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J@pan Inc Magazine Presents:
M O N E Y W A T C H
Weekly Financial Commentary from Tokyo
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Issue No. 42
Tuesday, September 2, 2003
Tokyo
++ Viewpoint: Japan's "New" Seniors Drive Consumption
The Bottom Line
Top-Down: The rapid aging of Japan is a macro-economic
negative, but it will bring Japan's "gray panthers" to the
forefront.