Japan needs to establish its own sovereign wealth fund worth several to a dozen trillion yen, so as to effectively create wealth and sustain growth despite population declines, a lawmaker advocating the fund said. House of Councillors member Kotaro Tamura... ...full story at Japan Today
from Japan Today on Sat, Mar 08 2008
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