White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2024

NOTE： Only PartⅠChapter 1, 3, Part Ⅱ of the white paper is translated into English. Other Parts are only available in Japanese.

• Table of Contents (PDF:120KB)
• Explanatory Notes (PDF:122KB)

Part I　Recovery of the World Economy with Regional Difference and its Impact on Japanese Enterprises

Chapter 1　Trends in the global economy

• Section 1 The global economic status and outlook(PDF:311KB)
• * Column 1　Current status of investments in Africa by Japanese companies(PDF:273KB)

Chapter 3　Trends in trade and investment by Japanese enterprises

• Section 1　Trends in Japanese global enterprises and global value chains surrounding Japan(PDF:748KB)
• * Column 2　Hiyoshi Corporation Environmental problems are borderless—international business activity taking advantage of personal connections(PDF:284KB)
• Section 2 Trends in the Japanese current account balance(PDF:411KB)

PartⅡ　Actions Japan Should Take in the Current Global Structural Change

Chapter 1　Maintaining and strengthening the rules-based international economic order and roles of Japan

• Section 1 Difficulties facing the world economic order(PDF:233KB)
• Section 2 Trends in export and investment control policies by major countries(PDF:273KB)
• Section3 New industrial policy trends and the necessity of multilateral cooperation and rules-making(PDF:529KB)
• * Column 3　Role of standardization in creation of international markets—toward realizing Japanese-style standardization acceleration model(PDF:214KB)
• Section4 Medium- to long-term outlook of the global economy and trade structure; strengthening partnerships and realizing co-creation with emerging and developing countries(PDF:1,519KB)
• Section5 Ensuring inclusive and sustainable development(PDF:578KB)
• * Column 4　Sustainable society(PDF:180KB)
• Section6 Maintaining and strengthening the rules-based international economic order and roles of Japan(PDF:130KB)

Chapter 2　Incorporating global growth and responding to risks

• Section 1 Major countries’ import dependency on specific countries(PDF:387KB)
• Section 2 Countermeasures required for Japanese companies in the current trend of de-risking and further challenges(PDF:595KB)
• * Column 5　ARKTECH Co., Ltd Quest for supply chain stability—a behind-the-scenes look at an ideal international procurement of materials(PDF:235KB)
• * Column 6　Nanshin Seiki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. Challenges involved in reconciling risk reduction and supply chain optimization(PDF:178KB)
• Section 3 Japanese companies’ involvement in overseas markets and challenges in promoting overseas expansion(PDF:863KB)
• Section 4 Towards the virtuous cycle of income and investment: enhancing productivity and innovation through incorporating global growth(PDF:2,191KB)

• List of Figures and Tables(PDF:257KB)