TY - BOOK AU - Kaizuka, Keimei., ed. AU - Krueger, O., ed. TI - Tackling Japan's fiscal challenges: strategies to cope with high public debt and population aging SN - 9780230007871 U1 - 336.52 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave KW - Older people KW - Japan KW - Budget deficits KW - Debts, Public KW - Fiscal policy N1 - Overview of the Japanese deficit question / R. Glenn Hubbard and Takatoshi Ito -- Comments on "Overview of the Japanese deficit question" -- Public debt and economic growth in an aging Japan / Toshihiro Ihori [and others] -- Comments on "Public debt and economic growth in an aging Japan" -- Medium-term strategies for long-term goals / Henry J. Aaron -- Comments on "Medium-term strategies for long-term goals" -- Fiscal decentralization in Japan : does it harden the budgets of local governments? / Eiji Tajika and Yuji Yui -- Comments on "Fiscal decentralization in Japan : does it harden the budgets of local governments?" -- Managing public costs in the Japanese health and nursing care sector / Yutaka Imai and Howard Oxley -- Challenges in creating a cohesive system for health care, pensions, and the needs of the elderly / Keimei Kaizuka -- Avoiding a fiscal/demographic/economic debacle in Japan / Laurence J. Kotlikoff -- Comments on "Managing public costs in the Japanese health and nursing care sector," "Challenges in creating a cohesive system for health care, pensions, and the needs of the elderly," and "Avoiding a fiscal/demographic/economic debacle in Japan" -- Concluding remarks / Anne O. Krueger ER -