Study On Japan Industrial Structure Characteric And Ralation Of Japan Industrial Structure And Economic Growth (1955-2010)

The industrial structure has been the core issue of the Industrial EconomicsResearch, It is not only involved in macroeconomic, and link the micro-economic.Industrial structure is the core of a country’s economic structure. Japan created apost-war economic miracle, are experiencing20years of "stagnation"。 It’s industrialstructure has greatly research value.This paper selects data in the structure of the industry from1955to2010as theresearch object, using Petty-Clark’s Law, the Kuznets three industry changes in outputand employment law, Hollis Chenery’s theory of standard industrial structure. Thispaper study in depth within the three major industries. Three major industries in Japanbreakdown of the top ten industries, each industry has its own characteristics, theinterior also has a rich structure.Because Japan’s national characteristics, Japanese industry has its owncharacteristics. The role of the pillar industries in Japan continue to be converted. Thetextile industry, steel industry, chemicals industry,household appliances industry, automechanics industry, and the information industry play the role. The different industrieshave different performance in the stock market. The different industries have differentSecurities degree, reflecting the varying degrees in different industries capitalizedcharacteristics.The speed of adjustment of the industrial structure has close ties with the grossdomestic product (GDP) growth rate.The study found that the speed of adjustment ofindustrial structure and the growth rate of GDP is related. From1955to1975, Japan’sGDP maintained a growth rate of over10%.From1990to2010, the average growthrate of Japan’s GDP is less than1%.The study found that in the1955-1975period, thespeed of adjustment in various industries generally faster than the speed of theadjustment of industrial structure from1990to2010.This is due to a variety of policy no longer works as it was before. This is becauseof the technological revolution, the consumer revolution, and many other reasons.Adjustment of the industrial structure has not only brought a change in the structure ofemployment at the same time more and more output value is created by the serviceindustry and information industry. Also, to some extent it caused the structuralunemployment.