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Development of Japan’s Port System

In: Regulation and Finance in the Port Industry

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  • Hidekazu Itoh

    (Kwansei Gakuin University)

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This chapter discusses the changes in the port system, especially the port management system in Japan. Since the port development has a public service aspect, and most ports are managed by local governments, it is quite difficult to differentiate between them (or balancing the development of Japanese ports) for competing with Asian ports. However, with the progress in global economic growth, containerization, and stagnation in Japan’s maritime networks, the government is engaging in the management of ports since 2005. It is investing directly in privately operated companies at major ports, that is, at Hanshin port and the ports of Yokohama and Kawasaki (Keihin port, excluding the port of Tokyo) for securing trunk lines to North America and Europe versus major Asian ports.

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  • Hidekazu Itoh, 2022. "Development of Japan’s Port System," Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics, in: Claudio Ferrari & Hercules Haralambides & Sergio Prete & Alessio Tei (ed.), Regulation and Finance in the Port Industry, chapter 0, pages 131-151, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:psmchp:978-3-030-83985-7_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-83985-7_9
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