Monthly Japanese Industry and Policy News January 2023
Topics covered on the January 2023 issue:
・This was compiled by “Weekly Japanese Industrial and Policy News”.
Legislation and Policy News
- METI signs Memorandum of Cooperation with U.S. on human rights in supply chains
- METI and U.S. government release joint statement on energy security and clean energy transition
- Japan and the United States conclude framework agreement on space cooperation
- EU and Japan sign Administrative Arrangement for promotion of mutual sharing and utilization of satellite data
- Former Japan-EU Business Roundtable Co-Chair Sakuyama visits Prime Minister Kishida and presents a proposal
- Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications signs Memorandum of Cooperation with Director General of National Telecommunications and Information Agency of the U.S.
- Electric kickboard, no license required from July 1, can be ridden on "sidewalks" at speeds of 6 km/h or less
- Trade ministers’ coalition meeting on climate change was held
- The government aims to enact the GX promotion bill in the current Diet session
Survey and Business Data
- Domestic new car sales in 2022 sluggish to the level of 50 years ago 4.2 million units, down 5.6% from the previous year
- Corporate Goods Price Index rises 10.2% in December 2010, record high for the year
- 2022 trade deficit hits record high of JP¥ 19.9 trillion impacted by higher resource prices and weaker JP¥
- Foreign visitors to Japan in 2022 was 3,831,900, the first increase in three years, but level of 10% to 2019
Company & Organization News
- Sumitomo Forestry to construct a 7-story wooden office building in the United States
- Sony-Honda launches sedan EV "AFEELA" in spring 2026
- JFE Steel acquires blue credits for seaweed bed development project using steel slag products
- Kuraray begins call for school bags donation to Afghanistan
- Shimizu Corporation develops "Decarbonized" Soil Improvement Method
- GE and IHI sign MoU to develop gas turbines that can operate on 100% ammonia
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Total Energies of France succeeded in sea test of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
- Four Companies announced joint feasibility study of large-scale and wide-area CCS value chain project using ship transportation
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries successfully launches H2A rocket equipped with information gathering satellite