Japan’s Place in the World I. Basic Figures 1. Energy Self-Sufficiency Rate (2004) and Food Self-Sufficiency Rate (2003) 128 Energy SelfSufficiency Rate* (%) Food SelfSufficiency Rate (%) 13.8* GDP (USD Trillions) 122 87 84 4.6 4.4 70 61 Ichiro Fujisaki Oct. 2008 2. GDP and GDP per Capita (2007) 4.5 3.4 4.2 4.0 3.3 2.7 40 GDP Per Capita (USD Tens of Thousands) 27 4 1.3 0.9 8 Japan US UK Germany *Nuclear energy is calculated as imported. France (Source: IEA, FAO) 3.3 2.6 Japan US UK Germany France 1.2 0.2 Russia 0.1 China India (Source: World Bank) *The visual representation of the US GDP is not accurately proportionate to the figure. II. Global Contribution 3. UN Contribution (2008) and Official Development Aid Contribution (Total Official Development Aid for 10 years 1998-2007) UN Contribution (USD Millions) 453 ODA Contribution (USD Billions) 122 105 69 115 US UK 690 351 (Ranking 3) 180 71 22 Japan 3,500* (Ranking 1) 1,903* (Ranking 1) 495 (Ranking 2) 304 162 4. Contribution to Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction (2004-2006) 49 N/A France Russia N/A China (Source: UN, OECD/DAC) Japan US UK Contribution to Iraq (USD Tens of Millions) Contribution to Afghanistan (USD Millions) 242 292 Germany 143 50 France *The visual representations of the US contributions to Iraq and Afghanistan are not accurately proportionate to the figures. (Source: OECD/DAC) III. Relations with US IV. Intellectual Property 6. PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) International Applications (2007) 5. US Trade Deficit and Foreign Direct Investment to US (Stock Base, as of 2007) 53 US Trade Deficit (USD Billions) 411 PCT International Applications (Thousands) FDI to US (USD Billions) 233 203 83 169 18 6 66 45 Japan 28 256 UK 1 6 3 China India 14 Germany France Japan US UK Germany 1 Japan US 17 9 8 2 27 EU Nations Russia China 26.58 Billion tons (Global) ［Primary Energy Supply (Crude Oil Equivalent)/ GDP with Japan as 1] 2 France 8. CO2 Emissions (2005) 7. Energy Necessary to Produce a Dollar of GDP (2004) Energy Necessary to Produce a Dollar of GDP (with Japan as 1) 5 (Source: WIPO) (Source: Department of Commerce) V. Environmental Aspects 7 China Middle Others 13% East Africa 5% 3% Latin America 3% Other Asian Nations India 4% 7% Japan Russia 6% 4% United States 21% China 19% 27 EU Nations 15% (Source: OECD) India (Source: IEA) *Please send comments to [email protected]