| 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 |
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