White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2008

• Contents (PDF: 12KB)
• Explanatry Notes (PDF: 11KB)
• Introduction (PDF: 67KB)

Chapter 1: The world economy facing difficulties, and its prospect for new development driven by the “five billion” markett

Section 1

Current status of the global economy (PDF: 395KB)

Section 2

Movements in the world economy by region (PDF: 547KB)

Section 3

The growing economies of emerging countries (PDF: 1,728KB)

Chapter 2: Creation of the "Pan Asian Market" leading New Development of the world economy

Section 1

Unifying the world economy and Asia (PDF: 1,502KB)

Section 2

Globalization and Japan's economy (PDF:581KB)

Section 3

Building an international industrial structure for market creation (PDF: 536KB)

Section 4

Establishing a new economic structure that is open and becomes the core of Asia (PDF: 1,170KB)

Chapter 3: Creating a market for sustainable development in response to global challenges

Section 1

Climate change and Japan's initiatives (PDF: 420KB)

Section 2

Resource problems and Japan's action (PDF: 359KB)

Section 3

Food problems and the approach adopted by Japan (PDF: 169KB)

Section 4

Water problems and Japan's efforts (PDF: 345KB)

Section 5

Global development and poverty (PDF: 298KB)

Chapter 4: Establishing a global strategy to lead sustainable development

Section 1

Global Strategies of Other Countries (PDF: 425KB)

Section 2

Efforts by the WTO (PDF: 99KB)

Section 3

Efforts for EPAs/FTAs, etc. (PDF: 313KB)

Section 4

Promoting Inward and Outward Investment Activities in Japan (PDF: 228KB)

Section 5

Promoting Asian Economic and Environmental Community (PDF: 589KB)

• Supplementary Notes (PDF: 176KB)
• References (PDF: 188KB)
• Appendix Tables (PDF: 67KB)