Japan In-depth PESTLE Insights
Japan In-depth PESTLE Insights
SUMMARY
This PESTLE country analysis report on Japan provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.
SYNOPSIS
SUMMARY
This PESTLE country analysis report on Japan provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.
SYNOPSIS
- Understand the political system in Japan through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.
- Understand the economic situation in Japan through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.
- Understand customer demographics in Japan through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.
- Understand the technological landscape in Japan through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.
- Understand the legal landscape in Japan through analysis of the judicial system as well as performance of the legal indicators
- Understand the environmental landscape in Japan through analysis of the environmental regulations and the performance of the environmental indicators
- The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in Japan, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.
- The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of Japan 's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment.
- The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.
- What is the outlook in Japan in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?
- How does Japan perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?
- How does Japan perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?
- How does Japan perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?
1. OVERVIEW
1.1. Catalyst
1.2. Summary
1.2.1. Key findings
1.2.2. PESTLE highlights
1.3. Key economic updates
1.4. Key fundamentals
2. KEY FACTS AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
3. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
4. PESTLE ANALYSIS
4.1. Summary
4.2. Political analysis
4.2.1. Overview
4.2.2. Current strengths
4.2.3. Current challenges
4.2.4. Future prospects
4.2.5. Future risks
4.3. Economic analysis
4.3.1. Overview
4.3.2. Current strengths
4.3.3. Current challenges
4.3.4. Future prospects
4.3.5. Future risks
4.4. Social analysis
4.4.1. Overview
4.4.2. Current strengths
4.4.3. Current challenges
4.4.4. Future prospect
4.4.5. Future risks
4.5. Technological analysis
4.5.1. Overview
4.5.2. Current strengths
4.5.3. Current challenges
4.5.4. Future prospects
4.5.5. Future risks
4.6. Legal analysis
4.6.1. Overview
4.6.2. Current strengths
4.6.3. Current challenges
4.6.4. Future prospects
4.6.5. Future risks
4.7. Environmental analysis
4.7.1. Overview
4.7.2. Current strengths
4.7.3. Current challenges
4.7.4. Future prospects
4.7.5. Future risks
5. POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
5.1. Summary
5.2. Evolution
5.2.1. Pre-1945
5.2.2. 1945-93
5.2.3. 1993-2021
5.3. Structure and policies
5.3.1. Key political figures
5.3.2. Structure of government
5.3.3. Structure of legislature
5.3.4. Key policies
5.4. Performance
5.4.1. Governance indicators
5.5. Outlook
6. ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE
6.1. Summary
6.2. Evolution
6.2.1. Pre-1950
6.2.2. 1950-90
6.2.3. 1990-2022
6.3. Structure and policies
6.3.1. Financial system
6.3.2. Stock markets
6.4. Performance
6.4.1. GDP and growth rate
6.4.1. Fiscal situation
6.4.1. International investment position
6.4.2. Monetary situation
6.4.3. Key monetary indicators
6.4.1. Banking sector
6.4.2. Unemployment
6.5. Outlook
7. SOCIAL LANDSCAPE
7.1. Summary
7.2. Evolution
7.3. Structure and policies
7.3.1. Demographic composition
7.3.2. Education
7.3.3. Healthcare
7.3.4. Social welfare
7.4. Performance
7.4.1. Healthcare
7.4.2. Education
7.5. Outlook
8. TECHNOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE
8.1. Summary
8.2. Evolution
8.3. Structure and policies
8.3.1. Intellectual property
8.4. Performance
8.4.1. Opportunity sectors
8.5. Outlook
9. LEGAL LANDSCAPE
9.1. Summary
9.2. Evolution
9.3. Structure and policies
9.3.1. Judicial system
9.4. Performance
9.4.1. Effectiveness of the legal system
9.4.2. Legal indicators
9.5. Outlook
10. ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPE
10.1. Summary
10.2. Evolution
10.3. Structure and policies
10.3.1. Environmental regulations
10.3.2. Environmental actions
10.4. Performance
10.4.1. Environmental impact
10.5. Outlook
11. APPENDIX
11.1. Ask the analyst
11.2. About MarketLine
11.3. Disclaimer
1.1. Catalyst
1.2. Summary
1.2.1. Key findings
1.2.2. PESTLE highlights
1.3. Key economic updates
1.4. Key fundamentals
2. KEY FACTS AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
3. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
4. PESTLE ANALYSIS
4.1. Summary
4.2. Political analysis
4.2.1. Overview
4.2.2. Current strengths
4.2.3. Current challenges
4.2.4. Future prospects
4.2.5. Future risks
4.3. Economic analysis
4.3.1. Overview
4.3.2. Current strengths
4.3.3. Current challenges
4.3.4. Future prospects
4.3.5. Future risks
4.4. Social analysis
4.4.1. Overview
4.4.2. Current strengths
4.4.3. Current challenges
4.4.4. Future prospect
4.4.5. Future risks
4.5. Technological analysis
4.5.1. Overview
4.5.2. Current strengths
4.5.3. Current challenges
4.5.4. Future prospects
4.5.5. Future risks
4.6. Legal analysis
4.6.1. Overview
4.6.2. Current strengths
4.6.3. Current challenges
4.6.4. Future prospects
4.6.5. Future risks
4.7. Environmental analysis
4.7.1. Overview
4.7.2. Current strengths
4.7.3. Current challenges
4.7.4. Future prospects
4.7.5. Future risks
5. POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
5.1. Summary
5.2. Evolution
5.2.1. Pre-1945
5.2.2. 1945-93
5.2.3. 1993-2021
5.3. Structure and policies
5.3.1. Key political figures
5.3.2. Structure of government
5.3.3. Structure of legislature
5.3.4. Key policies
5.4. Performance
5.4.1. Governance indicators
5.5. Outlook
6. ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE
6.1. Summary
6.2. Evolution
6.2.1. Pre-1950
6.2.2. 1950-90
6.2.3. 1990-2022
6.3. Structure and policies
6.3.1. Financial system
6.3.2. Stock markets
6.4. Performance
6.4.1. GDP and growth rate
6.4.1. Fiscal situation
6.4.1. International investment position
6.4.2. Monetary situation
6.4.3. Key monetary indicators
6.4.1. Banking sector
6.4.2. Unemployment
6.5. Outlook
7. SOCIAL LANDSCAPE
7.1. Summary
7.2. Evolution
7.3. Structure and policies
7.3.1. Demographic composition
7.3.2. Education
7.3.3. Healthcare
7.3.4. Social welfare
7.4. Performance
7.4.1. Healthcare
7.4.2. Education
7.5. Outlook
8. TECHNOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE
8.1. Summary
8.2. Evolution
8.3. Structure and policies
8.3.1. Intellectual property
8.4. Performance
8.4.1. Opportunity sectors
8.5. Outlook
9. LEGAL LANDSCAPE
9.1. Summary
9.2. Evolution
9.3. Structure and policies
9.3.1. Judicial system
9.4. Performance
9.4.1. Effectiveness of the legal system
9.4.2. Legal indicators
9.5. Outlook
10. ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPE
10.1. Summary
10.2. Evolution
10.3. Structure and policies
10.3.1. Environmental regulations
10.3.2. Environmental actions
10.4. Performance
10.4.1. Environmental impact
10.5. Outlook
11. APPENDIX
11.1. Ask the analyst
11.2. About MarketLine
11.3. Disclaimer
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Japan - key fundamentals, 2020-27f
Table 2: Japan - key facts, 2023
Table 3: Analysis of Japan’s political landscape
Table 4: Analysis of Japan’s economic landscape
Table 6: Analysis of Japan’s social landscape
Table 7: Analysis of Japan’s technological landscape
Table 8: Analysis of Japan’s legal landscape
Table 9: Analysis of Japan’s environmental landscape
Table 10: Mid-year population by age (as a percentage of population, by gender), 2022
Table 11: Patents received from the US Patent and Trademark Office, 2014-21
Table 1: Japan - key fundamentals, 2020-27f
Table 2: Japan - key facts, 2023
Table 3: Analysis of Japan’s political landscape
Table 4: Analysis of Japan’s economic landscape
Table 6: Analysis of Japan’s social landscape
Table 7: Analysis of Japan’s technological landscape
Table 8: Analysis of Japan’s legal landscape
Table 9: Analysis of Japan’s environmental landscape
Table 10: Mid-year population by age (as a percentage of population, by gender), 2022
Table 11: Patents received from the US Patent and Trademark Office, 2014-21
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Key economic indicators trend
Figure 2: Map of Japan, 2023
Figure 3: Real GDP per capita ($), 2020-30f
Figure 4: General government gross debt in selected countries, 2022
Figure 5: Self-employment rate (as a % of total employment) in 2021
Figure 6: Hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants, 2020
Figure 7: Age dependency ratio (% of working age population), 2001-30f
Figure 8: Social benefits to households (% of GDP), 2021
Figure 9: Gini coefficient, 2018
Figure 10: Researchers total per thousand employments, 2020
Figure 11: High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 2021
Figure 12: R&D expenditure (as percentage of GDP), 2021
Figure 13: Direct government funding of business R&D and tax incentives for R&D, 2020
Figure 14: Patents granted, 2021
Figure 15: FDI restrictiveness, 2020
Figure 16: Tax wedge (% of labor cost) - 2021
Figure 17: Product market regulations, 2018
Figure 18: Share of Renewable Energy in Total Electricity Generated in Japan, 2014-21
Figure 19: Environmental taxes, 2020
Figure 20: Japan - Key political events since independence
Figure 21: Japan - Key political figures
Figure 22: Japan - Structure of government
Figure 23: Japan - Composition of house of representatives (%), 2021
Figure 24: Japan’s historical GDP growth, 2012-22
Figure 25: Stock market trend (NIKKEI 225) January 2021-March 2023
Figure 26: GDP and GDP growth rate in Japan, 2018-27f
Figure 27: GDP composition by sector in Japan, 2022
Figure 28: Agricultural output of Japan, 2018-23f
Figure 29: Industrial output of Japan, 2018-23f
Figure 30: Services output of Japan, 2018-23f
Figure 31: Japan’s external trade, 2019-27f
Figure 32: CPI and CPI-based inflation in Japan, 2018-27f
Figure 33: Unemployment rate in Japan, 2018-27f
Figure 34: Expenditure on healthcare in Japan, 2012-22
Figure 35: Expenditure on education in Japan, 2012-22
Figure 36: Internet users and penetration, 2018-23f
Figure 37: Japan - Judicial Structure
Figure 38: Carbon dioxide emissions in Japan, 2012-21
Figure 1: Key economic indicators trend
Figure 2: Map of Japan, 2023
Figure 3: Real GDP per capita ($), 2020-30f
Figure 4: General government gross debt in selected countries, 2022
Figure 5: Self-employment rate (as a % of total employment) in 2021
Figure 6: Hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants, 2020
Figure 7: Age dependency ratio (% of working age population), 2001-30f
Figure 8: Social benefits to households (% of GDP), 2021
Figure 9: Gini coefficient, 2018
Figure 10: Researchers total per thousand employments, 2020
Figure 11: High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 2021
Figure 12: R&D expenditure (as percentage of GDP), 2021
Figure 13: Direct government funding of business R&D and tax incentives for R&D, 2020
Figure 14: Patents granted, 2021
Figure 15: FDI restrictiveness, 2020
Figure 16: Tax wedge (% of labor cost) - 2021
Figure 17: Product market regulations, 2018
Figure 18: Share of Renewable Energy in Total Electricity Generated in Japan, 2014-21
Figure 19: Environmental taxes, 2020
Figure 20: Japan - Key political events since independence
Figure 21: Japan - Key political figures
Figure 22: Japan - Structure of government
Figure 23: Japan - Composition of house of representatives (%), 2021
Figure 24: Japan’s historical GDP growth, 2012-22
Figure 25: Stock market trend (NIKKEI 225) January 2021-March 2023
Figure 26: GDP and GDP growth rate in Japan, 2018-27f
Figure 27: GDP composition by sector in Japan, 2022
Figure 28: Agricultural output of Japan, 2018-23f
Figure 29: Industrial output of Japan, 2018-23f
Figure 30: Services output of Japan, 2018-23f
Figure 31: Japan’s external trade, 2019-27f
Figure 32: CPI and CPI-based inflation in Japan, 2018-27f
Figure 33: Unemployment rate in Japan, 2018-27f
Figure 34: Expenditure on healthcare in Japan, 2012-22
Figure 35: Expenditure on education in Japan, 2012-22
Figure 36: Internet users and penetration, 2018-23f
Figure 37: Japan - Judicial Structure
Figure 38: Carbon dioxide emissions in Japan, 2012-21
