1995 Japan's GDP has reached more than 5 trillion US dollars. Why is there only over $4 trillion now?

If we look at the value of GDP, we will indeed find that there is a certain economic retrogression in Japan. But at present, GDP is not enough to accurately measure the economic level of developed countries. One of the major defects of GDP statistics is that it does not calculate the overseas investment of domestic enterprises. In the past two decades, Japan has a large number of overseas assets. So it seems that Japan is experiencing economic retrogression, but when you go to Japan, you will find that their life is still not in a hurry, and people here live well.

Simply put, Japan is one of the few developed countries whose GNP exceeds GDP. For a long time, there has been a saying that Japan is overseas. This is also the enduring mystery of Japan's core competitiveness. This is an economic problem that has been advocated since Ampere. After all, since the 1990s, Japan's economy has shifted from large domestic enterprises to foreign investment, which also shows that the country's GDP growth has turned to GNP growth. ?

Of course, in the course of these years' development, if calculated in dollars, you will find that the Japanese economy has indeed experienced obvious retrogression, because the exchange rate is the main reason for this phenomenon. We know that 1995, 1 US dollar is converted into 94 yen, 20 17 years, 1 US dollar is converted into12 yen, and the yen depreciates 19? After Abe took office, he stepped up the implementation of Abenomics and actively promoted the depreciation of the yen. This is an important means for him to develop foreign-funded enterprises.

Why did the Japanese economy develop so fast in the last century, and it seems that China's economy developed faster in the last 20 years? In fact, these three factors are closely related!

1, population

Japan is a country with a relatively small territory and population. Even in the past 20 years, aging has become more and more serious. The population here is in danger. Although the country has been doing a good job in providing for the elderly, many elderly people also actively participate in society and make constant contributions to society. However, after all, it is a developed country with a relatively high level of education and other aspects. Their population is no longer regarded as the main productive force, but is pursuing scientific education and other aspects to break through the population barrier. After all, their territory is limited, and no matter how they develop, it is impossible to break through a populous country like China.

2. Economic transformation

In manufacturing, Japan is indeed an excellent country. But if you play the internet, Japan is really not. Japan, a country with an Internet economy, missed the dividend period. And our leading enterprises such as China Huawei, Alibaba, Taobao, JD.COM, etc. Have greatly boosted the Internet economy, and now there are ByteDance and so on. So these leading enterprises have made China a lot of wealth in the Internet economy.

However, people's life in Japan is very stable, and the economy seems to have regressed, but there has been no turmoil, and the tourism industry here is also very good.