Proposal to amend foreign investment regulations to the extraordinary Diet
When investing in a specific Japanese company by a foreign company, the government exempts advance notification if there is little risk of compromising the country's safety, etc. The policy is to submit it to the Diet.
In order to prevent the leakage of high-level technologies related to national security and confidentiality, the government has established that foreign companies in the industries of nuclear power and aviation, etc. If you wish to acquire more than%, you must make a prior notification.
In this regard, the government stipulates a draft law amendment and encourages foreign companies to invest, so that investments that are less likely to damage the security of the country, such as the purpose of operating funds, are exempt from prior notification.
On the other hand, from the viewpoint of security, in cases where there is a risk of impairing the security of the country due to investments to participate in management following the tightening of regulations in Europe and the United States, the standard of notification is made stricter, Regulations will be tightened for cases where 1% or more of the shares are acquired.
The government will submit the amendment to the extraordinary parliament, which will be convened on the 4th, and aim to be finalized.