Quarterly Survey of Overseas Subsidiaries

Changes to the Content of the Survey

1. Parent Companies

The realized and forecast values of "acquisition of tangible fixed assets (excluding land)" and "foreign direct investment" use the results of every second survey (the July-September and the January-March surveys) rather than the quarterly surveys.

The July-September survey concerns results for the April-September term and expectations for the October-March term, while the January-March survey pertains to results for the October-March term and expectations for the April-September term.

Of the data surveyed, the "acquisition of tangible fixed assets (excluding land)" item is extracted and then calculated from those results of the MITI survey of capital spending that pertain to the parent companies targeted by this survey.

2. Overseas Subsidiaries

The realized and forecast values of "acquisition of tangible fixed assets (excluding land)" use the results of every second survey (the July-September and the January-March surveys) rather than the quarterly surveys.

The July-September survey concerns results for the April-September term and expectations for the October-March term, while the January-March survey pertains to results for the October-March term and expectations for the April-September term.