- Japan: American and European multinationals have profited from the difficulties experienced by the Japanese economy to buy numerous companies in the archipelago. In fact, direct foreign investment beat all the records during the fiscal year that finished end March with 3,100 billion Yen, an amount 30% higher compared to the previous financial year. Schichi Fujii, from the Ministry of Finance adds that, in a general manner, foreign companies already present in Japan have significantly...