This publication focuses on business dynamics across eight countries (Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Japan, New … employment and productivity growth. …

In Japan, agriculture has been treated differently from other parts of the national economy. However, policy needs to …- and data-intensive industry, and Japan is well-positioned to introduce its competitive technology and skills to …

Japan is embarked on a demographic transition without precedent in human history: the population is both declining and … for the settlement pattern of the country, and this, in turn, will affect Japan's ability to sustain economic growth and … response of spatial policies to it, particularly as these interact with other policies aimed at sustaining the productivity …