Japan also has been striving to reinforce the competitiveedge of Japanese enterprises, through an effort to improve business environment by promoting economic partnership and providing subsidies for location, and by methods such as reducing by 5% the effective corporate tax rate in fiscal 2011 revision of the tax system. However, apart from the measures mentioned above, foreign countries are implementing various other measures, and Japan has much to learn from them. 我が国においても経済連携の促進や立地補助金といった事業環境の改善の取組や、平成 23 年度税制改正における法人実効税率の5%引き下げ等により我が国企業の競争力強化を進めているところであるが、こうした取組以外にも諸外国は様々な取組を行っており、我が国も学ぶべき点が少なくない。 - 経済産業省
In the future, Japan is expected to move to Stage V, “mature creditor nation,” through (i) a decrease in the balance of goods and services along with the decline of international competitiveedge of domestically produced products due to elevated costs centering on labor costs; (ii) an increase in income surplus through the rise of external assets due to the current account surplus accumulated in the past; and (iii) a reduction in the capital balance deficit along with a decrease in the current account surplus. 今後は、①人件費を中心としたコスト増から自国製品の国際競争力は減退し、貿易・サービス黒字は減少、②過去に蓄積した経常黒字による海外資産の増加効果から所得収支は増加、③資本収支は経常収支の黒字幅減少により赤字幅を減少、という動きにより、第五段階の「成熟した債権国」に移行していくとされる。 - 経済産業省
Especially, since the agricultural sector is not only the most likely to be affected by the liberalization of trade but also, taking the aging of Japan‟s agricultural work force, the shortage of successors, and low profitability into consideration, the future sustainability of the sector is a major concern, and a bold measurable response that boosts the potential domestic agricultural sector such as strengthening its competitiveedge and expanding of overseas demand is needed. 取り分け農業分野は、単に貿易自由化により最も影響を受けやすい分野であるばかりではなく、農業従事者の高齢化、後継者難、低収益性等を踏まえれば、将来に向けてその持続的な存続が危ぶまれる状況にあり、競争力向上や海外における需要拡大等我が国農業の潜在力を引き出す大胆な政策対応が不可欠である。 - 経済産業省
When it comes to other major advanced countries, there was a time when Germany, similarly to Japan, reduced its unit labor costs (hereafter, ULC) by reforming its labor market and strengthened its competitiveedge, which is discussed in details in the following section. However, it is only Japan among the major advanced countries, that has been reducing not only ULC but also overall labor costs. This means that Japan has been raising corporate profitability mainly through cost-cutting efforts, while inventing high-value added products one after another (see Figure 2-4-3-24). ドイツでも次章にて詳述するように労働市場改革を通じて我が国と同様に単位労働コスト(ユニットレーバーコスト。以下、ULC という。)を引き下げ、競争力を強化してきた時期があるが、我が国だけが先進国の中で唯一ULC のみならず、総労働コスト自体を減少させてきており、高付加価値製品を次々と生み出しつつも、主にコスト削減努力を通じて企業収益力を高めてきたといえる(第2-4-3-24 図参照)。 - 経済産業省
When it comes to policy measures such as promoting economic partnerships, assisting infrastructure exports and supporting overseas business development by small and medium enterprises, those measures should focus on not only assisting cost-cutting efforts by enterprises but also raising brand value and increasing exports of packaged-type products coupled with services and products satisfying customer demand in local markets. It is desirable that these measures would strengthen Japan’s competitiveedge against companies in emerging countries in other aspects than prices, leading to the improvement of Japan’s terms of trade. また、経済連携の推進やインフラ輸出の支援、中小企業の海外展開支援等の施策についても、企業の更なるコスト削減への一助となるのみならず、現地のニーズにより合った製品の輸出や、サービスを含むパッケージ化された製品の輸出を拡大し、ブランド価値を向上させること等により、新興国企業に対する価格面以外での競争優位性を強化し、結果として我が国の交易条件の改善につながっていくことが望まれる。 - 経済産業省
Amid intensifying global competition, the East Asian economy is experiencing a gradual rise in personnel costs along with economic development. In order to maintain a competitiveedge in the area of costs as well, it is important to provide efficient and advanced logistics services to support business activities that aim at the manufacture and supply of goods only in the necessary quantities at the necessary time in order to meet diversifying customer needs. These requirements are relevant not only to the development of Japanese companies but also to the development of the East Asian economy as a whole. また、激化するグローバル競争の中、経済発展に伴い徐々に人件費等が上昇しつつある東アジア経済が、コスト面での競争優位を発揮していく上でも、多様な顧客ニーズに対応して必要な時に必要な量だけ製造・供給するといった事業活動をサポートする高度な物流サービスが効率的に行われることが重要であり、これは、我が国企業のみならず、東アジア経済全体の発展にもつながるものである。 - 経済産業省