Investing in Japan
Why Japan?
10 Advantages to Investing in Japan
Japan is the center of new trends and creativity and is a preferred testing ground for new products.
Today, increasing numbers of companies around the world are partnering with Japanese companies to develop products and services, create innovative technologies, and conduct R&D projects.
September 2006
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1. The world's second-largest market
Japan is a promising market, with a market scale ranking near the top of developed nations...
2. Sophisticated consumers with high purchasing power
Japanese consumers are early adopters and move fast to stay on the cutting edge of the latest technologies...
3. World-class companies and SMEs with unique technologies
Japanese companies of all sizes (from small ventures to major multinationals) produce unique and innovative products and services...
4. Loyalty and commitment to long-term partnerships
Foreign-affiliated companies have long found their partnerships with Japanese companies to be ones of loyalty and commitment...
5. World's center for technological innovation and product development
Partnerships with Japanese companies enable foreign-affiliated companies to leverage their respective talents, which is vital to remaining globally competitive...
6. Access to new Asian markets
East Asia continues to grow at an astonishing pace and economic integration in the region continues to increase...
7. Favorable business climate
Japan's attractiveness as an investment destination is increasing, as the government works to improve the business environment...
8. Rapidly growing broadband society
Japan has the world's fastest and most cost-effective broadband environment and is rapidly moving towards becoming a true ubiquitous society...
9. Expanding environmental market
Japan's environmental market has rapidly expanded since the second half of the 1990s due to the government's advancement of environmental laws...
10. Booming business in silver care and retirees
As Japan's population over 65 grows in the coming decades, these consumers will create demand in various sectors, such as biopharmaceutical foods, senior care services and others...
