Japan’s Economy Under the COVID-19 Pandemic

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	Regionalistica 2021 Volume 8 number 5 pages 28-43

Title of the article	Japan’s Economy Under the COVID-19 Pandemic
Pages	28-43
Author 1	Dyomina Yana Valeryevna candidate of sciences (economics), senior research fellow Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153, Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0001-5208-7273
Author 2	Mazitova Marina Gamilovna research fellow Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153, Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0002-7978-7904
Abstract	The article reviews consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and state measures to neutralize them. In April 2020 the state of emergency was implemented for the first time. And on October 1, 2021 all restrictions were lifted. During the pandemic, the Japanese economy has experienced several shocks: the largest drop in GDP in post-war history; a sharp increase in unemployment rate; decline in foreign trade; disruption in supply chains; and «failed» Olympic Games. According to forecasts, long-term sustainable growth is possible only in conditions of economic reform (active use of information and communications, and carbon-free technologies).
Code	338.2+339.5
DOI	10.14530/reg.2021.5.28
Keywords	Japan ♦ COVID-19 pandemic ♦ coronavirus ♦ economic policy measures ♦ government spending ♦ forecast ♦ foreign trade ♦ supply chains ♦ TNC
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For citation	Dyomina Yа.V., Mazitova M.G. Japan’s Economy Under the COVID-19 Pandemic. Regionalistica [Regionalistics]. 2021. Vol. 8. No. 5. Pp. 28–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.14530/reg.2021.5.28 (In Russian)
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