After the economic bubble burst in the 1990s, Japan has faced severe deflation, as well as sluggish economic growth and weakened industrial competitiveness.
The knock-on effects to developed countries have given opportunities.
The knock-on effects to developed countries, caused by the global financial crisis in recent years, have given opportunities for emerging multinational companies.
The foreign trade trends research group conducted a survey among 225 foreign trade enterprises in more than 20 cities nationwide between June 1 and 10, 2013, to investigate the problems and difficulties that those enterprises faced.