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METI’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

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  • Highlight Publisher’s Note
    The “Three Arrows” of Japanʼs Trade Policy
    By Masakazu Toyoda
  • Highlight Exclusive Interview
    Leader of Japan’s pandemic countermeasures & former chairman of the Subcommittee on Novel Coronavirus Disease Control Shigeru Omi The Pandemic & Japan
    By Kazumasa Oguro
  • Cover Lead
    METI’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
    By Naoyuki Haraoka
  • Cover Story1
    White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2024 – Summary
  • Highlight Roundtable
    Roundtable with Prof. Tsuyoshi Kawase, Prof. Mie Oba, Dr. Satoshi Inomata & Masakazu Toyoda (Aug. 7, 2024) Roundtable on METI’s White Paper 2024 – Challenges for Japan’s Trade Policy: Rebuilding a Rules-Based International Order & Resilient Supply Chains with the Global South
    By Japan SPOTLIGHT
  • Special Article 1
    The Emergence of a Post-Ukrainian World Order
  • Special Article 2
    Interview with Anthony Rowley, journalist, former President of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (FCCJ) Japan’s Struggle for Leadership in International Organizations
  • Special Article 3
    Machine Learning Applications in Today’s Business Environments
  • Special Article 4
    Ukraine’s Decentralization Reform: Fostering Resilience Amid Russia’s War & Paving the Way for Recovery
  • Special Interview1
    Interview with Dr. Kyohei Morita, Chief Economist, Managing Director of the Economic Research Department of Global Markets Research, Japan Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Financial & Economic Research Center Japan’s Economic Outlook: Coping with the Labor Shortage Will Create a New Economy
  • Special Interview2
    Interview with Dr. Ulrike Schaede, Professor at UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy Could Japan’s Management Reforms Lead to a New Model of Global Capitalism?
  • Prospect on East Asia's Peace ...
    Observations & Thoughts on the Transformation of Supply Chains in East Asia & Their Reconstruction
  • HISTORY
    The Longest Love of the Last Shogun: Isshiki Suga
  • Economic Indictors for Japan
    When Will Japan’s Industrial Production Fully Recover?
  • Contents(#257)
    METI’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
  • Back Cover
    METI’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

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What's New

  • Japan Spotlight

    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】
    We will be highlighting "Future Prospects for Relations Between Japan and the Global South" in the November/December 2024 issue. The Global South, in particular ASEAN, and Japan need to consolidate their partnership for future regional and global stability. Leading thinkers from Japan and the Global South will offer their views on the prospects of the relations. Our next issue will be published on our website on Nov. 10, 2024.

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    【Next Issue】
    The September/October 2024 issue will highlight METI's White Paper on International Trade 2024 Our next issue will be published on our website on September 10, 2024.

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    Japan SPOTLIGHT May/June 2024 issue is published
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    【Next Issue】
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    【Next Issue】
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