| Database Description: | Contains the complete text of all English-language newswires as reported by Kyodo News Service, Tokyo, Japan. Provides coverage of economic (macro and micro indicators), political, trade/business and social news from Japan, as well as international news that relates to Japan. Comprises the following sub-files:
NRI ECONOMIC INFORMATION: includes NRI 5-quarter forecasts on domestic economy and financial trends, and also analyses of current economic situation.
ECONOMY IN GENERAL: includes the economic outlook, national accounts, national income statistics, fiscal statistics, household consumption, wholesale and consumer prices, trade and international balance of payments, and labour statistics.
FINANCIAL: covers currency, flow of funds, financial institution accounts, detailed information on loans and deposits, money and banking, money market rates, stock and bond markets.
INDUSTRY GENERAL: contains information from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, corporate failures, financial statements of business corporations, plants and equipment investments, census of manufactures, and commodity market conditions.
INDUSTRY SPECIFIC: covers ceramics, chemicals, construction, electric power and gas, energy, foodstuffs, iron and steel, machinery, non-ferrous metals, paper and pulp, pharmaceuticals, real estate, textiles, transport equipment, and services. |