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September/October 2024 Issue

September/October 2024 Issue

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

Publisher's Note
The “Three Arrows” of Japanʼs Trade Policy
By Masakazu Toyoda
Exclusive Interview ーLeaders in Japan No.4
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 Story 1
White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2024 – Summary
By Planning & Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Cover Story
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
By Mukesh Williams
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
By japan SPOTLIGHT
Special Article 3
Machine Learning Applications in Today’s Business Environments
By Samuel (ShengEr) Zhou
Special Article 4
Ukraine’s Decentralization Reform: Fostering Resilience Amid Russia’s War & Paving the Way for Recovery
By Valentyna Romanova
Special Interview 1
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
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Special Interview 2
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?
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Prospect on East Asia's Peace & Prosperity
Observations & Thoughts on the Transformation of Supply Chains in East Asia & Their Reconstruction
By Guo Sizhi
HISTORY
The Longest Love of the Last Shogun: Isshiki Suga
By Yuri Isshiki
Economic Indictors for Japan
When Will Japan’s Industrial Production Fully Recover?
By Nobuo Iizuka
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

【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 for relations. Our next issue will be published on our website on Nov. 10, 2024.

Japan SPOTLIGHT