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TOKYO: GATEWAY TO THE GROWING ASIAN MARKET

Noriko Adachi

Director for Asian Headquarters Special Zone

Tokyo Metropolitan Government

JETRO & UKTI Japan Business Promotion Symposium “Arrows to Japan: The Road to Business Success”

UK Companies in Tokyo

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Resources

Airlines

Communications

Construction

Finance & Insurance

Manufacturing

Medical

Barclays Lloyds Bank The Royal Bank of Scotland Standard Chartered Bank

GlaxoSmithKline Smiths Medical Smith & Nephew

Rolls-Royce Dyson

BP Rio Tinto

Virgin Atlantic British Airways

Arup

BT Group

Examples of Major UK Companies in Tokyo

Global Business Hub

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Cities with Center of Fortune Global Companies

Fortune Global 500 (2012)

Tokyo 48

Beijing 44

Seoul 11

Shanghai 6

Hong Kong 4

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Global Business Hub

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Tokyo is home to 76% of foreign firms with HQs in Japan

Electronics/ Mechanical

Other Services

ICT/Media

Medical/Chemicals Financial

Other Products

Consulting

Logistics

Materials

Retail Products

Construction,

TMG Analysis from Toyo Keizai “Gaishikei Soran 2013”

537

422

409

239 229

130

120 96

90

83

Outside Tokyo: 732 (24%) In Tokyo:

2,371 (76%)

Why Tokyo?

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1. Huge and new market

2. Cutting-edge metropolis

3. Stable business environment

4. Premier living environment

5. Policies and support

1. Huge and new market

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Urban Agglomeration (Million Persons)

United Nations “World Urbanization Prospects, the 2009 Revision”

1. Tokyo

7. Shanghai

13. Beijing

24. Seoul

35. Hong Kong

36.5

16.3

12.2

9.7

7.0

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1. Tokyo

13. Beijing

37.1

9. Shanghai 20.0

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15.0

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Market Size (GBP)

TMG “Invest Tokyo” webpage (1 GBP = 170 JPY)

69.4 B

84.1 B

37.1 B

1. Huge and new market

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Seniors

Renewable Energy

Cloud

Social

1. Huge and new market

New Market

2. Cutting-edge metropolis

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Trends

Quality

Innovation

3. Stable business environment

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Low Political & Economic Risks

Political and Economic Risk Consultancy’s Annual Report 2012

11 6.90

12 7.00 (Mainland)

5 2.64 (Hong Kong)

3 1.90

1 0.67

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Global Rank

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Rights Protection

2013 Intellectual Property Rights Index Ranking

3. Stable business environment

25 7.0

60 5.4 (Mainland)

22 7.1 (Hong Kong)

2 8.3

15 7.9

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Global Rank

4. Premier living environment

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Safest in Asia

Economic intelligence Unit “2013 Global Peace Index”

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47

101

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6 Global

Rank

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4. Premier living environment

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Cleanest Air

2011 TMG Survey

Gross Emission (kg/ha) Tokyo

Singapore

Seoul

Hong Kong

Shanghai

1484

7172

7541

7602

11703

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4. Premier living environment

Art & Music Drinking

Eating Shopping

Art & Music

Shopping

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Asian Headquarters Special Zone

5. Policies and support

Tokyo

Japan

Global Companies

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• Tax Deductions

• Subsidies

• Business Support

Support Programs

5. Policies and support

Looking Forward to Seeing You!

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Contact: Asian Headquarters Special Zone Division Headquarters of the Governor of Tokyo ml-office-ahq@section.metro.tokyo.jp Business Support : Business Development Center TOKYO contactus@bdc-tokyo.org