Managers' Forum ~ Website Reviews
Japanese Economic Foundation, JEF
Review by: Nadège Gella Jean-Pierre
Japanese Economic Foundation,
or JEF, is a very useful website for businesses
interested in doing business in Japan. This website offers various
vital links
for business information, specifically about Japan. JEF is primarily
a foundation
designed to help solve the existing trade frictions and prevent future
misunderstandings.
JEF pays special attention to the machinery industry. Their
goals are to promote
an improved understanding of the actual state of Japan's economy, trade,
economics
policy and industry. JEF sponsors visits abroad by Japanese policymakers
and
business executives, as well as inviting leading foreign economic policymakers
and executives to Japan. This foundation also publishes a magazine
in English
on Japan's trade and industry. JEF makes other publications on
Japanese industry
available, and also conducts research on the machinery industry, trade,
economic
policy and economies of other countries.
JEF provides a link
to up-to-date information form MITI, which is the Japanese
Government's Ministry of International Trade and Industry. They
provide news
from MITI in English. MITI publishes information on Japanese
economic policy,
trade policy, automotive issues, speeches, different press conferences,
film
issue, as well as many more topics. MITI also publishes a list
of press presentations,
and an English publication list.
JEF offers the Journal of
Japanese Trade and Industry, with articles in English
about current issues in the business world. I, for example, read
an article
about how individual investors are unprotected in Japan. This
article talked
about the deregulation of foreign exchange in Japan and the repercussions
felt
by the individual investors.
JEF also provides a section
of the 2005 World Exposition in Japan. They posted
information on the QUAD Trade Ministers Meeting between Japan, the
US, Canada
and the E.U. Information on APEC is also posted.
JEF has a helpful list of
links to other servers including MITI and homepages
of other Ministries, agencies and local governments. JEF provides
links to
JETRO, which is Japan External Trade Organization. JETRO is a
nonprofit organization
dedicated to promoting the mutual beneficial trade and economic relations
between
Japan and other countries. The Japanese government supports this
organization.
Finally, JEF offers links to the economic WWW servers in Japan
and WWW servers
of various international organizations and foreign governments.
JEF is a very
practical website for businesses interested in up-to-date
information on Japanese trade, economics and industry. This website
provides
business information focused specifically on Japan for companies and
organizations
all over the world. JEF is an excellent tool for global business,
and I enthusiastically
recommend this web site.
http://www.jef.or.jp
