foreign-owned enterprise; foreign-affiliated firm; foreign company
Refers to a company in Japan that is owned or controlled by foreign capital, or has significant foreign investment. Often used in business and economic contexts.
He changed jobs to a foreign-owned company.
It is said that salaries at foreign-affiliated firms are high.
She works at a foreign-affiliated company.
After graduating from university, I got a job at a foreign-affiliated company.
Many foreign-affiliated companies are entering the Japanese market.
外資 refers to the foreign capital itself, whereas 外資系企業 refers to the actual company that uses such capital.
日系企業 is a Japanese-owned company operating abroad, while 外資系企業 is a foreign-owned company operating in Japan (or another country), so the two are mirror images that learners easily mix up.
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