Date : April 25, 2017
Video Report: 2017 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in Japan (Ms. Tomoko INA, Director, SME Agency Business Environment Dept. Research Office)
post date : 2017.04.26
The 2017 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan, with the lifecycle of SMEs in Japan as its theme, was approved by the Cabinet on April 21. The white paper analyzes difficulties in improving productivity, as well as structural issues such as the aging of business operators and the labor shortage. It also explains the importance of innovation creation through starting new businesses, and of smoothly passing on business and management resources to the next generation.
The FPCJ invited Ms. Tomoko INA, Director of Research Office, Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, who was in charge of compiling the report, to speak about the 2017 White Paper.
The briefing had a total of 16 participants, including 8 journalists from Indonesia, France, Germany, Singapore, U.S.A., and Viet Nam.
[Material] 2017 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan (Summary/ Japanese only)
- Date: April 25 (Tue), 2017
- Briefer: Ms. Tomoko INA, Director of Research Office, Business Environment Department,
Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
- Language: Japanese (with consecutive English interpretation)
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