Tokyo as a Leading Global Financial Center: The Vision Under the Spotlight Again
Shirai, Sayuri | July 2017
Abstract
Japan has endeavored to develop its capital Tokyo as one of the top global financial centers for a long time. In 2014, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government presented new initiatives as part of the sustainable economic growth strategies by taking advantage of the global attention given to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Japan’s advantages are the sheer size of its economy (the third largest in terms of gross domestic product); the status of the Japanese yen as the third international currency after the United States dollar and the euro; and large financial and capital markets with abundant capital. Tokyo has the potential to become a regional financial center that transfers excess capital to emerging Asia given its geographic proximity. So far, this vision has not fully materialized because Japan’s financial investment continues to be destined toward the United States and Europe and in the form of relatively safe debt securities. Moreover, Japan’s capital remains largely risk averse, contributing to lack of diversity in domestic capital markets and limited provision of risk money to the world. This paper takes an overview of Japan’s financial and capital market developments.
Citation
Shirai, Sayuri. 2017. Tokyo as a Leading Global Financial Center: The Vision Under the Spotlight Again. © Asian Development Bank Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7176.Keywords
International Financial Market
Multilateral Financial Institutions
Economic Recession
Market
Crisis
Economic indicators
Growth models
Gross domestic product
Macroeconomics
Economic forecast
Financial Stability
Financial Management System
Financial Restructuring
Capital Market Development
Market Development
Economics
Erosion
International Economics
Macroeconomic
Macroeconomic Analysis
Performance Evaluation
Impact Evaluation
Foreign and Domestic Financing
Business recessions
Multilateral development banks
Regulatory reform
Capital
Exports
Economic development projects
Economic policy
Economic forecasting
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