Why has Japan s economy been declining in recent years? What are the reasons?

In recent years, the "biggest and most fundamental reason" of Japan's economic decline is "no one"!

In other words, "population aging" and "declining birth rate" lead to "declining working population".

There are fewer people to work, and no matter how advanced science and technology are, it will not be able to stop the downward trend of the economy.

One of the essences of business is that personality is more important than perfection, and a great business can explain its personality in one sentence.

In the "Zhejiang Craftsman Spirit Forum" Weng Xiangdong, a well-known brand strategy expert, talked about an important reason for Japan's decline, that is, the Japanese do not have strategic thinking, especially business strategy, Japanese companies are the world's top in lean production, but Japan has almost no individual brand, why can Japan only play soy sauce for cars? Is there any difference between Toyota's Camry and Honda's Accord? Weng Xiangdong asked this question in many forum speeches, but no entrepreneur could tell him the difference between the Accord and the Camry.

The pricing power of the future enterprise is from the difference, and your difference can be remembered and recognized by customers, so that you can have the right to price, otherwise it can only be low-price competition. Neither Camry nor Accord has pricing power because they are not a brand with personality. If you look at the advertisement, the basic style and aesthetic temperament of each shot of the advertisement of different brands of cosmetics in Japan are the same, and this is the crux of the problem.

We must pursue the individuality of the enterprise, so that the personality of the enterprise and the brand is imprinted in the depths of the consumer's brain.

The reason for Japan's economic decline is that the rules of the corporate game have changed, and the Japanese, who are good at management and craftsmanship, are unable to adapt to the new regulations of the strategic era. An American strategic expert once said in his evaluation of Japanese companies that with the exception of a few companies such as Sony, the vast majority of Japanese companies do not have a sense of strategy. After the 90s of the 20th century, Japan could not find its place in the global industrial chain.

With the rapid development of the 80s, the operating costs of Japanese companies rose sharply, and they had no choice but to move industries that were mature and value-added to low-cost areas. In fact, the home appliance manufacturing industry, which was once Japan's most competitive, has now largely moved to third world countries. Sony, Toshiba, and Mitsubishi brand color TVs and refrigerators bought by Japanese consumers in Japan are all made in foreign countries and sold in Japan.

Traditional and mature industries were transferred, but the strategic industrial upgrading of the national economy was not realized, and the question of what to do next was not solved. As a result, the Japanese economy has been hollowed out. As a direct result, Japan's unemployment rate continues to rise, and social and livelihood issues have become obstacles to economic recovery.

Or a strategic reason to activate the economy. Japan ** is strategically lost and does not know which one to do; Or rather, they are doing what they are doing, which is simply useless and not the right solution strategically. Japan's technological prowess is indeed strong, but it is difficult to reach the top in any field, and it is almost in the second group.

There is a large gap with the First Group, which holds most of the profits, and this gap is still widening. Although Japanese products are positioned at the high-end, they are actually in the mid-range. It can't be high or low, and the vast majority of profits are taken away by the first group at the top.

The backward third group is gradually rising, squeezing typical Japanese companies with few profit margins, such as South Korea's Samsung, Taiwan's TSMC, and China's Huawei. The rise of many companies has made it difficult for major Japanese companies to move forward, and their profits will inevitably decline. It is unlikely that Japan will complete the transition to higher-end industries, and it will be difficult for the economy to improve.

The industrial background of Europe and the technological prowess of the United States cannot be achieved in Japan. So Japan's economy was able to maintain natural growth, just like the leapfrog growth in the 60s and 70s.

Our generation has been surrounded by Japanese culture since childhood, from Crayon Shin-chan as a child, smart Ikyu, to Naruto when he grew up.

Toshiba, Sony, Panasonic, Sharp, Mitsubishi, Hitachi and NEC, known as Japan's seven major TV brands, swept across Asia and even the world.

Whether it is televisions, video recorders, stereos, refrigerators, washing machines, and various electronic equipment, they are basically good in Japan, and at that time they were good and expensive, but now they are all gone, and it is estimated that there may be many people who can only remember Mr. Cang.

Why did Japan decline so quickly?

Twenty years ago, Japan's tourism, shipbuilding, machinery manufacturing, nuclear industry and a large number of other industries brought rapid development to this small country with a population of only 100 million, especially automobiles, electronics, and animation, which were called the three pillar industries by Japan.

Under such circumstances, Japan cannot afford to become rich or not.

Today, however, there is nothing Japan doing in these areas, and many of them are being preempted, and some are even barely surviving.

Especially in the automotive industry, Japan is the world's largest exporter of automobiles, exporting millions of cars every year, creating trillions of yen in huge profits every year, feeding tens of thousands of domestic automobile companies, and providing 5 million jobs to Japan, accounting for 10% of Japan's working population!

If Japan's automobile industry declines, Japan will inevitably decline, and the current situation is that it is declining.

In 2000, Japan exported 4.72 million automobiles, while China exported 10,000 vehicles.

In 2010, Japan exported 4.83 million vehicles, while China exported 540,000 vehicles.

In 2015, Japan exported 4.42 million vehicles, compared with 750,000 vehicles from China.

In 2021, Japan exported 3.82 million vehicles, compared to 2.01 million units in China.

In the first five months of 2022, Japan exported 1.27 million vehicles and China exported 1.08 million units!

In just 20 years, the signs of the decline of Japanese automobiles are very clear.

Especially new energy vehicles, our exports account for more than half of the world's exports, and everyone knows it.

Tesla, except for the brand is not Chinese, the body parts are almost all made in China.

In the future, we will leave Japan farther and farther in the automotive industry, not to mention that Japan has not appeared on the track of new energy vehicles at all.

Japanese cars will be obsolete in this era just like Japanese televisions, mobile phones, refrigerators, and washing machines.

Now that Japan has been in deficit for 10 consecutive months, Japan is in danger, Japan's decline is just around the corner, and our generation is fortunate to see Japan step by step from the peak to the decline.

2.Scientific and technological innovation.

Japan's education system is very well-developed, with strict educational standards and examination systems from elementary school to university. This education system has produced many outstanding human resources and provided sufficient human resources for Japan's economic development.

5.** Support and planning.

Japan** has always attached great importance to economic development, and it has provided strong support for economic development through a series of policies and plans. For example, in the sixties and seventies of the last century, Japan formulated a series of economic development plans, such as the "High Economic Growth Plan" and the "Basic Plan for the New Industrial Structure", and the implementation of these plans laid a solid foundation for Japan's economic development.

Japan has always attached great importance to scientific and technological innovation, especially in the fields of electronics, automobiles, and machinery. Many world-renowned technology companies are from Japan, such as Sony, Toyota, Honda, etc. The development of these companies has led to the rapid development of the entire Japanese economy.

To sum up, the reason why Japan has been able to achieve such brilliant achievements is inseparable from the perfection of its teacher file education system, scientific and technological innovation, efficient Shouzakura production model, open market economy, and first-class support and planning. The interplay of these factors has provided a powerful impetus for Japan's economic development.

1. A suitable external environment (supported by the United States), at that time, ** protectionism had not yet appeared.

2. The excellent educational tradition makes it have a large and excellent talent team for R&D and manufacturing.

3. The leading economic development strategy is very correct, and various corporate consortia use the wealth plundered by the war left over from the old Japan to invest in the development of manufacturing industry and related scientific and technological research and development. Work closely with ** precise and efficient.

4. ** Adopted the right strategy in diplomacy and military, diplomatically declaring that it would never start a war, and militarily relying on the United States for protection (the saved funds were used for education and scientific and technological research and development).

By the way, Japan's Taoguang Yanghui is much more clever than China's, and China's Taoguang Yanghui is obvious to others at a glance, while Japan is much older, and until now most Westerners still think that the Japanese are peace-loving.

Some say that the reason for the secular stagnation of the Japanese economy was the Plaza Accord of 1985." I believe that this is only an external reason, and it is not necessarily related to the stagnation of the Japanese economy. The real root cause is the internal cause of the Japanese economy, from the 50s to the 70s of the last century, the Japanese economy has been growing at a relatively high rate for nearly 30 years, but after the end of this catch-up economic growth, due to Japan'sThe economic system and system are no longer suited to the rapid development of the productive forcesHowever, the ruling party is unstable and often changes in power, many economic policies cannot be adjusted in time, and there is no far-reaching long-term strategic planning, and the economic development under the original economic structure tends to be saturated and fails to change to independent and open economic growth in a timely and active manner, resulting in an inflated economy; The financial system is not perfect, and in the wave of financial liberalization, there is a lack of banking supervision; The lack of guidance on the flow of surplus capital has led to a large flow of capital to speculative markets, which ultimately leads to a long-term stagnation of economic development.

I am afraid that it will be difficult to change the inherent structural and structural problems of the Japanese economy unless we carry out drastic reforms. (Note: The real reason for the bold font in the article).

The root cause is the end of late capitalism. The theory of Marxism has long been revealed: when capitalism reaches its peak, if it does not change the relations of production and transition to so-and-so-and-so, it will be like the Japanese disease, society will gradually die out, and capitalism will one day perish.