JETRO Invest Japan Report 2016 (Summary) 5. Investment Promotion Projects of JETRO
1. Achievements of JETRO
- 14,197 projects supported, including 1,405 startups by foreign companies (FY2003-FY2015) (160 projects in FY2015 were foreign company startups, which is 1.5 times of that in 2014 [109 projects])
- FY2015 projects: Asia (39%), Europe (31%), North America (28%)
- The US, China and Germany were the top three.
Investment projects supported by JETRO (FY 2003-2015)

Investment projects supported by JETRO (by prefecture)

2. Focus of JETRO’s activities
- Improvement of business environment, strengthening dispatch of information, enhancement of support for individual companies and contribution to regional revitalization
3.Outline of JETRO’s projects
(1)Dispatching information contributing to promotion of inward FDI
- Promotion by high-ranking officials and overseas seminars
- website and other PR media for investment in Japan
- Business matching, introducing local governments and business providers to support subsequent investment
(3)Attraction of R&D centers and other high-value added sites
- Subsidy program for global innovation centers
- Target industries: Regenerative medicine and IoT:
1. Establishment of global innovation centers, 2. Experimental studies, 3. Feasibility studies
(4)Collaboration with local governments to attract foreign investment to local regions
- Working together with local governments actively attracting overseas and foreign-affiliated companies
- Started working-level training program (basic, application and practice) for local officials in charge of attraction of foreign companies.
- Consultation service, desks at HQ dedicated to six countries, Invest Japan Coordinators, IBSC, information provision, Invest Japan Hotline and investment support through Global Alliance Scheme