ADVISORY/Trade Rep Urges Japanese Quick Action.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1998-- TOPIC: U.S. trade representative Charlene Barshefsky urged the Japanese Thursday to take quick action to revive their economy. It is believed that further delays will worsen recession-bound Japan's economic problems, as well as those of other Asian countries. Japanese officials noted that they understand the urgency of their economic situation and are taking appropriate measures to alleviate it. President Clinton is set to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi Keizo Obuchi (小渕恵三; Obuchi Keizō, June 25, 1937–May 14, 2000) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives for twelve terms, and ultimately as the 84th Prime Minister of Japan from July 30, 1998 to April 5, next week. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Timothy P. Maga is a professor of history at Bentley College Bentley College is located at 175 Forest Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, 10 miles west of Boston. Founded as a school of accounting and finance in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, Bentley moved to Waltham in 1968 and today is ranked 31 on Business Week's top 100 undergrad . His expertise is in economic foreign policy and US-Japan economic relations. Allan Stam is a professor of political science at Yale University Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1702, moved (1707) to Saybrook (now Old Saybrook), and in 1716 was . His focus is on international relations international relations, study of the relations among states and other political and economic units in the international system. Particular areas of study within the field of international relations include diplomacy and diplomatic history, international law, and comparative foreign policy. Jeff Hart Jeff Hart was a fictional character in the now defunct American soap opera, Love of Life. He was played by actor Charles Baxter. Rosehill's crooked mayor Jeff Hart was the monstrous mayor of the city of Rosehill, New York. is a professor of political science at Indiana University Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. and concentrates on international economic relations. -0- ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. Journalists seeking to interview any of these experts can obtain contact information by visiting the ExpertSource website: http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at the above web address. Business Wire's Virtual Press Club provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com) for more information. |
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