01607cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005918 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451820744 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Japan : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009. 1 online resource (37 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper focuses on Japan's public debt and the challenges facing small- and medium-size enterprises in Japan. Historically, Japan's public debt has been financed in a fairly smooth manner. The large pool of household savings and the stable domestic institutional investor base appear to have contributed to this successful experience. However, Japan is already undergoing rapid population aging, which will likely limit the market's future absorptive capacity of public debt. In addition, structural shifts in institutional investors could also serve to reduce market demand. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2009/211 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2009/211/002.2009.issue-211-en.xml IMF e-Library