Japan. «1955 System»

1 On Measuring Japan ’ s Productivity , 1955 - 2003

The paper looks at the contribution of the market sector to changes in Japan’s living standards over the years 1955-2003. Initially, a conventional Total Factor Productivity growth approach is taken where TFP growth is measured as year to year Fisher gross output growth divided by Fisher primary input growth. The slowdown in Japan’s TFP performance in the post bubble period is documented. The p...

Increasing trends in mortality rate of aortic aneurysms in Japan, 1955-90.

To know the characteristics of mortality from aortic aneurysms in Japan, the age-adjusted and age-specific mortality rates of the diseases were calculated based on the Vital Statistics of Japan published from the Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Health and Welfare. The overall age-adjusted mortality rate increased 24.8-fold from 0.43 to 10.98 per 100,00...

'Epidemic neuromyasthenia' 1955-1978.

A record of fifty-three patients admitted to the Infectious Diseases Department of the Royal Free Hospital between April 1955 and September 1957 suffering from 'epidemic neuromyasthenia' establishes the fact that the condition was endemic in the general population before, during and after the outbreak among the staff of the hospital. A further outbreak occurred in North Finchley between 1964 an...

Stefan Jentsch (1955–2016)

Stefan Jentsch, whose unusual creativity and trailblazing work changed forever the fields of ubiquitin biology, DNA repair, splicing, and autophagy, sadly passed away in Munich on October 29 after a short and severe illness. Stefan was born in Berlin on May 29, 1955. Following his school and university years, Stefan embarked on his graduate thesis in his still-divided hometown and joined Thomas...

Istanbul, August 1955