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Japan: Foreign direct investment, net

171.95Bcurrent USD · 2025+29.1% since 2015

Foreign direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Japan from 1996 to 2025.

19962025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025171,951,008,340.729
2024188,585,213,059.797
2023177,013,943,130.265
2022126,789,609,309.092
2021174,664,675,618.35
202087,533,471,953.28
2019218,323,780,735.708
2018134,928,938,193.781
2017154,947,985,695.972
2016137,656,207,444.102
2015133,162,791,214.283
2014118,172,189,795.213
2013145,036,160,640.493
2012117,085,390,234.64
2011117,685,915,139.306
201072,215,534,552.466
200961,450,645,280.798
200889,018,788,218.03
200751,358,484,681.039
200660,549,386,566.51
200546,205,395,349.624
200433,085,785,004.48
200325,693,039,711.622
200219,344,378,431.094
200130,734,354,195.947
200034,339,324,665.546
19999,481,358,283.578
199817,293,070,283.031
199721,500,257,090.975
199626,440,694,396.687

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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