Die Wirtschaft Japans: Strukturen zwischen Kontinuität und Wandel (Japan's Economy: Structures between Continuity and Change)

The twelve chapters of this book, written by researchers of the DIJ, cover the following areas and topics related to the Japanese economy: geographic and historical background, economic development since 1945, economic and social policy, infrastructure, the labor market, the financial system, manufacturing, service industries, structure and management of Japanese enterprise, technology and innovation policies in enterprise, regional economy and policy, international economic relations. Each chapter gives an overview of essential structural characteristics, sketches of recent developments and comments on present problems, and offers, where possible, a comparison with other industrialized countries, in particular Germany. This volume is addressed to students of economics and Japanese studies, as well as business executives dealing with Japan.