ABSTRACT
The global objectives of a strategic economy must evidently be to maximize, and constantly increase, one’s strategic production and access to the factors of strategic production. Factors of strategic production include capital; raw materials; a skilled technical work force; employments to sustain that work force; product and process technology; techno-industrial plant capacity itself; construction assets; transportation assets; and service assets such as insurance, marketing networks, and brokerage networks. Strategic economy serves two purposes: social welfare and international influence. In a system of strategic economy, there are in effect three zones, domestic, foreign, and the interface between them. Japan’s global strategic goals amount to acquiring production and factors of production abroad. Ultimately, Japanese companies, to move consumer production to Japan, must operate in foreign markets and serve individual foreign consumers. Japan, when pursuing its strategic objectives on a long-term basis in foreign countries, tends to set up implementing structures rather than rely on existing markets.
