About this article
Article Category: Conceptual Paper
Published Online: Sep 30, 2019
Page range: 201 - 211
Received: May 12, 2019
Accepted: Jul 12, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2019-0018
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© 2019 Jerzy Grabowiecki, published by Sciendo
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Figure 1
![Trends in the real GDP growth rate in Japan (%).Source:Fukao et al. [2015, p. 15].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f948215d2f6c89db738c/j_ijme-2019-0018_fig_001.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250930%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250930T042822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=c657e6d3f9d5a1c5f35a71a40a040f7572b49b1840f7c577eead3aec07ebb3f9&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 2
![The ratio of the elderly population in major countries (%).Note: The elderly population (aged 65 or over) divided by the productive population (age 15–64).Source: [UN, DESA].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f948215d2f6c89db738c/j_ijme-2019-0018_fig_002.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250930%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250930T042822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=3de864ceaabc61f0d94993fa14d752414633a4f13d7bdcefb75fedcb47f2af07&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 3
![“Three-Arrows Strategy.”Source: MUFG [2018, p. 5].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f948215d2f6c89db738c/j_ijme-2019-0018_fig_003.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250930%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250930T042822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=2e6b526b6cf10f85268a177e5a351ca49c97a71049992b75c490c714578a5c10&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 4
![QQE system in Japan.Source: MUFG [2018, p. 7].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f948215d2f6c89db738c/j_ijme-2019-0018_fig_004.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250930%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250930T042822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=3c7767c3b11f057bf6728110713448a6367be9d76f73aa020b25953fe39874f1&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 5
![Tankan index for industrial companies.Source: Own elaboration on the basis of [Bank of Japan].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f948215d2f6c89db738c/j_ijme-2019-0018_fig_005.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250930%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250930T042822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=cefa1be7fdbb1cf9a308c23d4ede1f40b617ca137f4568df8aeb0131226f7014&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 6
![Tankan index for non-industrial companies.Source: Own elaboration on the basis of [Bank of Japan].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f948215d2f6c89db738c/j_ijme-2019-0018_fig_006.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250930%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250930T042822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=24d0cfe42457fe183202068192969315dd5093293d352938e6165982a1983ece&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 7
![General government gross debt by country (% of nominal GDP).Source: IMF [2018a].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f948215d2f6c89db738c/j_ijme-2019-0018_fig_007.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250930%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250930T042822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=9b2724b8a5b3a0e1e947cc20f9efe10ee39a3a4cecfc94bc89a7b7c480c91a07&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 8
![Projected effects of trade liberalization on real GDP (%).Note: FTAAP denotes free trade area of the Asia-Pacific.Source:MUFG [2018, p. 32].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6471f948215d2f6c89db738c/j_ijme-2019-0018_fig_008.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250930%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250930T042822Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=d2ebbe4c56c938e55316c2851fde68c605547b58b98b83dd74563dfe6a5da376&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Japan: selected indicators, 2012–2017
2012 | 1.5 | −3.7 | 4.1 | −0.1 | 4.3 |
2013 | 2.0 | −2.2 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
2014 | 0.4 | −2.6 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
2015 | 1.4 | −2.0 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
2016 | 1.0 | −1.8 | 0.6 | −0.1 | 3.1 |
2017 | 1.7 | −0.7 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 2.9 |