2021 Annual Survey to Japanese companies

 
Every year, the Embassy of Japan conducts a survey of the Japanese companies located in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. We would greatly appreciate your cooperation in completing this survey.

If your company does not fall under the categories referred to in section 2, please disregard this survey.
 

1. Survey Purpose
   The purpose of this study is to understand the status of Japanese companies operating in the United States in order to support Japanese companies overseas, consider the priority of negotiation for treaties, and to understand the effect of treaties quantitatively. The information of each company will not be open to the public, but the number of Japanese companies in each country will be published.


2. Survey Audience
   Japanese companies in this survey are designated as follows;
   • Overseas office of Japanese company
   • 100% Japanese subsidiary - Head office
   • 100% Japanese subsidiary - Branches, etc.
   • Joint venture (local company with direct or indirect shares by Japanese company) - Head office
   • Joint venture (local company with direct or indirect shares by Japanese company) - Branches, etc.
   • Joint venture (local company with less than 10% direct / indirect share by Japanese company)
   • Company that Japanese people have launched overseas, etc.
   * Japanese restaurants, medical facilities, law firms, etc. that meet this requirement will be also surveyed.
   * It does not matter whether or not Japanese staff is present.
   * If you have a multiple entity organization (ex. Foreign Branch of a Japanese company and local subsidiary), please submit a separate survey form for each entity.


3. Survey Procedure
   Please download the "Survey Form" from the link below and enter the status of your company as of October 1, 2021.
   • Survey form
   Please send in your completed survey to econ-survey@ws.mofa.go.jp by Monday, January 31, 2022.


4. For survey inquiries, please contact:
   Japanese Company Coordinator
   Economic Section, Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C.
   Email: econ-survey@ws.mofa.go.jp
   Phone : (202) 238-6797