Publication: Resilient Industries in Japan: Lessons Learned on Enhancing Competitive Industries in the Face of Disasters Caused by Natural Hazards
Date
2020-10-29
ISSN
Published
2020-10-29
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Industries create jobs, catalyze
investments, and bring technological advancement to a
country. However, as industries expand across borders and
become increasingly complex, so do their risks, including
impacts from disasters and climate change. Disasters,1
including earthquakes and extreme weather events, are
disrupting industrial activities and, as a result,
undermining sustainable economic development in many
countries. Their effects reveal the fundamentally
interconnected nature of our global supply chain: even
distant disasters can bring local industrial production to a
halt. For example, the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE)
ultimately affected more than 5,000 of the 30,000 parts used
in General Motors vehicles, even though Japan was considered
only a minor supplier for the Detroit-based company (Sheffi
2018). The objective of this case study on Japan is to share
lessons drawing upon Japan’s experience of industrial
development in the face of diverse disaster risks. The
report will focus on the manufacturing sector, given its
importance to Japan’s economic development, and
interconnection with extensive global value chains. The
Japanese solutions for resilient industry gathered in this
report complement those put forward in the World Bank report
‘Resilient Industries: Competitiveness in the Face of
Disasters’ (forthcoming 2020), which includes a Resilient
Industry Framework. This framework details several ways in
which disaster and climate change considerations can be
mainstreamed in the various industrial development
investment projects the World Bank supports across diverse
countries and regions.
Citation
“World Bank. 2020. Resilient Industries in Japan; Resilient Industries in Japan : Lessons Learned on Enhancing Competitive Industries in the Face of Disasters Caused by Natural Hazards. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34765 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”