(iii) Practices of Japan's statistics on trade in services The practices of Japan's service trade statistics 2. FATS statistics: mainly rely on the survey of business activities.
Japan's FATS statistics mainly from: survey on overseas business activities (outward-oriented survey) and trend survey on foreign subsidiaries’ business activities (inward-oriented survey), both of which are conducted by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) once a year by means of questionnaires.
Survey on Japan's overseas business activities: provide the actual situation of Japanese companies' overseas business activities.
Trend survey on foreign subsidiaries' business activities (inward-oriented survey) includes company overview, operating conditions, employment status, company functions and types, etc.
Data source of Japan's statistics on trade in services