One-Stop Center supports foreign-affiliated firms advancing to Shizuoka Prefecture to build plants or business bases.

Investment Guide

Q. Representative foreign companies invested in Japan

A. At 2016 there are approximately 3000, manufacturing company’s weight is about 20%(by Toyo Keizai Shinposha)

Situation of investment by foreign companies in Japan

  • The number of located companies: 3,224
  • Country ・region  : U.S.A 1,168, Germany 394, France 217, UK 204, Korea 167, China 107 etc.
  • Kind of industry  :
Industry Europe North
America
Asia others Total Weight
Manufacturing 253 282 87 51 673 21%
Other 994 927 464 45 2,430 79%
total 1,247 1,209 551 96 3,103 100%
Weight 40% 39% 18% 3% 100%

*『survey foreign affiliated company 2019』

 Types of manufacturing case

  • manufacturers invested in Japan after 2018
Company name Nationality
Region
Industry Cap
(m yen)
%
SAMPO JAPAN TAIWAN Wholesale: electrical appliance 8 100
H C Starc Tungsten Germany Wholesale: steel metal 0.6 100
COPAN Japan Italy Wholesale 10 70
TNO Japan Holland Service 100
Aflac Insurance services USA Life insurance 30000 100
T. Rowe Price Japan USA Consultant investment 100 100
TOSEI China Wholesale chemical product 10 Apan
AUX Japan Institute China Research electrical appliance 80 100
SEAPA Japan Australia Wholesale 16 100
Dow chemical Japan USA Chemistry 65
HAKUSHIN JAPAN China Temporary staff agency 5 100
SENSHIOKU China Wholesale electrical appliance 6 100
Evatec Japan Switzerland Wholesale precision machine 5 100
EcoSea Tech Chili Wholesale 9 100
GHSP Japan USA Wholesale transportation machine 20 100
Manulife Financial Advisors Canada Finance 400 100
HIS Markit Japan GK UK It Soft system 50 100
Gripple Japan UK Wholesale 5 100
Decision Resources Japan USA Consulting 10 100

*『survey foreign affiliated company 2019』

Information
  • 2023/03/01 Information about entering to Japan
  • 2021/03/15 Ministry of foreign affairs of Japan: Border enforcement measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus https://wwwmofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page4e_001053.html
  • 2020/08/31 Shizuoka Pref. COVID19 Hot Line in 19 languages for 24 hours
  • 2020/07/10 Meti’s support measures Covid19 https://www.meti.go.jp/emglish/covid-19/index.html
  • 2020/05/13 guide to special support cash payments https://kyufukin.soumu.go.jp/ pdf file for 11 languages

supporting
foreign-affiliated companies

One-Stop Center.

One-Stop Service Center | Shizuoka international Business Association.

Shizuoka International Business Association,
44-1 Ohtemachi, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 420-0853 Japan.

Telephone:
+81-(0)54-254-5161

Facsimile:
+81-(0)54-251-1918

* Under entrustment from the Shizuoka prefectural government, the Center is operated by the Shizuoka International Business Association (SIBA).

* The cost for the operation of the Center is born by the prefectural government. Anyone can use the Center free of charge.