Monthly Japanese Industry and Policy News January 2023

Topics covered on the January 2023 issue:

・This was compiled by Weekly Japanese Industrial and Policy News.

Legislation and Policy News -    METI signs Memorandum of Cooperation with U.S. on human rights in supply chains  -    METI and U.S. government release joint statement on energy security and clean energy transition -    Japan and the United States conclude framework agreement on space cooperation -    EU and Japan sign Administrative Arrangement for promotion of mutual sharing and utilization of satellite data -    Former Japan-EU Business Roundtable Co-Chair Sakuyama visits Prime Minister Kishida and presents a proposal -    Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications signs Memorandum of Cooperation with Director General of National Telecommunications and Information Agency of the U.S. -    Electric kickboard, no license required from July 1, can be ridden on "sidewalks" at speeds of 6 km/h or less -    Trade ministers’ coalition meeting on climate change was held -    The government aims to enact the GX promotion bill in the current Diet session

Survey and Business Data -    Domestic new car sales in 2022 sluggish to the level of 50 years ago 4.2 million units, down 5.6% from the previous year -    Corporate Goods Price Index rises 10.2% in December 2010, record high for the year -    2022 trade deficit hits record high of JP¥ 19.9 trillion impacted by higher resource prices and weaker JP¥ -    Foreign visitors to Japan in 2022 was 3,831,900, the first increase in three years, but level of 10% to 2019

Company & Organization News -    Sumitomo Forestry to construct a 7-story wooden office building in the United States -    Sony-Honda launches sedan EV "AFEELA" in spring 2026 -    JFE Steel acquires blue credits for seaweed bed development project using steel slag products -    Kuraray begins call for school bags donation to Afghanistan -    Shimizu Corporation develops "Decarbonized" Soil Improvement Method -    GE and IHI sign MoU to develop gas turbines that can operate on 100% ammonia -    Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Total Energies of France succeeded in sea test of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) -    Four Companies announced joint feasibility study of large-scale and wide-area CCS value chain project using ship transportation -    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries successfully launches H2A rocket equipped with information gathering satellite

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