Japan: Government Policy & Public Finance

Japan, reeling from the after-effects of the Great Earthquake earlier this year, has a renewed focused on infrastructure, especially that relating to renewable energy.

Starting with the subprime crisis, the world economy has been plunged into a "once in a hundred years" economic crisis. With the United States as the epicenter, the U.S., Europe, Japan, and China are creating demand for goods and services through large-scale government spending in order to cover the sudden shrinkage in demand.