Japan PESTLE Insights – A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

According to MarketLine estimates, financial intermediation, real estate and business activities contributed 25.0% towards GVA, followed by mining, manufacturing and utilities activities (23.7%), and wholesale, retail and hotels utilities (14.1%) in 2022. The three sectors are forecast to grow by 2.6%, 4.4%, and 0.4%, respectively, in 2023.

Three major metropolitan areas in Japan generated 61.5% of the country’s GDP in 2022, and comprised 48.8% of the country’s population, in 2022, according to MarketLine.

NIKKEI 225 Index exhibited a volatile trend over past year. As of February 14, 2023, the index stood at 27,602.8, compared to 27,079.6 on February 14, 2022.

Scope

In Q2 2022, the country started construction of flash memory manufacturing facilities in Kitakami, Iwate with an investment of $18.2 billion. The project will get operational by Q4 2023.

Reasons to buy

Macroeconomic Outlook Report identifies the potentials of the country as an investment destination by analyzing the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure.

PESTLE Insights provides 360 degree view of the economy which can be used as a strategic tool to understand the market dynamics, business potentials and direction of operations

Along with providing the country’s snapshot, the report captures the risk factors pertaining to the macroeconomic risks, political environment, legal environment, demographic and social structure effectiveness, technology & infrastructure and natural and geographic aspects that might impact business.

This report also highlights key clusters/cities which contribute significantly to the country GDP and population along with major companies’ presence in these areas.

Companies mentioned

Sony

Nikon

Nissan

Panasonic

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

List of Exhibits

Did You Know?

Country Highlights

Key Economic Updates

Country Snapshot

Political Landscape

Economic Landscape

Social Landscape

Technological Landscape

Legal Landscape

Environmental Landscape

Outlook

List of Tables

Exhibit 1: Japan's performance in country risk analysis in comparison to Asia-Pacific and World average

Exhibit 2: Performance overview (score: 1–100)

Exhibit 3: Broad categories and weights behind the index

Exhibit 4: Japan Stock Exchange Index – NKY Index (February 2022 – February 2023)

Exhibit 5: Japan exchange rate (February 2022 – February 2023)

Exhibit 6: Key sectors’ contribution to the economy

Exhibit 7: FDI flows (2018–22 [Jan-Sep]) and FDI by industry (2022 [Jan-Sep])

Exhibit 8: Investment by region (2022 [Jan-Sep]) and country (2018–22 (Jan-Sep))

Exhibit 9: Key infrastructure indicators

Exhibit 10: Real GDP and household consumption growth rate (2018–25f)

Exhibit 11: Real GDP growth rate comparison (2022e)

Exhibit 12: Exports and imports growth (2018–25f)

Exhibit 13: Current account balance (2018–25f)

Exhibit 14: Top three commodity exports, % of total exports (2018–21)

Exhibit 15: Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers; parts thereof, % share of the world’s total (2021)

Exhibit 16: Interest rates (March 2018 – March 2023)

Exhibit 17: Exchange rate and inflation (2018–25f)

Exhibit 18: General government net lending/borrowing (2018–25f)

Exhibit 19: General government debt (2018–25f)

Exhibit 20: Employed population and unemployment rate (2018–25f)

Exhibit 21: Average annual wages (2018–25f)

Exhibit 22: Labor force participation rate (2018–25f)

Exhibit 23: Rural-urban share of total population (2005, 2015, 2025)

Exhibit 24: Age-group share of total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025)

Exhibit 25: Gender split (2005, 2015, 2025)

Exhibit 26: Internet users as a percentage of total population, mobile penetration rate and broadband penetration rate (2022e)

Exhibit 27: Number of patents granted per million population (2021 or latest available data)

Exhibit 28: High technology exports, % of manufactured exports (2021)

Exhibit 29: Rule of law (rankings), 2022

Exhibit 30: Corruption perceptions index (rankings) (2021)

Exhibit 31: Renewable energy capacity (2016–20)

Exhibit 32: CO2 emissions (2017–21)

List of Figures

List of Figures

Exhibit 1: Japan’s performance in country risk analysis in comparison to Western Europe and the world average

Exhibit 2: Performance overview (score: 1-100)

Exhibit 3: Broad categories and weights behind the index

Exhibit 4: Japan stock market (NIKKEI 225 (^N225)), January 2021 – February 2022

Exhibit 5: Key sectors contribution to the economy

Exhibit 6: FDI flows (2016-20) and FDI stock (2016-20)

Exhibit 7: Investment by region (2021 (Jan-Sep)) and country (2017-21 (Jan-Sep))

Exhibit 8: Key infrastructure indicators

Exhibit 9: Real GDP and household consumption growth rate, 2017-24f

Exhibit 10: Real GDP growth rate comparison (2021e)

Exhibit 11: Exports, imports and trade balance (2017-2024f)

Exhibit 12: Current account balance, 2017-2024f

Exhibit 13: Top three commodity exports, % of total exports, 2017-21e

Exhibit 14: Vehicles exports, % of world total, 2020

Exhibit 15: Interest rates, January 2017 – January 2022

Exhibit 16: Exchange rate and inflation, 2017-24f

Exhibit 17: Government finances, 2017-24f

Exhibit 18: General government debt, 2017-24f

Exhibit 19: Unemployment, 2017-24f

Exhibit 20: Average annual wages, 2017-20

Exhibit 21: Labor cost index, 2017-20

Exhibit 22: Rural/urban share in total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025)

Exhibit 23: Age-group share of total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025)

Exhibit 24: Gender split (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025)

Exhibit 25: Internet users as a % of total population, mobile penetration rate and broadband penetration rate, 2021e

Exhibit 26: Number of patents granted per million population, 2020

Exhibit 27: High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 2020

Exhibit 28: Doing business in Japan, 2020

Exhibit 29: Corruption perceptions index (rankings) 2021

Exhibit 30: Renewable electricity, installed capacity (2016-20)

Exhibit 31: CO2 emissions, 2016-20

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