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JETRO Invest Japan Report

This report compiles the recent trends of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Japan, related government policies and activities as well as JETRO’s activities. It also includes the results of the survey that JETRO conducted to foreign-affiliated companies about their perception of doing business in Japan.

2018

English (7.1MB) (Full text)
Japanese (7.6MB) (Full text)

Chapter	Summary of each chapter	PDF of each chapter (Full text)
1	Recent Situation of Inward FDI in Japan	PDF (1.7MB)
2	Toward Improvement of Business Environment	PDF (469KB)
3	Trend in Inward FDI in Japan – Foreign Investment Contributing to the Emergence of Innovation	PDF (1.6MB)
4	Perception of the Business Environment in Japan among Foreign-affiliated Companies	PDF (440KB)
5	JETRO Efforts to Promote Investment in Japan	PDF (3.5MB)

2017

English (7.3MB) (Full text)
Japanese (8.0MB) (Full text)

Chapter	Summary of each chapter	PDF of each chapter (Full text)
1	Solid Growth in Japan’s Inward FDI	PDF (1.8MB)
2	Toward Improvement of Business Environment	PDF (1.0MB)
3	New Trend in Inward FDI in Japan – Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution – Contributing to Solving Problems Japan Faces and Expanding Overseas Markets for Japanese Companies	PDF (1.1MB)
4	Perception of the Business Environment in Japan among Foreign-affiliated Companies	PDF (1.8MB)
5	Foreign Investment for Revitalization of Local Economy – Attract Foreign-affiliated Companies Taking Advantage of Regional Characteristics	PDF (1.6MB)
6	Investment Promotion Activities of JETRO	PDF (3.5MB)

2016

English (6.09MB) (Full text)
Japanese (8.06MB) (Full text)

Chapter	Summary of each chapter	PDF of each chapter (Full text)
1	Steadily Increasing Investment in Japan	PDF (1.2MB)
2	Toward Improvement of the Business Environment	PDF (1.0MB)
3	Trend of Investment in Japan (Foreign-affiliated companies in Japan)	PDF (609KB)
4	Conception of the Business Environment in Japan among Foreign-affiliated Companies	PDF (1.4MB)
5	Investment Promotion Projects of JETRO	PDF (2.2MB)
6	Regional Revitalization: Regional Invigoration by Foreign-affiliated Companies	PDF (2.0MB)

2015

JETRO Global Trade and Investment Report

JETRO publishes an annual Global Trade and Investment Report (formerly published as JETRO White Paper on International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) until 2009). The paper includes JETRO's estimates for world trade and FDI figures, as well as in-depth analysis of the world economy and Japan's place in it. Previous white papers have focused on such issues as intellectual property rights, the impact of FTAs, overseas operations of Japanese firms as well as the state of foreign direct investment in Japan. The paper is first published in Japanese and later translated into English.