Contents, Introduction and Explanatory Notes (PDF:60KB)

Section 1 :

• Sluggish recovery of the world economy amid persistent global uncertainty (PDF:1,925KB)

Section 2 :

• European economy in chaos intensified by debt crisis (PDF:1,442KB)

Section 3 :

• U.S. economy: Continued growth but prospects uncertain (PDF:626KB)

Section 4 :

• Chinese economy: High growth but at a slower pace (PDF:497KB)

Section 5 :

• Other Asian economies (PDF:213KB)

Section 6 :

• Central and South American economy and Russian economy (PDF:434KB)

1. Central and South American economy
2. Russian economy

Section 1 :

• Transition and structural change of Japanese trade and economy (PDF:821KB)

Section 2 :

• Structure of international division of labor in East Asia and its change (PDF:533KB)

Section 3 :

• Floods in Thailand that caused a significant impact on trade environment, etc. of neighboring nations/regions, including Japan (PDF:1,756KB)

Section 4 :

• Events that caused a material impact on Japan's trade environment, etc.
  - trade deficit, earthquake, and higher yen - (PDF:2,345KB)

Section 1 :

• Current situation of overseas business activities of Japanese enterprises and the problems involved (PDF:526KB)

Section 2 :

• International comparison of overseas business activities (PDF:646KB)

Section 3 :

• Toward overseas development of service industry (PDF:1,027KB)

Section 4 :

• Towards strengthening locational competitiveness (PDF:785KB)

Section 1 :

• Improvement of trade and investment environment bolstering Japanese enterprises' initiatives (PDF:2,248KB)

Section 2 :

• Support for overseas business activities in response to changing needs (PDF:1,337KB)

Section 3 :

• Urgent measures to strengthen locational competitiveness (PDF:1,907KB)

• Supplementary Notes (PDF:292KB)
• Reference (PDF:122KB)
• Figures and Tables Index (PDF:104KB)
• Appendix Tables (PDF:200KB)