The Japanese Economy and Policy Issues after the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S.-China conflict and Russian invasion of Ukraine, the digital revolution and climate change issues, and other events continue to shake the economy and society.
Based on the experiences and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, this book provides an overview of the future challenges facing the Japanese economy from nine areas and proposes evidence-based policies.

On the Occasion of Publication (URATA Shujiro)
Introduction: COVID-19 and the Japanese Economy: A retrospective and prospects (MORIKAWA Masayuki)
Chapter 1: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic on the Policy Making Process (KOBAYASHI Keiichiro)
Chapter 2: International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Transformed after the COVID-19 Pandemic (TOMIURA Eiichi)
Chapter 3: Local Economy and Local Industrial Policy Issues (HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki)
Chapter 4: Innovation Capability of Japanese Industry (NAGAOKA Sadao and HONJO Yuji)
Chapter 5: Industrial Policy for the Future: Steering towards a sustainable economic society (OHASHI Hiroshi)
Chapter 6: What is Needed to Raise Japan's Potential Growth Rate: Analysis using the JIP Database 2023 (FUKAO Kyoji)
Chapter 7: How Japanese Working Styles Changed under COVID-19: Evaluation and prospects (TSURU Kotaro)
Chapter 8: Cross-disciplinary Research for Building an Innovation Ecosystem (YANO Makoto)
Chapter 9: The Gap between Researchers and Policy Makers on EBPM (KAWAGUCHI Daiji)