Nobuyuki, Abe
Obuchi, Keizo
Osachi, Hamaguchi
Sato, Eisaku
Suzuki, Zenko
Tanaka, Kakuei
Yoshida, Shigeru
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Tokyo
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Economy
History of Japan
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| | 1929 | Osachi, Hamaguchi | |
| Returns Japan to the gold standard to combat inflation |
| July The USAstock market crash is followed by a depression |
| 1940 | Nobuyuki, Abe | |
| Jan Major shortage of foods & other goods, prices rising quickly |
| 1949 | Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| 23rd April Joseph Dodge announces a fixed rate of 360 yen/dollar |
| 1960 | Ikeda, Hayato | |
| Sep Announces plans to double Japan's income over the decade |
| 1971 | Sato, Eisaku | |
| The USA imposes a 10% surcharge on all imports, aimed in particular at Japan |
| Dec Under the Smiths onian Agreement there are 308 Yen to the Dollar |
| 1974 | Tanaka, Kakuei | |
| Jan Japan suffers its 1st "oil shock" as prices increase 4 fold over 4 months |
| 1978 | Fukuda, Takeo | |
| Oct Suffers a 2nd "oil shock" as oil prices increase dramatically |
| 1980 | Suzuki, Zenko | |
| 31st Mar Japan has a record trade deficit of $14.4 billion |
| 1985 | Nakasone, Yasuhiro | |
| The Yen is revalued |
| 9th April Nakasone advises the Japanese to buy foreign products |
| 1991 | Hashimoto, Ryutaro | |
| Hashimoto orders a commission from the private sector to look into improving the Japanese market for foreign competition & opens it up to trade |
| 1998 | Hashimoto, Ryutaro | |
| April By April a record 17,500 businesses in Japan have gone bankrupt |
| 1998 | Obuchi, Keizo | |
| Tokyo The Finance Ministry estimates there is a total of $548 billion bad loans |
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