Japan's economy is currently undergoing a crucial moment in its future strategic direction. In May
2023, the Society of Integrated Management for Risk and Crisis organized its 7th academic conference,
covering a wide range of topics and discussing numerous crisis management issues. The outcomes
highlighted the urgent need to address crisis management measures comprehensively, with a special
focus on advanced research topics such as logistics crisis countermeasures for 2024. The severity of the
labor shortage in logistics is paralleled by a similarly critical situation in the construction industry. The
impending 2024 problem, involving regulations on overtime limits, is exacerbating the rise in
construction costs. Since August 2022, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has consistently shown a yearon-year growth rate exceeding 3%. However, the escalating costs in sectors like logistics and
construction will have a cascading effect on overall prices. Some companies are navigating these
challenges by collaborating with competitors in non-competitive fields, allowing for more efficient
allocation of management resources in competitive sectors. Conversely, companies that develop their
own products are increasing their competitive advantage and reducing environmental impact by
managing all aspects in-house, from raw material procurement to planning, production, distribution,
and sales. For these companies, logistics is emerging as a strategically significant area. While
businessperson adopt diverse approaches based on their handled products and business models, the
political, industrial, academic and individual parties must collectively strive to identify optimal
solutions through the application of comprehensive risk and crisis management sciences.
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