JETRO’s Activities for Promoting
Direct Investment in Japan

September 19, 2012

Ⓒ 2012 JETRO. All rights reserved.

JETRO’s activities to attract foreign businesses
Website and events:
Distribute information on Japanesebusiness environment

Overseas offices:
Find businesses interested ininvesting in Japan

HQ and domestic offices:Invest-in-Japan Website(http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/)Organizing seminars, symposia and providing brochures

Finding companies interested in investing in Japanby visiting businesses and exhibitions
Individual consultations with interested companies
Providing information on markets and industries

Develop proposals (Providecustomized information)

Providing information and introductions for approvals
and licenses

Support in exhibitions:Support for foreign businesses exhibiting in exhibitions
held in Japan

Increase business opportunities withJapanese companies

Support startup through
IBSC（Invest Japan BusinessSupport Center)

Domestic offices:
Link to local governments andattract businesses

Implementing incentives:
Asian Business Location Promotion
Project Subsidy

Invest-in-Japan Website

Seminars and symposia

Providing temporary office space (6 IBSCs: Tokyo,Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Fukuoka)
Providing expert advice (taxes, accounting, humanresources , social security, real estate, etc.)
Providing regional information in Japan (locationsites, local incentives, etc.)
Cooperation with local governments to promote
their regions
Support for secondary investment in region

Support to foreign businesses inexhibitions held in Japan

Subsidy for regional HQs and R&D facilities
Providing information to potential global companies

Temporary offices1Services of the IBSC Tokyo Incubation Office•

Maximum period of use: 75 business days
(free of charge up to 50 business days)•Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays)•

Desks, chairs, telephones, fax, internet connections(telephone/fax charges borne by users)•

Receptionists, advisory service (market, industry,legal/accounting, human resources, etc.)(advisory service on appointment basis)

Private office space

Conference room

Refreshment space

・13.5 ㎡ (office for two people)
・18.0 ㎡(office for three people)
・36.0 ㎡(office for six people)

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2011 JETRO’s FDI Promotion
誘致成功企業例
Aggreko Japan K.K. (UK)
Background :Aggreko is a leading provider of rental services
for electric generators in the UK.
They have provideddevices, serving the electricity in emergencies, to about 100 countries.
Scottish Development International in Japan introduced this firm to JETRO Tokyo.

JETRO’s support:
-provided the company with IBSC Tokyo temporary office space.

-introduced accounting firms to the company

Results:
Aggreko have established their office in Tokyo, by conclusion of a contract withTEPCO in order to meet electricity demands.

Aggreko plans to expand their business, aiming at electric firms, factories, local
governments, etc. by providing emergency electric systems.
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“Subsidy Program for Projects Promoting Asian Site Location in Japan” -1
Project scheme

METI/JETRO[Target]Attracting globally operatingcompanies’

R&D SitesRegional headquarters

Investment subsidy for
global companies

Third-party
review

Application

Screeningbased onpotential
economic
benefits toJapan

Grant
Determination

Aggressive incentive
comparable to those ofother countries> Subsidies for the cost ofconstruction and equipment
for the site
> Up to 1/2 subsidy rate for
SMEs (others 1/3)
*Up to 2/3 subsidy rate indisaster area (FY2012)

Period of Application
Public Announcement of the 2012 Subsidy: August 28th, 2012 to November 19th, 2012
Period for Acceptance of Application Forms: November 5th, 2012 to November 19th, 2012(no later than 12:00 p.m. Japan Time)http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/incentive_programs/
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“Subsidy Program for Projects Promoting Asian Site Location in Japan” -2
Dou Yee（Singapore）
Background:Dou Yee isSingapore's film Liquid Crystal Display (film LCD) Manufacturer .
It planed to build its manufacturing and R&D facility of its state-of-the-art LCD in Asia.
Managing Director of JETRO office met the company at a networking reception in Singapore.

JETRO’s support:

-provided the company with information on1) properties in collaboration with local governments (38 properties throughout Japan) andarranged 3 tours.
2) subsidies

Results:

Dou Yee International Pte. Ltd., decided to build a production / R&D center in Hiroshima
Prefecture.
Dou Yee plans to invest 1 billion yen and first employ 10 staff.
The company (particularly its Research and Development Department) was selected as abeneficiary of the "Subsidy Program for Projects Promoting Asian Site Location in Japan ofFY2010."

5Invest Japan Department
Japan External Trade Organization
1-12-32, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6006 Japan
Tel. +81 3 3582 5571, Fax. +81 3 3505 1990
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