Since the 1980s Japan has emerged as one of the world’s leading sources of foreign direct investment (FDI) reflecting the continuing internationalisation of Japanese corporations. This paper provides a broad survey of trends in Japanese FDI in the postwar period by both country and industry...

In the postwar period Japanese foreign direct investment in Australia has played a key role in strengthening trading links between the two countries and influencing the industrial structure of Australia. This paper surveys the pattern and intensity of Japanese investment in the 1990s as well as...

This paper explores the political economy of Japanese real estate foreign direct investment between 1985 and 1994. In this period there was a remarkable rise and decline in Japanese real estate investment abroad. The experience was important, not only because of the sharp growth in the share of...

Between 1985 and 1994 there was a remarkable rise and decline in Japanese real estate investment abroad which has been little documented or analysed, despite its economic scale and political impact. This paper is a further exploration of the nature and causes of this form of investment,...