Japan's Outward Foreign Direct Investment by Country & Region

Ministry of Finance


FY
Country or Region
Unit: Case, JPY100million, %

1997

1998

1998(1st.Half)

1999(1st.Half)

Cases

Value

 

Cases

Value

 

Cases

Value

 

Cases

Value

 

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U.S.A.

582

25,486

38.5

318

13,207

25.3

125

5,904

25.5

163

19,023

34.9

222.2

Canada

29

761

1.1

16

803

1.5

7

459

2.0

3

2,729

5.0

494.7

North America

611

26,247

39.6

334

14,011

26.9

132

6,363

27.5

166

21,752

39.9

241.9

Cayman Is.

58

3,115

4.7

42

5,755

11.0

17

3,351

14.5

17

1,687

3.1

-49.7

Mexico

11

393

0.6

11

106

0.2

7

62

0.3

15

1,543

2.8

2,400.8

Panama

155

1,373

2.1

116

1,332

2.6

55

756

3.3

69

1,146

2.1

51.6

Brazil

34

1,451

2.2

29

597

1.1

9

256

1.1

12

288

0.5

12.4

Curaco

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

1

111

0.2

n/a,

British Virgin Is.

19

836

1.3

13

227

0.4

5

140

0.6

2

44

0.1

-68.8

Venezuela

1

44

0.1

13

31

0.1

4

9

0.0

3

17

0.0

75.3

Netherlands Antilles

1

6

0.0

1

5

0.0

-

-

n/a,

-

14

0.0

n/a,

Chile

5

28

0.0

3

15

0.0

1

3

0.0

1

13

0.0

387.1

Colombia

1

17

0.0

1

14

0.0

-

3

0.0

1

11

0.0

320.7

Paraguay

1

9

0.0

1

2

0.0

-

-

n/a,

-

11

0.0

n/a,

others

17

504

0.8

14

190

0.4

6

101

0.4

-

3

0.0

-96.6

Latin America

303

7,775

11.7

244

8,274

15.9

104

4,681

20.2

121

4,889

9.0

4.5

Singapore

96

2,238

3.4

58

815

1.6

32

375

1.6

30

809

1.5

115.4

Indonesia

170

3,085

4.7

62

1,378

2.6

27

876

3.8

30

730

1.3

-16.7

Thailand

154

2,291

3.5

72

1,755

3.4

34

977

4.2

43

701

1.3

-28.3

Hong Kong

115

853

1.3

51

770

1.5

21

168

0.7

40

605

1.1

259.2

Philippines

64

642

1.0

45

485

0.9

22

188

0.8

21

536

1.0

184.9

Korea

53

543

0.8

47

387

0.7

29

241

1.0

21

488

0.9

102.3

Malaysia

82

971

1.5

32

658

1.3

12

378

1.6

27

441

0.8

16.7

China

258

2,438

3.7

112

1,363

2.6

52

600

2.6

35

353

0.6

-41.2

Taiwan

67

552

0.8

27

287

0.5

16

155

0.7

11

138

0.3

-11.3

India

28

532

0.8

17

329

0.6

6

74

0.3

8

111

0.2

49.0

Viet Nam

45

381

0.6

12

65

0.1

10

59

0.3

7

44

0.1

-25.4

Sri Lanka

6

332

0.5

1

46

0.1

-

5

0.0

3

16

0.0

212.6

Myanmar

2

5

0.0

1

3

0.0

1

3

0.0

1

8

0.0

209.1

others

11

83

0.1

0

16

0.0

0

5

0.0

1

2

0.0

-66.5

Asia

1,151

14,948

22.6

537

8,357

16.0

262

4,105

17.7

278

4,980

9.1

21.3

Saudi & Kuwait

-

129

0.2

-

150

0.3

-

93

0.4

-

97

0.2

3.6

others

6

449

0.7

4

37

0.1

3

29

0.1

1

2

0.0

-91.7

Mid&NearEast

6

578

0.9

4

187

0.4

3

122

0.5

1

99

0.2

-19.2

Netherlands

40

4,043

6.1

95

2,711

5.2

42

1,514

6.5

104

9,445

17.3

523.8

U.K.

84

5,054

7.6

176

12,522

24.0

106

2,256

9.7

50

9,091

16.7

303.0

France

36

2,130

3.2

21

666

1.3

8

386

1.7

13

886

1.6

129.6

Spain

5

285

0.4

2

156

0.3

2

153

0.7

3

533

1.0

248.4

Germany

19

898

1.4

37

708

1.4

15

109

0.5

15

462

0.8

323.0

Ireland

11

695

1.0

9

462

0.9

2

330

1.4

11

451

0.8

36.8

Norway

2

12

0.0

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

2

236

0.4

n/a,

Swiss

2

25

0.0

2

13

0.0

-

-

n/a,

3

227

0.4

n/a,

Poland

3

82

0.1

4

68

0.1

3

64

0.3

2

58

0.1

-9.9

Hungary

2

101

0.2

2

36

0.1

2

16

0.1

4

51

0.1

223.6

Belgium

13

108

0.2

4

210

0.4

3

36

0.2

4

47

0.1

31.1

Austria

1

4

0.0

1

104

0.2

1

37

0.2

-

40

0.1

8.2

Italy

10

171

0.3

6

140

0.3

4

33

0.1

4

35

0.1

4.1

Denmark

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

-

32

0.1

n/a,

Luxembourg

1

35

0.1

12

44

0.1

7

13

0.1

1

17

0.0

31.1

Portugal

3

10

0.0

2

7

0.0

2

5

0.0

-

11

0.0

106.0

Turkey

1

21

0.0

1

7

0.0

1

3

0.0

-

8

0.0

130.3

others

17

74

0.1

8

85

0.2

4

51

0.2

3

11

0.0

-78.6

Europe

250

13,749

20.8

382

17,937

34.4

202

5,005

21.6

219

21,639

39.7

332.3

Liberia

10

197

0.3

26

494

0.9

14

296

1.3

11

159

0.3

-46.3

Tanzania

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

1

138

0.3

n/a,

South Africa

5

161

0.2

2

66

0.1

2

26

0.1

3

36

0.1

35.2

Egypt

1

19

0.0

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

-

11

0.0

n/a,

others

10

31

0.0

3

9

0.0

3

9

0.0

2

3

0.0

-66.5

Africa

26

407

0.6

31

569

1.1

19

331

1.4

17

346

0.6

4.5

Australia

97

2,048

3.1

55

1,776

3.4

36

1,540

6.7

28

800

1.5

-48.0

New Zealand

11

152

0.2

5

1,003

1.9

3

988

4.3

1

9

0.0

-99.0

Northern Mariana

20

80

0.1

2

6

0.0

-

-

n/a,

2

8

0.0

n/a,

others

14

246

0.4

3

49

0.1

2

4

0.0

1

4

0.0

-8.1

Oceania

142

2,525

3.8

65

2,833

5.4

41

2,532

10.9

32

821

1.5

-67.6

TOTAL

2,489

66,229

100.0

1,597

52,169

100.0

763

23,139

100.0

834

54,526

100.0

135.6

(Note) Changes show rates of changes from 1st. Half of the previous fiscal year.

Japan's Inward Direct Investment by Country & Region

FY
Country or Region
Unit: Case, JPY100million, %

1997

1998

1998(1st.Half)

1999(1st.Half)

Cases

Value

 

Cases

Value

 

Cases

Value

 

Cases

Value

 

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U.S.A.

445

1,518

22.4

624

8,078

60.3

245

2,502

42.6

283

1,490

11.2

-40.4

Canada

9

2

0.0

11

17

0.1

4

2

0.0

4

75

0.6

3,536.6

North America

454

1,521

22.4

635

8,095

60.4

249

2,504

42.6

287

1,565

11.8

-37.5

Cayman Is.

17

528

7.8

33

217

1.6

5

3

0.0

32

124

0.9

4,753.1

British Virgin Is.

30

49

0.7

11

13

0.1

7

1

0.0

13

47

0.4

3,851.3

Bahamas

1

0

0.0

2

1

0.0

1

0

0.0

3

5

0.0

5,370.0

Bermuda

5

4

0.1

9

68

0.5

4

43

0.7

2

2

0.0

-96.3

others

7

10

0.1

7

44

0.3

5

43

0.7

-

-

-

n/a,

Latin America

60

591

8.7

62

343

2.6

22

90

1.5

50

178

1.3

98.0

Singapore

39

192

2.8

30

73

0.5

16

18

0.3

13

717

5.4

3,931.8

Taiwan

81

49

0.7

45

56

0.4

24

22

0.4

30

118

0.9

432.6

Koea

44

84

1.2

31

20

0.2

7

1

0.0

13

5

0.0

861.4

Hong Kong

55

409

6.0

29

47

0.4

14

21

0.4

15

5

0.0

-75.7

China

39

6

0.1

40

3

0.0

19

1

0.0

17

1

0.0

-33.8

India

6

0

0.0

7

5

0.0

5

5

0.1

8

0

0.0

-90.7

Thailand

1

0

0.0

1

0

0.0

-

-

n/a,

1

0

0.0

n/a,

Pakistan

4

0

0.0

8

0

0.0

8

0

0.0

4

0

0.0

-60.0

Indonesia

2

0

0.0

1

0

0.0

-

-

n/a,

1

0

0.0

n/a,

Philippines

1

0

0.0

2

4

0.0

2

4

0.1

1

0

0.0

-98.8

others

8

0

0.0

11

1

0.0

9

1

0.0

-

-

n/a,

n/a,

Asia

280

742

10.9

205

211

1.6

104

73

1.2

103

847

6.4

1,064.2

Israel

7

1

0.0

7

1

0.0

3

0

0.0

7

1

0.0

442.3

others

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

n/a,

Mid&NearEast

7

1

0.0

7

1

0.0

3

0

0.0

7

1

0.0

442.3

France

47

93

1.4

36

168

1.3

15

75

1.3

17

5,987

45.0

7,848.9

Netherlands

60

1,463

21.6

86

1,280

9.5

48

1,089

18.5

57

3,123

23.5

186.7

U.K.

44

446

6.6

60

370

2.8

32

234

4.0

32

731

5.5

212.5

Germany

70

552

8.1

106

335

2.5

42

142

2.4

38

350

2.6

146.5

Swiss

41

191

2.8

35

288

2.1

25

145

2.5

22

180

1.4

23.8

Ireland

5

104

1.5

6

14

0.1

4

1

0.0

4

43

0.3

6,078.6

Italy

9

42

0.6

9

44

0.3

7

36

0.6

8

11

0.1

-70.7

Luxembourg

2

0

0.0

9

61

0.5

3

0

0.0

2

5

0.0

1,336.8

Belgium

5

1

0.0

8

164

1.2

5

14

0.2

2

4

0.0

-74.4

Austria

6

42

0.6

5

1

0.0

3

1

0.0

1

3

0.0

176.0

Isle of Man

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

1

3

0.0

n/a,

Denmark

8

15

0.2

11

58

0.4

8

56

0.9

1

1

0.0

-97.7

Norway

4

5

0.1

1

0

0.0

1

0

0.0

1

1

0.0

890.0

Spain

2

2

0.0

6

3

0.0

3

2

0.0

2

1

0.0

-75.5

Finland

1

1

0.0

3

18

0.1

2

18

0.3

2

0

0.0

-98.9

Sweden

19

89

1.3

16

89

0.7

8

5

0.1

1

0

0.0

-98.7

Russian

2

0

0.0

1

0

0.0

1

0

0.0

1

0

0.0

-70.0

Ukraine

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

1

0

0.0

n/a,

others

4

30

0.4

5

130

1.0

4

130

2.2

-

-

n/a,

n/a,

Europe

329

3,078

45.4

403

3,023

22.6

211

1,948

33.1

193

10,442

78.5

436.0

Liberia

1

0

0.0

1

0

0.0

1

0

0.0

1

2

0.0

1,900.0

others

2

0

0.0

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

n/a,

Africa

3

0

0.0

1

0

0.0

1

0

0.0

1

2

0.0

1,900.0

Australia

7

1

0.0

8

1

0.0

4

0

0.0

2

2

0.0

226.5

Vanuatu

1

0

0.0

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

1

0

0.0

n/a,

New Zealand

-

-

n/a,

4

0

0.0

2

0

0.0

1

0

0.0

150.0

Samoa

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

1

0

0.0

n/a,

others

1

6

0.1

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

-

-

n/a,

n/a,

Oceania

9

7

0.1

12

1

0.0

6

1

0.0

5

2

0.0

277.4

Japan

159

843

12.4

217

1,729

12.9

128

1,261

21.5

77

260

2.0

-79.4

TOTAL

1,301

6,782

100.0

1,542

13,404

100.0

724

5,877

100.0

723

13,297

100.0

126.3

(Note)
1. Investments from Japan are those by foreign owned companies in Japan.
2. Changes show rates of changes from 1st. Half of the previous fiscal year.

Direct Investment section:
International Finance Division
Ministry of Finance
Phone: +81-3-3581-4111(ext.5410,5284)
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