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The Service Sector Is Key to Revitalizing the Japanese Economy (#260)

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    Could the Cultural Service Industries Become Major Sources of Soft Power for Japan?
    By Masakazu Toyoda
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    School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University Prof. Yukiko Fukagawa The Future of the South Korea-Japan Relationship, from the Perspective of an Expert Scholar
    By Jillian Yorke
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    The Service Sector Is Key to Revitalizing the Japanese Economy
    By Naoyuki Haraoka
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    Policy Recommendation: Strategies for Japan’s Service Industry – Making the Service Industry a Source of Prosperous Growth (November 2024)
    By the Study Group on the Service Industry in Japan
  • Highlight Roundtable
    Roundtable on Making the Service Industry a Source of Japan’s Soft Power (Jan. 30, 2025)
    By Japan SPOTLIGHT
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    Challenges in Improving Productivity in the Service Industry
    By Masayuki Morikawa
  • Highlight Cover Story 4
    Possibilities for Tourism Services & Management Using Data from Architectural & Urban Perspectives
    By Yuji Yoshimura
  • Highlight Cover Story 5
    Further Development of the Entertainment Industry: Issues to Be Reconsidered Following “Reboot” of the Cool Japan Strategy
    By Nobuko Kawashima
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    Japan’s Medical Device Industry & Innovation
    By Fumiaki Ikeno
  • Highlight Special Article 1
    Measures Against Vacant Houses: Grant-Type Japan Versus Premium on Empty Homes in the UK
    By Yasuyuki Komaki
  • Highlight Special Article 2
    Trump 2.0 – Impact on Asia of a 60% Tariff Rate on China
    By Kazunobu Hayakawa
  • Recent JEF Activity
    Review of JEF Forums in FY 2024 – Searching to Emerge from a Divided World
    By Naoyuki Haraoka
  • Highlight Economic Indicators for Japan
    Women’s Employment Rate Nearing Highest Level Since End of War
    By Nobuo Iizuka
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    Japan SPOTLIGHT March/April 2025 issue is published
    COVER STORY: The Service Sector is the Key to Revitalizing the Japanese Economy

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    Japan SPOTLIGHT January/February 2025 issue is published
    COVER STORY: Policy Recommendations for a Rules-Based International Trading System

    【Next Issue】
    We will be highlighting the theme "Full Utilization of the Potential of the Service Sector in Japan: a Key to Revitalizing the Japanese Economy" in the March/April 2025 issue. Tourism, software, entertainment, and medical services in Japan have great potential for growth. They will help the Japanese economy avoid the risk of further decline and contribute to global well-being. Our next issue will be published on our website on March 10, 2025.

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    COVER STORY: Key Features of New Partnership Between the Global South ＆ Japan

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    Japan SPOTLIGHT July/August 2024 issue is published
    COVER STORY: MITI's White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2024－Challenges for Japan's Trade Policy: Rebuilding a Rules-based International Order & Resilient Supply Chain with the Global South
    【Next Issue】
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