Japan
13. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment Statistics
Table 2: Key Macroeconomic Data, U.S. FDI in Host Country/Economy
| Host Country Statistical Source* | USG or International Statistical Source | USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other |
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| Economic Data | Year | Amount | Year | Amount | ||
| Host Country Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (M USD) | 2016 | USD 4,894,962 | 2016 | USD 4,940,158 | World Bank | |
| Foreign Direct Investment | Host Country Statistical Source** | USG or International Statistical Source | USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other |
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| U.S. FDI in partner country (M USD, stock positions) | 2016 | USD 59,859 | 2016 | USD 114,637 | BEA | |
| Host country’s FDI in the United States (M USD, stock positions) | 2016 | USD 454,139 | 2016 | USD 421,103 | BEA | |
| Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP | 2016 | 4.8% | 2016 | 3.9% | OECD | |
*2016 Nominal GDP data from “Annual Report on National Accounts for 2016”, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Japanese Government. December 8, 2017. (Note: uses exchange rate of 110.0 Yen to 1 U.S. Dollar and Calendar Year Data)
** 2016 FDI data from “Japan’s Total Inward FDI by Country/Region (International Investment position),” Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO).
Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI
The discrepancy between Japan’s accounting of U.S. FDI into Japan and U.S. accounting of that FDI can be attributed to methodological differences, specifically with regard to indirect investors, profits generated from reinvested earnings, and differing standards for which companies must report FDI.
| Direct Investment from/in Counterpart Economy Data (IMF CDIS, 2016) | |||||
| From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations (US Dollars, Millions) | |||||
| Inward Direct Investment | Outward Direct Investment | ||||
| Total Inward | 190,544 | 100% | Total Outward | 1,315,146 | 100% |
| United States | 52,215 | 27.4% | United States | 447,541 | 34% |
| France | 27,984 | 14.7% | United Kingdom | 114,684 | 8.7% |
| Netherlands | 22,230 | 11.6% | China | 108,277 | 8.2% |
| Singapore | 16,782 | 8.8% | Netherland | 95,642 | 7.2% |
| United Kingdom | 12,985 | 6.8% | Australia | 65,790 | 5.0% |
| “0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000. | |||||
Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
| Portfolio Investment Assets (IMF CPIS, June 2017) | ||||||||
| Top Five Partners (Millions, US Dollars) | ||||||||
| Total | Equity Securities | Total Debt Securities | ||||||
| All Countries | 4,047,286 | 100% | All Countries | 1,526,145 | 100% | All Countries | 2,521,141 | 100% |
| United States | 1,620,968 | 40.1% | Cayman Islands | 568,114 | 37.2% | United States | 1,142,126 | 45.3% |
| Cayman Islands | 741,893 | 18.3% | United States | 478,842 | 31.4% | France | 217,597 | 8.6% |
| France | 249,207 | 6.2% | Luxembourg | 84,779 | 5.6% | Cayman Islands | 173,778 | 6.9% |
| United Kingdom | 171,757 | 4.2% | United Kingdom | 42,788 | 2.8% | United Kingdom | 128,970 | 5.1% |
| Australia | 152,887 | 3.8% | Ireland | 39,018 | 2.6% | Australia | 123,787 | 4.9% |
| Portfolio Investment Liabilities (IMF CPIS, June 2017) | ||||||||
| Top Five Partners (Millions, US Dollars) | ||||||||
| Total | Equity Securities | Total Debt Securities | ||||||
| All Countries | 3,018,717 | 100% | All Countries | 1,706,170 | 100% | All Countries | 1,312,547 | 100% |
| United States | 1,087,922 | 36.0% | United States | 850,882 | 49.9% | United States | 237,040 | 18.1% |
| United Kingdom | 312,395 | 10.3% | United Kingdom | 231,363 | 13.6% | Luxembourg | 203,825 | 15.5% |
| Luxembourg | 295,019 | 9.7% | Belgium | 91,194 | 5.3% | China P.R. | 135,225 | 10.3% |
| Belgium | 188,267 | 6.2% | Luxembourg | 78,088 | 4.6% | Belgium | 110,180 | 8.4 % |
| China P.R. | 157,697 | 5.2% | Canada | 58,817 | 3.4% | United Kingdom | 81,032 | 6.2% |