Current State and Challenges of Impact Investing in Japan: Annual Survey (2017–2025)
An annual report summarizing the current state and key challenges of impact investing in Japan
Supervised by the Japan National Advisory Board of the GSG, this report has been published annually since 2016. Based on survey data, it provides an overview of Japan’s impact investing landscape, including total assets under management, key domestic and global trends over the past year, a directory and characteristics of organizations engaged in impact investing, market distribution, the status of impact measurement and management practices, as well as financial returns and impact performance.
FY2025 Annual Survey
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Impact AUM in Japan in FY2025 and factors behind the growth
Developments in impact investing in Japan/overseas during the year
Chapter 1: Summary of Impact Investing and Development
Clarification of impact investing terms
Major developments in impact investing
Chapter 2: Impact Investing Market in Japan
Survey method
Requirements for “impact investing” in this report
Impact AUM
List of impact investing organizations
Attributes of impact investing organizations
How investments are made across impact investing markets
Impact investment promotion policy and issue recognition
Conclusion
Afterword: Editors’ Postscript
Current State and Challenges of Impact Investing in Japan – FY2025 Survey
