The Industrial Revitalization Policy in the 2000s

Junko Watanabe
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Junko Watanabe: Kyoto University

A chapter in Rethinking Japanese Economic Policy at the Turn of the 21st Century, 2024, pp 87-120 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter analyzes the policy formation process of the industrial revitalization policy implemented by the METI, which aimed to help companies promote restructuring and eventually to improve the international competitiveness of Japanese industries. The features revealed by the analysis are as follows. (1) In the process from the enactment of the law in 1999 to its revision in 2003, the “integrated revitalization of finance and industry” became an issue for the Japanese economy. It reflected the thought of policymakers from METI and business leaders, who had a sense of crisis that there were few counter measures for industries and companies, while measures to deal with the financial sector had proceeded. (2) When the issue of non-performing loansNon-performing loans was settled in the mid-2000s, the priority of the industrial revitalization policy shifted toward institutional design for the formation of the Japanese business revitalization markets and innovation systems. Emphasis was placed on expanding the systems related to voluntary liquidations and bankruptcy legislation, and to new business creation measures. The method of increasing productivity through moving and revitalizing management resources is one of the sources of economic growth. The revision of the law in 2007 and 2009 can be interpreted from the above perspective.

Keywords: METI; Industrial revitalization policy; International competitiveness; Business revitalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-5512-7_4

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