Japan Center for Economic Research

Asia Research Report

►The Huge Asia-Pacific Market Comes of Age: Japanese and US Strategies and APEC's Twentieth Anniversary

December 2008 NEW!

Executive Summary: (PDF)

Introductory Chapter：

(PDF)

Chapter 1：

Economic and Trade Interdependence among APEC's Members

Chapter 2：

Trade and Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific: Status in Fulfilling the Bogor Declaration economy

Chapter 3：

Service Trade and Movement of People in APEC: Liberalization Measures for Their Further Promotion

Chapter 4：

APEC's Future and Japan's Role: Possibilities for Further Developing the Asia-Pacific's Investment Environment and Production Networks

Chapter 5：

Currency and Financial Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: Status and Tasks

Chapter 6：

Possibilities for Cooperating on Energy in APEC

Chapter 7：

Trade Liberalization and Agriculture in APEC: The Agricultural Issue in FTAs

Chapter 8：

Economic Impact of the FTAAP: Analysis Using a Computable General Equilibrium Model

Chapter 9：

The US Strategy toward Asia-Pacific: Focusing on APEC-Wide Integration

Chapter 10：

APEC as a Regional Institution: American Influence and Changes in Functions and Norms

►Creation of a Productivity Database on Japanese, Chinese, and South Korean Companies (East Asian Listed Companies[EALC] Database 2007)

Back Numbers of Asia Report

▪ASEAN+6 Economic Partnership: Significance and Tasks

December 2007

Executive Summary: (PDF)

Introductory Chapter: (PDF)

Chapter 1：

Economic Effects of an ASEAN + 6 Free Trade Agreement(PDF)

Chapter 2：

India, Australia, and New Zealand: Economic Relations with East Asia

Chapter 3：

Current Trade and Investment Barriers in India and Australia

Chapter 4：

The Potential for Expansion of East Asian Production Networks: A Growing Role for India?

Chapter 5：

Potential Growth in Services Trade in the ASEAN+6 Region

Chapter 6：

Energy Cooperation in East Asia: Present Conditions and Challenges

Chapter 7：

Increasing Diversity and Supply Stability for ASEAN+6 Agriculture and Food

Chapter 8：

Business Opportunities in the Giant Indian Market

Chapter 9：

Prospects and Problems for Indian Economic Expansion: Possible Economic Cooperation with East Asia

Chapter 10：

The Birth of ASEAN+6: Strategic Considerations and the Potential for a New Regionwide FTA

▪Regional Cooperation Toward the Establishment of an East Asian Community - With a View to Asia in 2020

December 2006

Summary: (PDF)

Chapter 1：

Economic Integration in East Asia and Changes in Production Networks

Chapter 2：

Intra-regional Policy Coordination Necessary through Trade Facilitation

Chapter 3：

Distribution Cooperation in East Asia

Chapter 4：

Agriculture/Food Problems Key to the East Asian Community Scheme

Chapter 5：

The East Asian Economy in 2020: An Analysis of Economic Effects of the Community

Chapter 6：

Information Technology Cooperation in East Asia: Toward International Standardization of Information and Communications Technology

Chapter 7：

Intensifying Cultural Exchanges

Chapter 8：

Regional Monetary and Financial Coordination in East Asia

Chapter 9：

Energy Security and Regional Cooperation in East Asia

Chapter 10：

Multilateral Security in the Asia-Pacific Region: Possibility of Strategic Convergence of the Multilayer Mechanism

▪Regional Co-operation between Japan, China, South Korea and ASEAN, and the Potential for FTAs

February 2005

Introductory Chapter：

Japan, China and South Korea Should Sign an FTA with ASEAN for Broader Cooperation(PDF)

Chapter 1：

Intra-Industry Trade Rapidly Expanding in Japan-China-South Korea and ASEAN

Chapter 2：

ASEAN, Japan, China and S. Korea Need to Step Up Cooperation in Oil Stockpiling and Other Energy Areas

Chapter 3：

Leadership of Japan and China Essential in the Formation of an East Asian Monetary Zone(PDF)

Chapter 4：

Narrowing the Digital Divide Is the Key to IT Cooperation in East Asia

Chapter 5：

Strategic Response Needed to Growing Movement of People between ASEAN and Japan-China-South Korea

Chapter 6：

Advanced Private-Sector Cooperation in Japan, China, South Korea and ASEAN Giving Boost to Moves toward FTAs in East Asia

Chapter 7：

Both Japan and China Should Show Leadership in Creating an East Asian Community

Chapter 8：

China's FTA Strategy and China-Japan Economic Relations

Chapter 9：

The Changing Pattern of Economic Structure in East Asia:An ASEAN View

Chapter 10：

South Korea to Gain A Lot from an FTA with ASEAN Along with FTAs with Japan and China