TABLE5：　Problems of Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan

	Problems of small and medium enterprises in Japan	%
1	Decrease of demands or poor sales	58.3
2	Competition among small and medium enterprises	43.7
3	Fall in the price of finished goods and commodities	34.4
4	Strict transaction conditions for subcontractor	23.7
5	Shortage of human resources	19.6
6	Stringency in the money market	15.0
7	Low levels of technology and selling	13.6
8	High labor cost	12.7
9	Increase of low-priced imports	7.1
10	The high rises in raw materials and stock in trade	7.0
11	Overseas shift of business connection	5.6
12	Intensification of environmental regulation	5.5
13	Shortage of successor	4.8
14	Competition with large enterprises	4.4
15	Backward in Computerization	1.4