Prefecture |
Company |
Nationality of parent company |
Percentage of foreign investment |
Industry |
Beginning of operation |
Fukuoka |
ATOCHEM Yoshitomi Ltd. |
U.S. |
49 |
Chemicals |
1961 |
NMB Ltd. Fukuoka Processing Center |
Switzerland |
100 |
Chemicals |
1993 |
Daewoo Fukuoka Corporation |
South Korea |
100 |
Information service |
1996 |
DyStar Japan Ltd. |
Germany |
100 |
Chemicals |
1995 |
Nippon Monier Co, Ltd. Kitakyushu |
U.K. |
60 |
Ceramics and stone prod. |
1989 |
Flender Ishibashi Co., Ltd. |
Germany |
49 |
General machinery |
1988 |
Posmetal Inc. |
South Korea |
95 |
Iron and steel |
1994 |
Mitsui Badische Dyes Ltd. |
Germany |
50 |
Chemicals |
1978 |
Evergreen Shipyard Corporation |
Taiwan |
100 |
Transportation machinery |
1992 |
Saga |
Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd. |
Canada |
41.8 |
Nonferrous metals |
1990 |
Nagasaki |
GEO-TECTA Japan |
Germany |
50 |
Chemicals |
undecided |
AGR Japan Co., Ltd. |
German |
50 |
Waste disposal |
1997 |
Yashiki-Trienekens Co,. Ltd. |
German |
50 |
Recycling |
due to start in 1999 |
Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd. |
German |
50 |
Ceramics and stone prod. |
due to start in 1999 |
Kumamoto |
Kumamoto Marantz Corp. |
The Netherlands |
53.3 |
Electrical machinery |
1973 |
Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd. |
Germany |
50 |
Ceramics and stone prod. |
1980 |
Teradyne K.K. |
U.S. |
100 |
Electrical machinery |
1995 |
Japan PLP Co., Ltd. |
U.S. |
49 |
Electrical machinery |
1989 |
ASM Japan K.K. |
The Netherlands |
100 |
Electrical machinery |
(undecided) |
Toppan Moore Corp. |
Canada |
45 |
Publishing and printing |
1965 |
Pioneer Overseas Corporation |
U.S. |
100 |
Foods |
1982 |
Tencor Instruments Japan Co., Ltd. |
U.S. |
100 |
Precision machinery |
in operation |
Oita |
Texas Instruments Japan Ltd., Hiji |
U.S. |
100 |
Electrical machinery |
1973 |
Texas Instruments Japan Ltd., Kitsuki |
U.S. |
100 |
Electrical machinery |
1984 |
Monsanto Japan Ltd., Searle operation |
U.S. |
100 |
Chemicals |
1985 |
Fresenius-Kaeasumi Co., Ltd. Inukai |
Germany |
50 |
Chemicals |
1995 |
Miyazaki |
Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd., |
Germany |
50 |
Ceramics and stone prod. |
1990 |
Lederle(Japan), Ltd. |
U.S. |
50 |
Chemicals |
(undecided) |
Baxter Ltd. |
U.S. |
100 |
Chemicals |
1990 |
Boston Scientific Japan Co., Ltd. |
U.S. |
100 |
Precision instrument |
1998 |
Kagoshima |
NMB Ltd. Kagoshima Processing Center |
Switzerland |
100 |
Chemicals |
1981 |
LTX Co., Ltd. Kyushu support Center |
U.S. |
50.5 |
Electrical machinery |
1991 |
Molex Japan co., Ltd. |
U.S. |
100 |
Electrical machinery |
1992 |
Nihon Unisys, Ltd. |
U.S. |
32.5 |
Information service |
1980 |
Nemic-Lambda K.K., Kanoya |
U.S. |
50.6 |
Electrical machinery |
1988 |
Nemic-Lambda K.K., Izumi |
U.S. |
50.6 |
Electrical machinery |
1997 |