With a view to improving competitiveness from a long-term perspective, the pace of increase in R&D investment is planned to be maintained in industries such as automobiles and chemicals, which recently have been affected by the global economic slowdown.
Moreover, construction investment also has maintained a high level, reflecting a wide range of demand, such as for urban redevelopment projects, construction of distribution facilities that results from the spread of e-commerce, and construction of accommodation facilities that aims at capturing inbound tourism demand.