working paper asian foreign direct investment japan prepared by suvira gupta new zealand march 2003 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________working 2 contents brief country overview 3 economy political status 4 into positive factors influencing 5 negative 6 from japanese prefered destinations for future china and asia 8 s main companies sectors 9 in number of nationals resident 11 the impact trade surpluses yen on he importance free agreements snapshot that fit with export capabilities 12 potential key sector targets or alliance nz 13 appendix 16 as notified oic between january 1994 december 2002 isan island nation consisting offour islands hokkaido honshu shikoku kyushu andmanysmallislands honshuaccountsforabout 60percent ofthetotallandarea
