Overview:

Japan Country Analysis Report analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure of Japan. The report provides a holistic view of the country from historical, current and future perspectives. Insightful analysis on critical current and future issues is presented through detailed SCPT (strengths, challenges, prospects and threats/risks) analysis for each of the PESTLE segments. In addition, the PESTLE segments are supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.

Uses of Country Analysis Reports:

Understanding gained from country profiles can be used to plan business investment or market entry in a particular country. The insights provide ideas about key business opportunities. The profiles also provide an overview of the legal and regulatory framework to start or operate a business in the country. Typical uses of each PESTLE segment are:
• Political section provides understanding about the political system and key figures relevant to business in the country and governance indicators.
• Economic section deals with the economic story of a country that provides a balanced assessment of significant macro-economic issues.
• Social section enables understanding of customer demographics through income distribution, rural-urban segmentation and centres of affluence, healthcare and educational scenario.
• Technological section provides strategic information on technology and telecom, technological laws and policies, technological gaps, patents and opportunity sectors in the country.
• Legal section provides information about the legal structure, corporate laws, laws to start a new business and the tax regime.
• Environmental section provides information on the country’s performance on environmental indicators and policies.

Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Key facts and geographic location 9
Key facts 9
Geographical location 10
PESTLE analysis 11
Summary 11
Political analysis 12
Economic analysis 15
Social analysis 19
Technological analysis 23
Legal analysis 28
Environmental analysis 31
Political landscape 35
Summary 35
Evolution 35
Structure and policies 38
Performance 43
Outlook 44
Economic landscape 45
Summary 45
Evolution 45
Structure and policies 47
Performance 50
Outlook 62
Social landscape 64
Summary 64
Evolution 64
Structure and policies 64
Performance 67
Outlook 70
Technological landscape 72
Summary 72
Evolution 72
Structure and policies 72
Performance 73
Outlook 76
Legal landscape 77
Summary 77
Evolution 77
Structure and policies 77
Performance 82
Outlook 83
Environmental landscape 84
Summary 84
Evolution 84
Structure and policies 84
Performance 87
Outlook 88
APPENDIX 90
Ask the analyst 90
Datamonitor consulting 90
Disclaimer 90


TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Map of Japan 10
Figure 2: Japan – key political events since independence 36
Figure 3: Japan – key political figures 38
Figure 4: Japan – structure of government 39
Figure 5: Japan – current composition of the lower house of parliament 41
Figure 6: Japan – historical GDP growth 47
Figure 7: Market capitalization of Tokyo stock exchange, 2001–08 49
Figure 8: GDP and GDP growth rate in Japan, 2002–13(Real GDP at constant prices) 51
Figure 9: Sector specific GDP in Japan, 2009 52
Figure 10: Agriculture output in Japan, 2002–09 53
Figure 11: Industrial output in Japan, 2002–09 54
Figure 12: Services output in Japan, 2002–09 55
Figure 13: Current account position in Japan, 2001–08 56
Figure 14: Japan’s external trade , 2002–09 57
Figure 15: FDI inflow in Japan, 2002–08 59
Figure 16: Consumer price index and CPI-based inflation in Japan, 2002–13 60
Figure 17: Unemployment trends in Japan, 2002–13 62
Figure 18: Major religions in Japan as of 2008 66
Figure 19: Expenditure on healthcare in Japan, 2002–13 68
Figure 20: Expenditure on education in Japan, 2002–13 70
Figure 21: Growth of mobile and fixed line telephones in Japan, 2002–13 74
Figure 22: Number of internet users in Japan, 2002–13 75
Figure 23: Japan – judicial structure 78
Figure 24: Carbon dioxide emissions in Japan, 2002–13 88

TABLES
Table 1: Japan – key fundamentals 4
Table 2: Japan - key facts 9
Table 3: Analysis of Japan’s Political landscape 12
Table 4: Analysis of Japan’s economy 15
Table 5: Analysis of Japan’s social system 19
Table 6: Analysis of Japan’s technology landscape 23
Table 7: Average annual salaries for researchers across countries 25
Table 8: Japan’s R&D expenditure 26
Table 9: R&D personnel in Japan, 2002–12 27
Table 10: Analysis of Japan’s legal landscape 28
Table 11: Analysis of Japan’s environmental landscape 31
Table 12: Mid-year population by age (millions) in 2009 65
Table 13: International environmental treaties signed and ratified by Japan 87