Why Japan?
Japan has been Australia’s most significant trading partner for three decades. Close governmental cooperation in regional and international activities further strengthens the partnership. The following links will give you an idea of the current business climate in Japan:

The top 10 reasons to invest in Japan (source:investjapan):

  1. The world's second-largest market : Lively business activity, flourishing personal consumption. The world's second-largest economy, Japan provides an attractive market complete with high productivity and high purchasing power.
  2. The business hub of Asia's growing economies: Japan functions naturally as the hub of the Asian region in all aspects of global business, including trade, traffic, and regional headquarters.
  3. Abundant highly skilled human resources: Japan's labor market boasts abundant highly skilled human resources. As labor market liquidity progresses, hiring highly skilled staff has become an easy task.
  4. Innovative technologies: Japan's high level of technology, supported by active investment in research and development (R&D), is one of the sources of the nation's competitiveness. In addition, its system for protection of intellectual property rights has been made even stronger.
  5. Efficient infrastructure for dynamic business activities: In addition to its world-famous transportation network, Japan's infrastructure is developed to a high standard for information and communications technology (ICT), logistics, and other purposes, enabling your own development of advanced information businesses and logistics systems based on these infrastructures.
  6. Reformed legal framework for investment: In response to economic globalization, Japan has advanced rapidly in reforming its commercial laws and major elements of its economic legal framework in recent years.
  7. Successful investment in Japan Successful Cases: Foreign-owned businesses in Japan have achieved levels of profitability and productivity that exceed those of Japanese firms. Many foreign businesses have succeeded in their Japanese investments.
  8. Lowered business costs: In recent years, the costs of doing business in Japan - land prices, public utility charges, labor costs, and interest rates, among others - have decreased dramatically. Taxes too have decreased to a level that compares well with other countries.
  9. Abundant market opportunities
  10. Living environment: A stay in Japan's highly convenient living environment can be very comfortable.

Statistics (source: Japan Information Network)

Japan from the perspective of Australia (source: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs)

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