Japanese Economy White Paper

The Japanese Economy White Paper has been published annually by the Japanese Cabinet Office since 1947 . It contains the latest statistics and analyzes from the government ministries on the Japanese economy and, in particular, on individual economic policy measures. This makes it one of the most important sources on the Japanese economy.

Up to the year 2000 the report was published by the economic planning office and in Japanese as Nenji keizai hōkoku ( 年次 経 済 報告 , German "annual economic report") or short Keizai hakusho ( 経 済 白 書 , German "economic white book ").

In 2001, the Economic Planning Office was attached to the Cabinet Office, and the title of the report was changed to Nenji keizai zaisei hōkoku ( 年次 経 済 財政 報告 , German "Annual Economic and Financial Report") and Keizai zaisei hakusho ( 経 済 財政 白 書 , German. “Economic and Financial White Paper”).

All editions of the report since 1968 are available on the Internet in Japanese.

In the 1956 edition, the White Paper heralded the end of the post-war period , as the Japanese economy had surpassed the pre-war level by that time. The saying mohaya sengo de wa nai ( もはや「戦後」ではない , dt. "It's no longer a post-war period") was in Japan for a household word .

Web links

1. ^ Economic white paper on the homepage of the cabinet office