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Japan's investment abroad falls
TOKYO. June 7: Japanese direct investment abroad fell sharply in the fiscal year ending in March, due mainly to a slowdown in the world economy, the Ministry of Finance said Friday, reports Reuter.
Direct investment, such as buying stakes tn foreign firms and factories, dropped for the second consecutive year to 41.58 billion US dollar In 1991-92 from 56.91 billion US dollar in 1990-91.
Ministry officials said fewer Japanese firms building factories overseas because of increasing difficulty in raising funds after continued falls in Tokyo stock prices.
Direct Investment is defined as buying a stake of more than 10 per cent in a firm and expending loans of more than one year.
The officials said direct investment In North America fell to 18.82 billion US dollar In 1991-92 from 27.19 billion US dollar in 1990-91, while that in Asia fell to 5.94 billion US dollar from 7.05 billion and that in Europe to 9.37 billion
US dollar from 14.29 billion US dollar.
Investment in North America accounted for 45.3 per cent of total Investment in 1991-92. and that in Asia and Europe represented 14.3 per cent and 22.5 per cent, respectively.
The ministry said foreign direct investment In Japan rose to 4.34 billion US dollar in 1991-92 from 2.78 billion US dollar in the previous year as more foreign manufacturers moved to increase production capacities In Japan.
An earlier report says: A monthly drop in Japan's balance of payments surplus will do little to silence criticism because the fail was seasonal and the rising trend remains intact, economists said on Fri-day
"The monthly drop (In April) did not indicate Japan's growing surpluses have come to end." said Masayuki Mcanaka. a senior economist at the Industrial Bank of Japan.
Without being adjusted for seasonal factors, the current
account widened to a 9.75 billion US dollar surplus from 7.99 billion US dolly- In April 1991 but dropped form 13.58 billion in March, the Ministry of Finance said.
The month-on-month drop in the April current accounting of the balance of payments -- a broad measure of trade in goods and services --- was mostly due to the lifting of a temporary tax levied on oil Imports from April 1991 to March 1992.
The tax move may affect the figures In May but the baste trend of growing trade and current accounting surpluses will remain high," Maenaka said.
A finance ministry official admitted the current account surplus would keep gradually rising although it was unlikely to start growing at a faster' rate.
"Japan's growing surpluses are still trending up and have not yet peaked out," said Donald Klnball. a senior economist at Mitsubishi Bank.