Investing in Japan

Latest Updates 2020

Nov. 25, 2020 JETRO Announcements

"Financial Services Agency" Promoting the Use of English and Establishing a Single Point of Contact for Foreign Asset Management Firms

Nov. 25, 2020 JETRO Announcements

“JETRO Investment Report 2020” published: The Changing Japanese Market amid COVID-19 and Prospects for Business Development

Jul. 10, 2020 JETRO Announcements

Invest Japan Seminar at world's largest medical equipment trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany

Sep. 14, 2020 JETRO Announcements

“With and Beyond COVID-19: Business Opportunities in Japan” promotion video series launched - 3rd episode: “Innovation Ecosystem Leading the Way in Japan”

Sep. 02, 2020 JETRO Announcements

“With and Beyond COVID-19: Business Opportunities in Japan” promotion video series launched - 2nd episode: “Accelerating Digitalization of Medical Care in Japan”

Aug. 19, 2020 JETRO Announcements

“With and Beyond COVID-19: Business Opportunities in Japan” promotion video series launched – 1st episode: “Work Style Changes in Japan”

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Jul. 30, 2020 JETRO Announcements

Preliminary results of the “Survey on Operations of Foreign-affiliated Companies in Japan”

Jul. 10, 2020 JETRO Announcements

Invest Japan Seminar for Innovation at Taiwan's largest startup event, Meet Taipei 2019

Jul. 10, 2020 JETRO Announcements

Invest Japan Seminar in Shanghai, China

Jul. 10, 2020 JETRO Announcements

″Japan as Your Business Partner - Opportunities for Fund Raising and Market Entry″ held in Gurugram and Mumbai, India

Jul. 10, 2020 JETRO Announcements

Invest Japan Seminar in Helsinki—Japan-Finland Gateway for Open Innovation Meetup

Jun. 18, 2020 JETRO Announcements

Program for Promoting Investment in Japan to Strengthen Supply Chains (Excerpt of the Application Guidelines)＜PDF＞（565KB）

Jun. 15, 2020 JETRO Announcements

COVID-19 Helpline is established

May. 25, 2020 JETRO Announcements

Results of the “Survey on Impacts of the COVID-19 and Needs of Foreign-affiliated Companies“

Apr. 15, 2020 JETRO Announcements

Regional Business Conference in Hokkaido

Apr. 15, 2020 JETRO Announcements

Preliminary results of the “Survey on Impacts of the COVID-19 on and Needs of Foreign-affiliated Companies

Jan. 31, 2020 JETRO Announcements

Regional Business Conference in Sendai

Dec. 14, 2020 Business Expanding
MOTA, a French supplier of marine and industrial cooling systems, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Osaka
Dec. 11, 2020 Business Expanding
Schulke & Mayr GmbH, a German company that manufactures and sells infectious disease control products, establishes Schulke Japan LLC in Tokyo
Dec. 11, 2020 Business Expanding
Taiwan ONWARD SECURITY CORPORATION establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo
Dec. 10, 2020 Business Expanding
Vdoo Connected Trust Ltd, a security solution provider for IoT devices, establishes a Japanese subsidiary
Dec. 08, 2020 Business Expanding
ConverterTec Deutschland GmbH, a German company that manufactures and sells electric power converters for renewable power generation facilities, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Chiba
Dec. 03, 2020 Business Expanding
JSC Robbo, a Russian startup providing STEAM education materials, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Fukuoka Prefecture
Nov. 30, 2020 Business Expanding
JETRO assists D-Wave Systems Inc., a Canadian company which leads the development of quantum computing systems with its ongoing Japanese expansion
Nov. 18, 2020 Business Expanding
Popsible Development Limited, a real estate investor in Hong Kong, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Osaka
Nov. 05, 2020 Business Expanding
ELXR, a sports technology company headquartered in Singapore, established a wholly owned subsidiary in Japan to expand its innovative personalised fitness mobile app supporting the livelihood of fitness ecosystems for business continuity
Oct. 28, 2020 Business Expanding
Qualtrics LLC, a US company that provides cloud service to analyze experience data and provide improved action plans, is considering expanding the Japanese operation underpinned by the strong business
Oct. 22, 2020 Business Expanding
Hair O’right International Corporation, a Taiwanese green tech company, establishes a Japanese subsidiary
Oct. 21, 2020 Business Expanding
UK strategic advisory firm Brunswick Group expands Asia footprint with a new office in Japan
Oct. 08, 2020 Business Expanding
Genmab, a biotech company that develops antibody drugs, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo
Oct. 02, 2020 Business Expanding
LumApps, a French company developing solutions for corporate intranets, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo
Sep. 30, 2020 Business Expanding
SVOLT Energy Technology Co, Ltd., a Chinese battery manufacturer, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Sep. 29, 2020 Business Expanding
IFS (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a Chinese systems engineering company, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Sep. 24, 2020 Business Expanding
Shanghai STEP Electric Corporation, a Chinese manufacturer of industrial robots and mechatronics, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
Sep. 18, 2020 Business Expanding
NanoGraf Corporation, which develops materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries, has begun manufacturing in collaboration with a Japanese company
Sep. 16, 2020 Business Expanding
Ride-sharing app provider Spare Labs Inc. is steadily expanding its business in Japan
Sep. 09, 2020 Business Expanding
CELLLINK, a Swedish company that innovates life sciences with 3D bioprinting and bioink technology, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Kyoto
Sep. 07, 2020 Business Expanding
Agrati, Inc., a manufacturer of automotive fasteners and developer of leading-edge parts, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Sep. 04, 2020 Business Expanding
Work management application provider Asana, Inc. steadily expands its business in Japan
Aug. 18, 2020 Business Expanding
Wellspring Worldwide Inc., a leading company in the field of platform dedicated to innovation, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo
Aug. 17, 2020 Business Expanding
Ideapoke, a database service provider using AI-powered search technologies, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo
Aug. 06, 2020 Business Expanding
Moxa Inc, a major Taiwanese company that develops and manufactures industrial networking equipment, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo
Aug. 04, 2020 Business Expanding
Gorilla Technology Group, a Taiwanese Edge AI software company, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo
Jul. 21, 2020 Business Expanding
Rising Startups LLC, who connects the New York startups scene with Japanese communities, establishes a Japanese corporation in Osaka
Jul. 17, 2020 Business Expanding
2N Finland Oy, a telehealth services provider in Finland, established TeleHealth Japan K.K. as a joint venture with Kameda Healthcare Informatics Corporation, a medical information technology firm of the Kameda Group
Jul. 08, 2020 Business Expanding
International Design & Engineering company, Segula Technologies, opens its’ Japanese entity, in Yokohama
Jul. 09, 2020 Business Expanding
Infarm, a Berlin indoor vegetables vertical farming startup established a subsidiary in Tokyo
Jun. 25, 2020 Business Expanding
Arashi Vision Inc., a Chinese company that develops and provides 360-degree panorama cameras and cameras for VR photography, established a Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo
Jun. 17, 2020 Business Expanding
Shanghai Qiyin Information Technology, a Chinese start-up company developing blockchain technologies, consulting, and social solutions implementation establishes a company in Tokyo
Jun. 15, 2020 Business Expanding
Radar-based non-wearable eldercare device developer Tellus You Care establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo
Jun. 09, 2020 Business Expanding
Royole, a Pioneer in the Flexible Technology Industry Has Established its Japanese Subsidiary in Tokyo
Jun. 02, 2020 Business Expanding
Principle Power, a major U.S. floating offshore wind technology company, establishes a Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo
Jun. 01, 2020 Business Expanding
Singaporean provider of diagnostic tests and research products MiRXES launches Japan subsidiary
May. 21, 2020 Business Expanding
Dutch biotechnology venture MIMETAS B.V. establishes subsidiary in Japan
May. 13, 2020 Business Expanding
Tencent, China's leading IT services company, expands its Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo
May. 08, 2020 Business Expanding
US company that develops silicones and advanced materials Momentive Performance Materials Japan LLC established Japan Innovation Center in Kanagawa
Apr. 24, 2020 Business Expanding
Finnish food delivery company, Wolt Enterprises Oy establishes Japanese subsidiary
Apr. 15, 2020 Business Expanding
French developer of on-board electronics and vehicle inspection systems ACTIA establishes Japanese subsidiary in Yokohama
Apr. 09, 2020 Business Expanding
US developer of cashierless checkout system Standard Cognition establishes R&D base in Saitama
Mar. 16, 2020 Business Expanding
US foundation for supporting – women leaders Fish Family Foundation establishes representative office in Tokyo
Mar. 10, 2020 Business Expanding
Chinese developer and provider of AI-based authenticity assessment technology Dande Image Master Co., Ltd., Zhuhai establishes Japanese subsidiary in Saitama
Mar. 09, 2020 Business Expanding
German developer of enterprise resource planning software EVO Informationssysteme GmbH establishes company in Ibaraki
Mar. 05, 2020 Business Expanding
German provider of automotive manufacturing equipment and after-sales service Tuenkers Maschinenbau establishes Japanese subsidiary in Nagoya
Mar. 04, 2020 Business Expanding
Taiwan-based semiconductor inspection and analysis provider MA-tek Japan Inc. establishes laboratory in Nagoya
Mar. 04, 2020 Business Expanding
Progenicyte, University of Central Florida, School of Medicine spinoff venture company and a developer of stem cell regeneration-inducing medicine establishes a Japanese corporation in KOBE Biomedical Innovation Cluster
Feb. 20, 2020 Business Expanding
Singaporean human resource analytics BI tool provider Panalyt establishes Japanese subsidiary
Feb. 19, 2020 Business Expanding
Custom vector provider for pharmaceutical research VectorBuilder Inc establishes subsidiary in Yokohama
Feb. 18, 2020 Business Expanding
Hong Kong digital transformation company Global Digital MOJO establishes corporation in Osaka
Feb. 19, 2020 Business Expanding
US e-commerce marketplace for R&D services Scientist.com establishes subsidiary in Tokyo
Feb. 05, 2020 Business Expanding
UK-based XTM International Limited, developer of the online translation management system “XTM”, opens branch in Japan
Feb. 03, 2020 Business Expanding
US-based cloud solution provider Rescale Japan expands business in Tokyo
Feb. 03, 2020 Business Expanding
US threat intelligence services provider Recorded Future establishes corporation in Tokyo
Feb. 03, 2020 Business Expanding
German developer and manufacturer of sensors and measurement devices Micro-Epsilon Messtechnik GmbH & Co. KG establishes corporation in Osaka
Feb. 03, 2020 Business Expanding
Johnson & Johnson Innovation launches research incubation program in Japan
Jan. 31, 2020 Business Expanding
UK startup accelerator Rainmaking Innovation establishes Japanese subsidiary in Osaka
Jan. 30, 2020 Business Expanding
Canadian omnichannel technology and e-commerce solutions-provider WPIC Marketing + Technologies establishes Japanese subsidiary
Jan. 27, 2020 Business Expanding
US leader in Salesforce consulting, implementation and app development Cadalys Inc. establishes corporation in Tokyo
Jan. 27, 2020 Business Expanding
Thai developer of application for online queuing system QueueQ establishes subsidiary in Japan
Jan. 21, 2020 Business Expanding
Germany provider of manufacturing process databases for cutting tools CIMSOURCE establishes subsidiary in Yokohama

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