Tomohiko, INUI; KNELLER, Richard; Toshiyuki, MATSUURA; … - Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) - 2009
During the 1980s and 1990s, Japanese manufacturers began to relocate production from sites in Japan to low-wage East Asian countries such as China, Malaysia and Thailand. Imports of manufacturing goods increased substantially over the same period. This rapid rise in imports, and proliferation of...