Forecasts estimate that Japanese manufacturers made 33 percent of their products abroad in 2012 up 14 percent from 1989 according to survey by JBIC

"Japanese manufacturers were forecast to have made a record 33 percent of their products abroad in the fiscal year through March, up from 14 percent in fiscal 1989, according to a December survey by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. In the next three years, the lender predicts the proportion will reach 38 percent. "

Source: Yen’s slump fails to stem corporate

                           exodus  overseas

BY ANDY SHARP 

&YUKI HAGIWARA

BLOOMBERG

June 15th 2013

Japan Times

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/15/business/yens-slump-fails-to-stem-corporate-exodus-overseas/#.UbvIgedXDbQ