In the 1990s, the Japanese Economy

question 15

Multiple Choice

In the 1990s, the Japanese economy

• A) declined because of economic depression the United States which thus no longer had the financial income to purchase Japanese exports.
• B) faced the increasing competitive nature of American firms in the global marketplace.
• C) prospered considerably because of the group nature of Japanese society which guaranteed life-time employment.
• D) declined because of the value o f the yen rose wh ich hurt exports.
• E) expanded considerably more than did Communist China during the same decade.

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