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Country Finance Japan 2009

Market assessment

Market watch

Japan at a glance: Political structure

Japan at a glance: Executive summary

Banks: Overview

Banks: Bank regulators

Banks: Domestic banks

Banks: Foreign banks

Banks: Investment banks and brokerages

Banks: Development and postal banks

Banks: Offshore banks

Other financial institutions: Overview

Other financial institutions: Non-bank lenders suffer due to new money-lending regulations

Other financial institutions: Insurance companies

Other financial institutions: Pension funds

Other financial institutions: Mutual funds

Other financial institutions: Asset-management firms

Other financial institutions: Venture-capital and private-equity firms

Other financial institutions: Factoring firms

Other financial institutions: Financial leasing companies

Other financial institutions: Other institutions

Monetary system: Overview

Monetary system: Base lending rates

Monetary system: Monetary policy

Monetary system: Fiscal policy

Currency: Overview

Currency: Currency behaviour

Currency: Currency outlook

Foreign-exchange regulations: Overview

Foreign-exchange regulations: Legislative watchlist

Foreign-exchange regulations: Incoming direct investment

Foreign-exchange regulations: Portfolio investment

Foreign-exchange regulations: Restrictions on trade-related payments

Foreign-exchange regulations: Loan inflows and repayment

Foreign-exchange regulations: Non-residents borrowing locally

Foreign-exchange regulations: Repatriation of capital

Foreign-exchange regulations: Remittance of dividends and profits

Foreign-exchange regulations: Remittance of royalties and fees

Foreign-exchange regulations: Hold accounts

Foreign-exchange regulations: Netting

Taxation and investment incentives: Overview

Taxation and investment incentives: Corporate tax rates

Taxation and investment incentives: Taxable income defined

Taxation and investment incentives: Tax traps

Taxation and investment incentives: Incentives

Cash management: Overview

Cash management: Trust banks expand range of product offerings

Cash management: Payment-clearing systems

Cash management: Receivables management

Cash management: Payables management

Cash management: Cash pooling

Securities markets

Securities markets: Overview

Securities markets: Corporate governance

Securities markets: Trading, clearing and settlement

Securities markets: Listing procedures

Securities markets: Initial public offerings

Securities markets: Underwritten offerings

Securities markets: Rights offerings

Securities markets: Private placements

Securities markets: GDRs/ADRs

Securities markets: Alternative markets

Currency and derivatives markets: Overview

Currency and derivatives markets: Currency spot market

Currency and derivatives markets: Futures and forward contracts

Currency and derivatives markets: Options

Currency and derivatives markets: Swaps

Currency and derivatives markets: Exotics

Currency and derivatives markets: Regulatory considerations

Short-term investment instruments: Overview

Short-term investment instruments: Time deposits

Short-term investment instruments: Certificates of deposit

Short-term investment instruments: Treasury bills

Short-term investment instruments: Repurchase agreements

Short-term investment instruments: Commercial paper

Short-term investment instruments: Banker's acceptances

Short-term investment instruments: Corporate financial strategies

Short-term financing: Overview

Short-term financing: Overdrafts

Short-term financing: Bank loans

Short-term financing: Discounting of trade bills

Short-term financing: Commercial paper

Short-term financing: Banker's acceptances

Short-term financing: Factoring

Short-term financing: Supplier credit

Short-term financing: Intercompany borrowing

Medium- and long-term financing: Overview

Medium- and long-term financing: Bank loans

Medium- and long-term financing: Elpida Memory's moving-strike convertible bond issue

Medium- and long-term financing: Financial leasing

Medium- and long-term financing: Corporate bond issues

Medium- and long-term financing: Private placement of notes

Medium- and long-term financing: Structured finance

Medium- and long-term financing: Infrastructure financing

Trade financing and insurance: Overview

Trade financing and insurance: Export-insurance programmes

Trade financing and insurance: Official export-credit programmes

Trade financing and insurance: Private export-financing techniques

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