This article contends that key structural changes in Japan's political economy have been the result of Japan's new interactions with world capital markets. A once closed system is now substantially more open to currency fluctuations and enhanced capital movements into and out of Japan. These have led to sweeping systemwide alterations in Japan's prior system.
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