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 Trading Partner Portal: Japan
Key Country Contacts
The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan helps develops commerce between the United States of America and Japan, promotes the interests of U.S. companies and members, and improves the international business environment in Japan.
Trade Overview
The United States is a large supplier of nuclear reactors and machinery, medical equipment, electric machinery, and commercial aircrafts to Japan. It is also our largest foreign market for agricultural products, with a total value of $9.7 billion. Tourism from Japan to the United States is a major industry as well, with revenue reaching $13 billion in 2005, according to the U.S. Department of State.
U.S. exports to Japan grew to $59 billion in 2006, with imports from Japan to the United States growing to $148 billion. Foreign direct investment from the United States to Japan totaled $78 billion in 2004, largely in financial, software and Internet services.
California exports to Japan, the world’s third largest economy, increased to total $13.9 billion in 2006. Computers and electronic products accounted for 28 percent of total exports.
US Census Bureau Trade in Goods - Japan
WTO Trade Statistics - Japan
Foreign Direct Investment
Japan is the number one source for overall foreign direct investment in California, driven somewhat by the high value of Japanese owned commercial property, according to research done by the Public Policy Institute of California.
| Contributions of Japanese Investment in California |
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Employment |
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- 1772 Japanese Firms
- Top Foreign Investor ($32.7B)
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- 226,042 Jobs Created Statewide
- Nearly $18.8B in Annual Payroll
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Japanese-affiliated companies annually contribute over $17M to host communities. | |
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Source: JETRO |
JETRO 2006 Report - Japanese Companies in California
2004 Trade Mission
The California Chamber of Commerce joined Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's trade and tourism mission to Japan. The November 2004 visit was the Governor's first trade mission to promote California's business climate, to encourage travel and tourism, and to market California-grown products.
Read the entire story in the November 2004 Alert.
Recent Events
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 (June 11, 2008) Representatives of the California Chamber of Commerce meet with counterparts from the Japan Business Association of Southern California and Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California, along with top Japanese businesses executives on June 11 at the CalChamber offices.
Related Documents:
- Perceptions About Business Retention and Expansion in California
- Contributions of Japanese Investment in California
Photo: Front Row (from left): Yuichi Kawakami, chairman of the board, NEC Electronics America; Masaaki Tanaka, president and chief executive officer, Union Bank of California; Isao "Steve" Matsuura, president, Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California (JCCNC); CalChamber President Allan Zaremberg; Yasuyoshi Suzuki, president, Japan Business Association of Southern California; Akira Tasaki, president and chief executive officer, Mitsubishi Electric and Electronics USA, Inc.; Masanori Yasunaga, president and chief excutive officer, Calbee America, Inc.
Middle Row: JCCMC Treasurer Katsuhiro Sawada, Tokio Marine Management; Raizo Sakoda, vice president, Hitachi Data Systems Corporation; Akio Nekoshima, president and chief executive officer, Mizuho Corporate Bank of California; JCCNC Second Vice President Mitsuaki “Mike” Yamamoto, Marubeni America Coporation; June-ko Nakagawa, executive director, Japanese Chamber of Commerce; Hiroshi Haruki, president and chief financial officer, Fujitsu America, Inc.; Kunihiko “Kent” Ogura, president and chief executive officer, New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI); Yoshifumi Nakata, Western states regional officer, Mitsui & Co. (USA) Inc.; Masafumi Yasukagawa, senior vice president and general manager, Toshiba America Inc.; Yoshiaki Hata, vice president and regional manager, Japan Airlines.
Back Row: Susanne Stirling, CalChamber vice president, international affairs; Steven G. Teraoka, chair, JCCNC governmental affairs and regulatory compliance committee and managing partner, Teraoka & Partners LLP; Naoki Kawada, Greenberg Traurig LLP; Scott Keene, Keene and Associates; Yuji Muranaga, chief executive director, JETRO San Francisco; Jonathan Stallings, Keene and Associates; Kelley McKenzie, NUMMI; Jeanne Cain, CalChamber executive vice president, policy; Drew Savage, CalChamber vice president, corporate relations. |
| New Consul General Yasumasa Nagamine Visits CalChamber |
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(December 10, 2007) New Consul General Yasumasa Nagamine (center), representing Japan in San Francisco and Northern California, visited the California Chamber of Commerce. Topics of
discussion included the general economic situation in California and climate change issues. At left is Susanne Stirling, CalChamber vice president, international affairs; at right is CalChamber President Allan Zaremberg.
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| Chamber Joins Governor on Trade Mission to Japan |
Forum Highlights California-Japan Trade Relations |
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The November 10-13, 2004 visit was the Governor’s first trade mission to promote California’s business climate, to encourage travel and tourism, and to market California-grown products. The Governor and delegation accompanying him met with business and government leaders and participated in events to promote California.
The California business delegation included:
- Chamber President Allan Zaremberg;
- John Koeberer, 2004 Chamber chair and owner/chief executive officer of the California Parks Companies;
- Thomas McKernan, Chamber Board member and president and chief executive officer of the Automobile Club of Southern California;
- John Kautz, Chamber Board member and chairman of Kautz Ironstone Vineyards;
- Susanne Stirling, Chamber vice president of international affairs; and
- representatives from other Chamber member companies.
Pictured (from left) are California Chamber of Commerce President Allan Zaremberg; Debbie Howard, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan; Chamber Chair John Koeberer and Susanne Stirling, Chamber vice president of international affairs. Howard hosted lunch for the business delegation that traveled to Japan on the Governor’s trade and tourism mission.
Read the Full Article in Alert
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(November 29, 2007) The ever-changing business environment in California and the importance of the state’s trade with Japan received a close look recently when California Chamber of Commerce President Allan Zaremberg addressed the 14th annual gathering of the Japan Business Association of Southern California (JBA).
More than 150 guests - Japanese and American business executives who work for Japanese-affiliated companies - greeted Zaremberg and Assemblyman Chuck Devore (R-Irvine) at the November 15 forum.
Forum attendees (pictured from left) included JBA Executive Vice President and Secretary Akira Tasaki, president/chief executive officer, Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc.; Scott Keene, Keene and Associates; Consul General Kazuo Kodama, Consulate General of Japan, Los Angeles; Kurt Miyamoto, vice chairman of the JBA Business and Administration Committee and president/chief executive officer of Quest International LLC.; CalChamber President Allan Zaremberg; Assemblyman Chuck DeVore; Gary L. Toebben, president/chief executive officer, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce; Professor Tayyeb Shabbir, California State University, Dominguez Hills; and Yasuyoshi Suzuki, chairman of the JBA Business and Administration Committee and vice president and regional manager, Western Region, Japan Airlines. Photo courtesy of Yuko Izumi, Lighthouse
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