Initially, the boomers were the stimulus of economic expansion:•1950s -- parents buy new houses and cars, suburbs emerge, and America is King of Production•1960s -- more housing, more cars, college educations, Made in Japan = cheap, Vietnam, shaken values, Johnson's "War on Poverty"•1970's -- the Boomers emerge with jobs, are new consumers -- more housing, international manufacturing becomes more competitive, US corporations locate operations overseas•1980s -- Reagan tax cuts = increased discretionary spending, revenues up, social programs funded, Iron Curtain falls, technology enables global expansion•1990s -- peak Boomer earnings, corporate America dissolves pensions (funding liabilities, regulatory liabilities, increasing PBGIC premiums) and convince Boomers to "control" their retirement with self-directed 401(k)'s, Moore's Law at work in technology, the Internet becomes hostile to profits, emergence of private equity and venture capital on a large scale, increased financial engineering•2000s -- oops, where did the American Dream go?

Back to Japan, from what I understand, the Japanese have been able to survive the last two decades of their anemic economy because they have one of the world's highest personal savings rates.

Perhaps I should say Japanese and Chinese since the Chinese have reduced their holdings enough so that Japan now holds more than them. 

i have yet to find out monthly expenses on most of the properties, today i plan on trying to find out the average prices of the owner expenses. and i have been researching rent prices in the city. i'm still living in japan and will be moving to Nebraska in June. 

When he was stationed in Japan/Bahrain, or anywhere, they get $2000 for housing, normal rent there is $1000-1200, since Jap govt is very strict and their military agency checks on the landlord, the landlord has to be a Jap citizen and all that.

If you don't mind investing in Far East, Japan, Kyoto is an excellent place for vacation rental investment.

Hello BP community, A quick intro about myself, well I am currently active duty Marine Corps stationed in Okinawa, Japan.

The ship were the treaty with Japan was signed to end WWII.

Not sure I understand what they are trying doing....Japan went to 0%, and it did not help them much!

When Iran asks Japan to stop paying in dollars, Japan demands fewer dollars on the foreign exchange market, shifting the overall demand curve for dollars on the FOREX market to the left (lower). 2.