日本在國際貿易和金融交易中所占份額的增加對整個世界經濟，特別是對美國經濟產生了重大影響。日本與其貿易伙伴之間的新的經濟相互依賴造成了各種各樣的問題，因此提出了許多需要進一步研究的問題。日本和世界經濟將發表經濟學、金融學、管理學和營銷學方面的原創研究，表達這些擔憂。日本和世界經濟力求滿足對貿易不平衡和摩擦、技術競爭、金融市場國際化、匯率變動和宏觀經濟協調、比較管理和銷售做法以及其他有關主題進行全面、公正和科學研究的日益增長的需要。從基礎廣泛的國際學者團體征求捐款。除了經驗性和政策性研究外，日本和世界經濟也歡迎有助于了解問題并提出糾正行動的理論分析。

The increase in Japan's share of international trade and financial transactions has had a major impact on the world economy in general and on the U.S. economy in particular. The new economic interdependence between Japan and its trading partners created a variety of problems and so raised many issues that require further study.Japan and the World Economy will publish original research in economics, finance, managerial sciences, and marketing that express these concerns.Japan and the World Economy seeks to meet the growing need for comprehensive, impartial and scientific study of trade imbalance and friction, technological competition, internationalization of financial markets, exchange rate variation and macroeconomic coordination, comparative managerial and marketing practices and other related topics. Contributions are solicited from a broad-based, international community of scholars. In addition to empirical and policy-oriented studies, Japan and the World Economy also welcomes theoretical analysis that contributes to an understanding of the issues and proposes corrective action.