what are japan s biggest industries 
japan is one of the world s leading exporters of manufactured goods the country is the world s second largest exporter of automobiles and also produces significant quantities of machinery and electronic equipment was abenomics a success abenomics refers to the economic policies of shinzo abe who led japan as prime minister between 2006 and 2007 and again between 2012 and 2020 abe steadily introduced a series of shareholder friendly reforms encouraging japan inc to stop hoarding cash and increase dividends and stock repurchases he also targeted negative interest rates a controversial policy designed to stimulate spending and depreciate the yen since japanese companies are big exporters a devalued currency gives them a competitive edge the bottom linea japan etf invests in a basket of japanese equities allowing international investors to gain exposure to one of the world s largest manufacturing economies like other etfs japan etfs provide diversified exposure to a broad cross section of the country s economy without relying on the success of any one company however international etfs also come with some extra risks 