COUNTRY FACT SHEET: JAPAN

U.S. Ambassador to Japan: John V. Roos Japanese Ambassador to the United States: Ichiro Fujisaki

PROFILE

Population:			127.8 million
Capital:			Tokyo
Government:			Parliamentary Government with a Constitutional Monarchy
Next Election Scheduled:	TBD
Head of Government:		Yoshihiko Noda (Prime Minister)

ECONOMY

2011 nominal GDP (Current US$ billions): 5,869.5
2011 nominal GDP per capita (Current US$): 45,920

						2009		2010		2011

Real GDP growth rate (%)			-5.5		 4.4		-0.7
Real GDP per capita growth rate (%)		-5.4		 4.4		-0.9
CPI (%)					        -1.3		-0.7		-0.3
Unemployment (%)				 5.1		 5.1		 4.5

Economic mix in 2009†: 18% manufacturing; 72% services; 1% agriculture

FOREIGN MERCHANDISE TRADE (US$ billions)

						 2009		 2010		 2011

Japan’s exports to the world			580.5		770.0		823.7	
Japan’s imports from the world			551.8		694.3		855.3
U.S. exports to Japan				 51.1		 60.5		 66.2
U.S. imports from Japan				 95.8		120.5		128.8
U.S. trade balance with Japan			-44.7		-60.1		-62.6

Rank of Japan as U.S. export market in 2011: 4th largest (4.5% of U.S. exports)
Rank of Japan as source of U.S. imports in 2011: 4th largest (5.8% of U.S. imports)
Rank of Japan in total U.S. trade in 2011: 4th largest (5.3% of U.S. trade)
Principal U.S. exports to Japan in 2011: optical, medical instruments (12%); machinery (9%); cereals (8%); electrical machinery (8%); aircraft, spacecraft (7%)
Principal U.S. imports from Japan in 2011: vehicles (32%); machinery (24%); electical machinery (14%); optical, medical instruments (5%); organic chemicals (2%)

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (US$ billions)

						 2008		 2009		 2010

U.S. FDI in Japan			         99.8            96.0		113.3
FDI into the United States from Japan           234.7           239.3		257.3

Principal suppliers of foreign investment to Japan: United States, Netherlands, France, Cayman Islands, Signapore, Germany, United Kingdom

DOING BUSINESS RANKING

World Bank Doing Business in 2012 rank: 20 of 183 (20 in 2011)

† World Bank data