Japan’s cement industry sees light at the end of the tunnel

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1 Development of TSE Index and Urban land price, 1986 = 100

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ADBI

2 Development of construction investment

ADBI

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3 Development of the building starts

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e-stat.go.jp

4 Development of new housing starts

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5 Construction materials in housing starts

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JCA, OneStone Research

6 Domestic cement consumption

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JCA, OneStone Research

7 Cement and clinker exports

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JCA

8 Largest cement sales regions, 2013

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JCA

9 Development of volume of sales by region

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10 Development of clinker capacity

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Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

11 Ofunato cement plant

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

12 Kiln lines at Kyushu Cement

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

Sumitomo Osaka Cement Corp.

13 Gifu cement plant

Sumitomo Osaka Cement Corp.

MacGregor

14 870 dwt cement selfunlaoder of Taiheiyo

MacGregor

Iwate University

15 Tokyo Tama Ecocement plant

Iwate University

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

Kyushu cement plant

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

1 Introduction

Japan’s “two lost decades” from 1991 to 2010 show an extreme example of a weak recovery from a financial crisis, now referred to as “Japanization”. The term is mostly linked to the countries prolonged, substantial decline in stock and real estate prices and lack of GDP growth. Several factors may have contributed, such as the large-scale banking crisis and delayed banking sector reforms, inadequate macroeconomic policies and low levels of corporate investment.

The loss of industrial competitiveness in specific sectors, a slowdown in productivity and an aging society have also...

Dr. Joachim Harder, OneStone Consulting S.L., Barcelona/Spain

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