European Direct Investment in Japan

In 1983–4 the authors, sponsored by The Japan Foundation, undertook a study of European affiliated companies operating in Japan.1 The present study, also funded by the Japan Foundation, revisits most of the companies interviewed ten years ago (all but one of which are still in Japan) and includes a small number of additional companies subsequently added to the sample. The broad objective of the study was to examine the development of European direct investment over the last decade by tracking specific companies. This paper reports some of the findings.