Interactive exploration of Japanese trade and investment statistics from JETRO
Data sourced from JETRO — Japan External Trade Organization
Notes and insights along the way
Panel discussion & startup presentations at Shack15 — cultural challenges, investment perspectives, and founder insights.
Event SummaryJETRO's report on ASEAN industrial policies — the strategic middle ground for Japanese and American companies.
TradeAI tools that help smaller Japanese companies smooth out internal processes to work with the greater US market.
TechnicalJETRO offers programs and databases for investing in Japan and for Japanese founders in Silicon Valley.
Data SourcesJapan's national SME export initiative — the government-backed funnel for cross-border investors seeking deal flow.
Export & SMECustomers in Japan are overly polite — learning to read implied displeasure (like ちょっと) is key to iterating.
CultureJETRO's export marketplace: 11,200 Japanese companies, 7,000+ global buyers — a pipeline for cross-border investors.
Trade & ExportLisa Yu: robotics investment success depends on every layer of the global production stack, not just the US way.
PolicyJETRO tracks Trump administration tariff measures impacting Japanese enterprises across Section 122, 232, and 301.
TradeAngel & institutional investors discuss funding Japanese AI startups from abroad with JETRO.
InvestmentComprehensive monthly and yearly trade data covering Japan's imports and exports since 2004, available as downloadable Excel datasets.
Track foreign direct investment into and out of Japan, broken down by country, region, and industry sector.
JETRO structures its statistics across multiple dimensions for flexible analysis.
The Japan External Trade Organization provides facts and figures about the Japanese economy, including balance of payments and international trade statistics.
All data is freely available from their statistics portal and complemented by reports from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Cabinet Office, and the Bank of Japan.
Interactive charts — exports, imports, regional breakdowns, top trading partners
Primary data source for trade and FDI statistics
Industrial production and trade policy data
Balance of payments and monetary statistics
GDP and national accounts data