Introduction; 1: The Expansion of Foreign Direct Investment; 2: The Decisions of Japanese Firms to Produce in Europe; 3: The Role of Investment in Europe in the Globalization Strategy of Japanese Electronics Firms; 4: The Automobile Industry: The Transplantation of the Japanese System Abroad; 5: Japanese Chemical Firms: A Limited Internationalization; 6: Adaptation of Japanese Companies to Multinationalization; 7: The Research and Development of Japanese Multinational Enterprises in Europe; 8: Impact of Japanese Direct Investment on European Host-Countries; Conclusion