By attracting foreign companies and capital to Japan, there will be the chance of an inflow of superior technologies and new expertise, and the creation of innovation and high-value-added accumulated technologies will be promoted. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is now taking a variety of measures to promote making Japan an Asian Business Center.

Information on measures to make Japan an Asian business center

• Measures to make Japan an Asian business center
  • The incentive measures (preferential tax treatment, subsidies, etc.) to attract R&D centers and Asian headquarters of global companies are introduced.
• Survey results
  • Survey of trends in business activities of foreign affiliates *Latest survey results are being prepared in English.
    Survey of trends in business activities of foreign affiliates  (in Japanese)
    A general statistical survey on foreign –affiliated   companies in Japan, conducted annually
  • FY 2008 survey report on foreign-affiliated companies’ attitudes toward foreign  direct investment in Japan (published in April 2009)
    A questionnaire survey on foreign-affiliated companies in Japan, conducted in 2008
  • Survey on policies to promote direct investment to Japan (Survey on Attitude of Western and Asian Companies toward Investment in Japan) (released in March 2010)(PDF:446KB) (in Japanese)
    A telephone questionnaire survey on 180 foreign-affiliated companies with headquarters in Europe, the United States and Asia, conducted in 2009

Invest Japan Office: One-stop service for foreign companies and investors

METI has established the “Invest Japan Office” in the Regional Bureaus of METI throughout Japan and the Department of Economy, Trade and Industry of the Okinawa General Bureau, to support foreign companies and investors who are interested in local investment by providing necessary information.

• For further information Updated on August 30

• (Investing in Japan)
• INVEST JAPAN (Investment in JAPAN Information Center: IJIC)
• Q&A concerning direct investment to Japan (External Economic Policy Site)(in Japanese)
• Japanese Law Translation (website of the Ministry of Justice)