White Papers/ Reports

White Papers
White Paper on International Economy and Trade
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  • Year 2007
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  • Year 2006
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  • Year 2005
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  • Year 2004
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  • Year 2003
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  • Year 2002
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  • Year 2001 (PDF file)
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  • The Economic Foundations of Japanese Trade Policy-Promoting a Multi-Layered Trade policy (August 2000)
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  • Year 2000 (PDF file)
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  • Year 1999 (PDF file)
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  • Year 1998 (PDF file)
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  • Year 1997
    White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan
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  • Year 2005 (PDF: 7.2MB)
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  • Year 2004 (PDF: 8.3MB)
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  • Year 2003 (Outline: PDF: 895KB) (Full Text: PDF: 8.0MB)
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  • Year 2002 (Points: PDF: 584KB) (Full Text: PDF: 5.7MB)
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  • Year 2001 (PDF: 2.2MB)
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  • Year 2000
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  • Year 1999
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  • Year 1998
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  • Year 1997
    Annual Energy Report
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  • FY 2005 (PDF: 958KB)

    Committee Reports
    Report on Compliance by Major Trading Trade Partners with Trade Agreements - WTO, FTA/EPA, BIT-
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  • Year 2007  
    Report on the WTO Inconsistency of Trade Policies by Major Trading Partners
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  • Year 2006  
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  • Year 2004
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  • Year 1998

    Summary of the Commodity Exchange Committee Interim Report on How Commodity Futures Market should be in the Future in Japan (PDF:35KB) (released in Japanese in December, 2007) - Commerce Division, Commerce and Distribution Policy Group

    Contents Global Strategy Final Report (PDF:999.39KB) (released in Japanese in July, 2007)
    - Media and Content Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau

    Study Group Report on the Enhancement of Competitiveness of the Non-Agricultural Commodity Futures Markets - Establishment of more attractive markets for participants -(PDF) (released in Japanese in June 27, 2007)
    - List of the Members of the Study Group (PDF)

    - Schedule on Introduction of the Next System and Demutualization (PDF)
    - Schedule of the Study Group (PDF)
    - Action Plan for Enhancement of Competitiveness of the Industrial Futures Markets in Japan
     (PDF )

    - Commerce Division, Commerce and Distribution Policy Group

    Towards Innovation and Productivity
    - Improvement in Service Industries -
    (released in Japanese in April 2007)
    - Service Unit, Commerce and Information Bureau

    Global Economic Strategy (Summary) (PDF:823KB) (October 21, 2006, released in Japanese in April 12 2006) -International Economic Affairs Division, Trade Policy Bureau

    Report of the Risk Finance Study Group
    - Toward the Prevalence of Risk Finance -
    (July 31, 2006, released in Japanese in March 2006)
    - Industrial Finance Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau

    Outline of the New Economic Growth Strategy (provisional translation) (PDF: 1.5MB)  (July 26, 2006, released in Japanese in June 2006)- Industrial Revitalization Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau

    Interim report by the Energy Security Study Group (PDF: 1MB)  (July 18, 2006, released in Japanese in June 2006)- Communications Office, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy

    New National Energy Strategy (digest) (Link to the ANRE website)  (June 28, 2006, released in Japanese in May 2006)- General Policy Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy

    Interim Report by Study Group on Corporate Accounting  (December 2, 2005, released in Japanese in September 2005)- Corporate Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau

    Interim Report by Subcommittee on Management & Intellectual Assets  (October 26, 2005, released in Japanese on August 11, 2005- Intellectual Property Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau

    Report of the Asian PPP Study Group  (PDF: 490KB)(April 2005) - Trade Finance and Economic Cooperation Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau

    Summary of the Final Report on the Secondary System Pipe Rupture at Unit 3, Mihama Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO)  (April 18, 2005) - International Affairs Office, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency

    The Report of the Joint Study Group on the Possible Trilateral Investment Agreements among China, Japan, and Korea (PDF: 418KB) (November 29, 2004)

     Interim Report of the Clean Coal Cycle (C3) Study Group (PDF: 1.3MB) (November 12, 2004)
    Summary (PDF: 203KB)

    Convention on Nuclear Safety - National Report of Japan for Third Review Meeting (PDF: 914KB) (September 17, 2004)
    Annexes (PDF: 729KB)

    "Asian Dynamism and Prospects for Technical Cooperation Policy" Interim Report by the METI Study Group on Technical Cooperation (September 10, 2003, released in Japanese on July 7) (PDF: 78KB)

    Interim Report by Global Environmental Subcommittee, Environmental Committee, Industrial Structure Council
    Perspectives and Actions to Construct a Future Sustainable Framework on Climate Change
    (PDF: 778KB)

    "Establishing a Diversified, Creative Work System Conforming to the Trend Toward a Service Economy" Full Text (PDF 460KB) Outline (PDF: 181KB) Key Points of the Report (PDF: 34KB) (September 6, 2002)

    Summary of Reports from the Study Group on Corporate Management and Financial Reporting (May 7, 2002)

    Summary of the report by the New and Renewable Energy Subcommittee (April 22, 2002) (PDF file)

    Towards Advancement of a Recycling-Oriented Economic System (March, 2002)

    Second Draft Proposal - Policy Planning for Implementing National Strategies on Information Technology - (November, 2000)

    Facilitate Competition in Network Service Sectors and Eliminate Impediments and Establish Suitable Rules for e-Commerce and IT Utilization (September, 2000)
    Report of Corporate Legal System Study Group for Research on Economic Activity and the Judicial System (August, 2000)
    Challenges and Prospects for Economic and Industrial Policy in the 21st Century --- Building a Competitive, Participatory Society (PDF file) (March 16, 2000)
    National Strategies for Industrial Technology (April 10, 2000)
    Outline of Recommendations from the Small and Medium Enterprise Policy Making Council (September 22,1999)
    Interim Report of the "Subcommittee for Human Resource Development in the Information Technology Field" (July, 1999)
    Research Committee on Possible Contributions of the Chemical Industry to Building a Recycling Society --- Interim Report --- (July 16, 1999)
    An Interim Report of Credit Industry Committee in the Installment Sales Council "Adjustment of Consumer Agreements for Installment Sales (Centering on the continuous service offer agreements)" Outline (February 16,1999)
    Approaches to Stabilization and Activation of Contents Transactions - Report by the Joint Conference of the Digital Contents, the Industrial Structure Council (February 3, 1999)
    Review on Standards and Conformity Certification Systems (January 20, 1999)
    Digests of the Product Safety Joint Sub-Committee Report (December, 1998)
    Ad hoc Committee on Standardization for the Elderly and People with Disabilities - Japanese Industrial Standards Committee - (June 6, 1998)

    Survey / Other Reports
    Survey on Industrial Economic Trends
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  • The Twenty-Eighth Survey on Industrial Economic Trends (February 15, 2001)
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  • The Twenty-Seventh Survey on Industrial Economic Trends (November 15, 2000)
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  • The Twenty-Sixth Survey on Industrial Economic Trends (September 15, 2000)
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  • The Twenty-Fifth Survey on Industrial Economic Trends (May 15, 2000)
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  • The Twenty-Fourth Survey on Industrial Economic Trends (February 15, 2000)
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  • The Twenty-third Survey on Industrial Economic Trends (November 15, 1999)
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  • The Twenty-second Survey on Industrial Economic Trends (August 15, 1999)
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  • The Twenty-first Survey on Industrial Economic Trends (May 15, 1999)
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  • The Twentieth Survey on Industrial Economic Trends (February 15, 1999)
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  • The Nineteenth Survey on Industrial Economic Trends (November 15, 1998)

    Convention on Nuclear Safety National Report of Japan for the Fourth Review Meeting (September, 2007)
    Part 1(PDF:1.5MB)
    Part 2(PDF:1.1MB)
    Part 3(PDF:1.9MB)
     -International Affairs Office, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency

    Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
    National Report of Japan for the Second Review Meeting
    (November 25, 2005, released in Japanese on October 12, 2005) (PDF: 1.8MB) -International Affairs Office, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency

    Field Survey for Infringement of Intellectual Property Right in China (Final Report) (June 23, 2005)

    Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
    National Report of Japan for First Review Meeting (PDF: 2,524KB)
    Annex1: Legislations and Guidelines (PDF: 2,320KB)
    Annex2: Glossary (PDF: 57KB) (September 1, 2003)

    Risk Assessment of Endocrine Disrupters (METI) (February, 2002, Revised May, 2003)

    Environmental Reporting Guidelines 2001 - With Focus on Stakeholders - (PDF: 560KB) (June, 2001)

    The Report on "The Survey on the Actual Conditions Regarding Access to Japan" for Inward Foreign Direct Investment (June 27, 2001)

    Report on Japan-Australia Stronger Economic Relations (May 8, 2001)

    2001FY Research Grants and Long Term Fellowship Awards announced by Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) (April 18, 2001)

    Second Triennial Review of the Operation and Implementation of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (November 30, 2000)

    Basic IT Strategy (November 27, 2000)

    Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement for a New Age Partnership (October 26, 2000)

    OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Review 2000 (PDF files) (October 23, 2000)

    Concerning Quantitative Aims for Reducing Industrial Dioxin Emissions (September 22, 2000)

    World Supply and Demand Analysis of Petrochemicals (March 31, 2000)
    Regarding the Public Release of Conclusions Drawn from Examinations of the "Law Concerning Reporting, etc. of Releases to the Environment of Specific Chemical Substances and Promoting Improvements in Their Management" (January 18, 2000)
    Follow-up Report on the Status of Measures Under the Chlorofluorocarbons Recovery Promotion Program (September 1, 1999)
    Policy Evaluation: Perspectives and Issues - Towards A New Public Administration System - (August, 1999)
    Study on Standardization of Electronic Transaction in Distribution Business -Standardization of Logistic EDI Message Format between Distribution and Logistic Businesses- (July 16, 1999)
    Research Committee on Possible Contributions of the Chemical Industry to Building a Recycling ] Society --- Interim Report --- (July 16,1999)
    Survey on Foreign and Domestic Price Differentials for Industrial Intermediate Input (June 6,1999)
    Measures for Promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Japan (April,1999)
    Foreign Products in Procurement of Computer Products and Services in the Japanese Public Sector Market (March 19, 1999)
    Size of Market Study for Electronic Commerce (March, 1999)
    SUMMARY REPORT: Sub-Committee on Trade and Investment, WTO Committee (February16, 1999)
    SUMMARY of INTERIM REPORT: Sub-Committee on Service Trade, WTO Committee (February 16, 1999)
    Policy Evaluation: Perspectives and Issues - Interim Report by Study Group on Policy Evaluation - (February 3, 1999)
    Overview of the Interim Report on the Subcommittee of Basic Policy Directions - Electricity Utility Industry Council (December 24, 1998)
    Summary of the report on the "Vision of Japanese Textile Industry and Ideal Policies for the Industries (December, 1998)
    Results of Industrial Plant Contract Abroad for the First Half of FY 1998 (November 1, 1998)
    The Municipal Governments' Information on Medical & Welfare Equipment Procurement (October 1, 1998)
    Credit Crunch Current Status and Prospects (September 30, 1998)
    The Report of the Survey on the Actual Conditions Regarding Access to Japan (Construction Material) (September 28, 1998) (Survey on Industrial Economic Trends)
    JETRO Japanese Market Report - Regulations & Practices

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