Changing Intra-Asia Trade Networks: New Findings from the White Paper 2006.

The article discusses the coverage of the "White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2006," in Japan, with emphasis on the Japanese trade issue of international business networks in Asia. The structure of the international division of labor within East Asia, which includes Japan, China, South Korea, was clarified by the paper. In the input-output linkages with the electric machinery sector, an increase in the number of industries with significant linkages with foreign nations was reported.