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Challenges and Directions of Economic and Industrial Policy in Japan

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Content Inside: Challenges and Directions of Economic and Industrial Policy in Japan November 2003 Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) 1. The Economy of Japan: Current Status and Ongoing Issues --- 1 2. Financing for Industry ---14 3. Employment and Human Resources ---35 4. Industrial Revitalization ---64 5. Tax System for Industry ---78 6. Entrepreneurships and Business Start-ups ---84 Table of Contents 1. The Economy of Japan: Current Status and Ongoing Issues Positive Signs in the Japanese Economy Sustainable economic growth led by private- sector demand From the public to the private sector Regulatory reform Economic revitalization Structural reform Corporate revitalization industrial restructuring Private-sector revitalization fund Debt reduction Challenges facing new corporations Corporations with 1 yen in capital University-launched ventures Industrial clusters Small and medium enterprise finance Encouraging efforts to reform corporations Accelerate the markets metabolism Stock price recovery Dissipating the sense of uncertainty about the future U.S. economic recovery Improve corporate profits Expand the plant and equipment investment plan (particularly for large corporations and manufacturing industry) Tax cuts for IT and R&D investment - Increasingly crucial period for full-fledged recovery - Overcome deflation Response to employment issues Dissipate the sense of uncertainty about the future in order to expand personal consumption Support corporate & industrial revitalization Support business creation & start- ups Crucial period for full-fledged recovery 1 Aiming at Seasonally Adjusted Real Growth Rates (compared to previous quarter: %) Ratio to GDP (%) * Current Status of the Japanese Economy * in real terms (1995 standard) -There are some major positive signs in: Improved corporate profits Recovery in plant and equipment investment -While concerns still remain in: Employment and income -Stock prices exchange rates and ...

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