Japan SPOTLIGHT July/August 2013 issue

Japan SPOTLIGHT July/August 2013 issue

COVER STORY: White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2013
White Paper 2013 focuses on the question of productivity and we present some highly elaborate quantitative analyses and comparisons of international productivity growth by some distinguished Japanese academics. Although Japanese industrial productivity growth has lagged behind that of some other developed nations, the internationalization of firms' business activities will contribute to productivity growth and encourage new entries to the market through deregulation, and thus enhancing competition will be instrumental in raising productivity and eventually economic growth.