Author(s)

Ubaidillah Zuhdi

Department of Industrial Administration, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Japan.

The purposes of this study are 1) to get another perspective related to the role of creative industries in national economy of Japan from 1995-2005 and 2) to know the ways to improve these sectors. This study employs Input-Output (IO) analysis as a tool of analysis. More specifically, this study uses simple output multipliers and demand-pull IO quantity model. Comparison with previous study is conducted in order to achieve the first objective. Another perspective related to above role is obtained from this study, namely creative industries, using simple output multipliers method, did not have an important role in national economy of Japan in analysis period. The results also show that the patterns of total output of creative industries of Japan on future period are not identic. Nevertheless, these sectors have one similarity, namely the modification of import will decrease their total output. This phenomenon indicates that import restriction related to these sector’s products is needed.

Creative Industries; Perspective; Input-Output Analysis; Import Restriction; Japan

Zuhdi, U. (2014) Analyzing the Role of Creative Industries in National Economy of Japan: 1995-2005. Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 4, 197-211. doi: 10.4236/ojapps.2014.44020.