Reason1. Fertile and Trusted Free Market

Reason1. Fertile and Trusted Free Market

Trusted investment destination

FDI
Confidence Index

Asia No.1 / World No.3

No. Country
1 US
2 Canada
3 Japan
4 Germany
5 UK
  1. Source :

    “The 2023 FDI Confidence Index” (Kearney)

Developed and free market that provides ample opportunities for new entrants

Japan’s Market Size is the Biggest Attraction for Foreign-affiliated Companies

50.7% *

  1. *

    50.7% of the survey respondents cited the Japanese market size as the most attractive feature of doing business in Japan.

  1. Source:

    ”FY2022 Survey on Business Operations of Foreign-affiliated Companies in Japan” (JETRO)

Japan leverages FTAs to develop preferential access to global markets

FTA Coverage by Major Trading Economies:

Four pie charts. Country, percentage in force or signed, percentage under negotiation, trave value in 2021, in sequence. Japan 78.8% 21.2% 1.5714 trillion US dollars (converted at 106.82 yen to the US dollar), China48.4%51.6%6.0471 trillion US dollars, South Korea78.8%21.2%1.2595 trillion US dollars, US43.4%56.7%5.892 trillion US dollars, EU45.2%54.8% 4.599 trillion US dollars.
  1. Source:

    ”White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2022” (METI)

World’s leading industrial competitiveness creating various high value-added products

Industry Competitiveness

World No.4

No. Country / Region
1 Germany
2 China
3 Ireland
4 Japan
5 South Korea
6 US
7 Switzerland
8 Taiwan
9 Singapore
10 Netherlands
  1. Source:

    UNIDO (2021), CIP Competitive Industrial Performance Index. Vienna.
    Available from http://stat.unido.org.

Economic Complexity

(A rank of countries based on how diversified and complex their export basket is)

World No.1

No. Country / Region
1 Japan
2 Switzerland
3 South Korea
4 Germany
5 Singapore
6 Czech Republic
7 Austria
  1. Source:

    “The Atlas of Economic Complexity 2021” (Growth Lab at Harvard University)

Reason2. Innovation Ecosystem Open to the World

Patent Applications

No.1 in the world

Reason2. Innovation Ecosystem Open to the World

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