🇯🇵 Japan · Investment
Foreign investment rules, incentives, investment promotion agencies, and restricted sectors.
JETRO promotes and supports inward investment; certain foreign investments in designated sectors require prior notification under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (FEFTA).
- JETRO offers free consultation and support to foreign companies entering Japan.
- Investment in designated sensitive sectors may require prior notification under FEFTA.
- FEFTA screening is administered by the Ministry of Finance with the relevant ministries.
Official authorities
- JETRO
Investment promotion agency.
- Ministry of Finance — Foreign investment (FEFTA)
Administers inward-investment review under FEFTA.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.
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