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"Survey on Business Operations ブラック ジャック 確率 Foreign-affiliated Companies in Japan" Summary ブラック ジャック 確率 Survey Results

Mar 22, 2023

JETRO conducted a survey ブラック ジャック 確率 6,607 foreign-affiliated companies based in Japan from October to November 2022 and received valid responses from 1,348 companies (valid response rate: 20.4%).
The purpose ブラック ジャック 確率 this survey is to grasp the current status and trends ブラック ジャック 確率 foreign-affiliated companies* based in Japan, the attractiveness and challenges ブラック ジャック 確率 the business environment in Japan, and the support needed, as well as to prepare data used for effective FDI promotion projects and for reference to improve business environment and for related measures. Based on this objective, the survey scope was expanded to all foreign-affiliated companies in Japan from JETRO-supported companies only, last year. This is the second such survey.
The key findings ブラック ジャック 確率 the survey will be presented as follows: 1) Business Expansion in Japan in the Future, 2) Attractiveness and Challenges ブラック ジャック 確率 the Business Environment in Japan, 3) Securing Human Resources and Facilitating the Employment and Residence ブラック ジャック 確率 International Personnel in Japan, and 4) Collaboration/cooperation and its Enhancement.
* “Foreign-affiliated companies” in this survey refer to companies in which foreign investors have a stake, regardless ブラック ジャック 確率 the percentage ブラック ジャック 確率 foreign capital.

Key Findings

1．Business expansion in Japan in the future

  • About half ブラック ジャック 確率 respondents report sales increase compared to the previous year, indicating a clear recovery trend.
  • 56.1% intend to "strengthen or expand" their business in Japan in the future, up 3.5 points from the previous survey.
  • Intentions to establish new bases/strengthen existing bases also increased from the previous survey, indicating an upward drive.

2．Attractiveness and challenges ブラック ジャック 確率 the business environment in Japan

  • The most attractive feature ブラック ジャック 確率 Japan selected was its “market scale,” while “clustering/presence ブラック ジャック 確率 customer and related industries” was the highest for the manufacturing industry.
  • Companies whose parent companies have only recently been established and companies that have recently entered the Japanese market tend to consider medium-to long-term growth potential in their own business fields as attractive.
  • Simplification/digitalization ブラック ジャック 確率 administrative procedures and communication in foreign languages saw improvement in recent years.
  • Expectations are particularly high for improvement ブラック ジャック 確率 environment regarding "securing human resources.

3．Securing human resources and facilitating the employment and residence ブラック ジャック 確率 international personnel

  • While hiring Japanese mid-career workers is the mainstream, the intention to hire international students are observed especially among Asian companies.
  • “IT/technical personnel” and “sales/marketing personnel” were cited difficult to secure. Lack ブラック ジャック 確率 foreign language skills such as English is a bottleneck.
  • Simplification/digitization ブラック ジャック 確率 administrative procedures and relaxation ブラック ジャック 確率 status ブラック ジャック 確率 residence were most cited in order to facilitate smooth employment and residence ブラック ジャック 確率 excellent foreign human resources.

4．Collaboration/Cooperation and its Enhancement

  • 33.0% are implementing or considering collaboration/cooperation with Japanese partners, in which especially pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and information and communication industries are showing significantly proactive engagement.
  • Many companies seek technology and R&D capabilities ブラック ジャック 確率 collaboration/cooperation partners, and have high expectations for those capacities from Japanese companies and universities.
  • Challenges vary depending on the status ブラック ジャック 確率 collaboration/cooperation, and support is needed according to the stage.
  • Attachment: "Survey on Business Operations ブラック ジャック 確率 Foreign-affiliated Companies in Japan" Summary ブラック ジャック 確率 Survey ResultsEnglishPDF file(671KB) / JapanesePDF file(1.6MB)

Invest Japan Promotion Division, Invest Japan Department, JETRO（Fukui(Mr.), Fujimoto(Mr.)）
E-mail:jaa-research@jetro.go.jp