Quarterly Survey of Overseas Subsidiaries

Changes to the content of the survey

1. Concerning parent companies

   The realized and forecast values of "acquisition of tangible fixed assets (excluding land)" and "direct foreign 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 Report on Current Situation of the Plant Investments of Private Sector that pertain to the parent companies targeted by this survey.

   Therefore, no comparison will be made between surveys of the current period and periods before January-March 1998.

2. Concerning 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.