The business community in numbers.
JCCM membership: from 426 in April 2020 to 295 in April 2026.
Membership stood at 314 in April 2025, falling by 19 over the following year. [1]
These are chamber members, not the total number of Japanese companies in Myanmar. A decline in membership is not a count of company withdrawals.
April figures for each year. Bars start at zero.
Nearly seven in ten plan to maintain operations.
Business plans for the next 1–2 years
Responses from Japanese companies operating in Myanmar (n = 67). JETRO FY2025 survey. [2]
- Expand
- 17.9%
- Maintain
- 68.7%
- Shrink
- 11.9%
- Relocate / withdraw
- 1.5%
Survey period: 19 August–17 September 2025. These are plans of companies already operating locally, not intentions of all Japanese companies to enter Myanmar.
Expansion plans, on the same scale.
Myanmar: 17.9%
ASEAN overall: 46.8%
On the same survey question, companies in Myanmar show a more cautious stance on expansion.
Selected country comparisons with the ASEAN aggregate. These are shares of survey respondents, not investment rankings. Sample sizes and industry mixes differ. [2]
JETRO / FY2025 · plans for the next 1–2 years [2]
04 / SOURCES & DATESSources and reference periods.
Sources and reference periods.
Publication availability checked on 13 October 2026. The latest editions located were the 2026 annual report and the FY2025 Asia & Oceania survey. The page update date differs from the data reference dates.
- [1]JETRO / 02 OCT 2026
Myanmar Trade and Investment Report 2026 ↗
JCCM membership in April 2020, 2025 and 2026, and operating constraints, in the Japan relations section.
- [2]JETRO / NOV 2025
FY2025 Survey of Japanese Companies Operating Overseas — Asia & Oceania ↗
Survey: 19 August–17 September 2025. Business plans for the next 1–2 years; 67 Myanmar respondents to this question.
Read the survey PDF (Japanese) ↗