Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
2. Japan Political Analysis
2.1: Structure and stability of government
2.2: Government policy agenda
2.2.1: Political agenda
3. Japan Economic Analysis
3.1: Sectoral contribution to GDP and real GDP growth rate
3.2: Pricing trends - inflation and interest rates
3.3: Consumption, saving, and investment trends
3.4: International trade and its contribution to GDP
3.5: Foreign direct investment by industry
4. Japan Economic and Business Risk Analysis
4.1: Risk in current account balance
4.2: Risk in balance of payment (BOP)
4.3: Risk in foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate
4.4: Risk in fiscal balance
4.5: Risk in external sector
4.5.1: External debt and default risk
4.6: Credit rating of countries
5. Japan Social Analysis
5.1: Social and demographic analysis
5.2: Labor Market
5.3: Social development index
6. Japan R&D and Technological Factors
6.1: R&D expenditure in Japan
6.2: Impact of technology in industry
6.3: Technology policy
7. Japan Legal Analysis
7.1: Corporate law
7.2: Tax law
7.3: Recent economic policies
7.4: Doing business in Japan 2013
8. Japan Environment Analysis
8.1: Government action on environmental issues
9. Japan SWOT Analysis
List of Figures
Chapter 3. Japan Economic Analysis
Figure 3.1 Global economic scenarios
Figure 3.2: Trend of real GDP growth rate
Figure 3.3: Future economic growth scenario of Japan
Figure 3.4: Trend of per capita income
Figure 3.5: GDP sectoral contribution
Figure 3.6: Share of different sectors in GDP
Figure 3.7: Trend of leading industries in Japan
Figure 3.8: Annual trend of inflation and interest rates
Figure 3.9: Trend of savings and investments as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.10: Trend of consumption expenditure as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.11: Trend of Japan’s international trade
Figure 3.12: Trend of exports and imports as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.13: Foreign direct investment by industry
Chapter 4 Japan Economic and Business Risk Analysis
Figure 4.1: Trend of current account and as a percentage of GDP
Figure 4.2: Terms of trade for Japan
Figure 4.3: Trend of foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate
Figure 4.4: Trend of government revenue and expenditure as percentage of GDP
Figure 4.5: Trend of fiscal deficit as percentage of GDP
Figure 4.6: Trend of gross government debt as percentage of GDP
Figure 4.7: Trend of gross government debt position of Japan
Chapter 5. Japan Social Analysis
Figure 5.1: Geographical location of Japan
Figure 5.2: Trend of population and population growth rate
Figure 5.3: Population age structure
Figure 5.4: Trend of unemployment rate in Japan
Chapter 6. Japan R&D and Technological Factor
Figure 6.1: Trend of R&D expenditure in Japan
List of Tables
Chapter 1. Executive Summary
Table 1.1: Factors affecting business in Japan
Chapter 3. Japan Economic Analysis
Table 3.1: Factors affecting industry growth
Table 3.2: Economic factors and their impact on business
Table 3.3: Economic insights of Japan
Chapter 4. Japan Economic and Business Risk Analysis
Table 4.1: Credit rating of countries by Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P
Table 4.2: Economic risk factors and their impact on business
Chapter 5. Japan Social Analysis
Table 5.1: Corruption and human development index
Table 5.2: Social factors and their impact on business
Chapter 6. Japan R&D and Technological Factors
Table 6.1: Technological factors and their impact on business
Chapter 7. Japan Legal Analysis
Table 7.1: Income tax slab of Japan
Table 7.2: Indicators for starting business
Table 7.3: Ranking for procedures of starting a business
Table 7.4: Legal factors and their impact on business
Chapter 8. Japan Environment Analysis
Table 8.1: Environmental factors and their impact on business