HSBC has announced a partnership to promote trade and investment in the Thailand–Japan economic corridor, on the occasion of Takeo Kaneko, Chief Executive Officer and Head of HSBC Group Japan, visiting Thailand to meet corporate clients and to mark the 140th anniversary of Thai–Japanese diplomatic relations in 2027. Japan remains Thailand's largest source of foreign direct investment, with cumulative Japanese FDI in Thailand standing at 3.45 trillion baht, or 104 billion US dollars, accounting for more than a quarter of Thailand's total FDI, according to data as of 2025. In 2025 alone, additional Japanese investment worth 39.9 billion baht, or 1.2 billion US dollars, flowed in, with a further 36.7 billion baht, or 1.1 billion US dollars, in planned investment as of June 2026. On the trade front, since 1998 total Thai–Japanese trade value has more than tripled to 1.88 trillion baht, or 56.2 billion US dollars. In 2025, Japan was Thailand's third-largest export market at 788 billion baht, or 23.6 billion US dollars, and its second-largest source of imports at 992 billion baht, or 29.7 billion US dollars. More than 6,000 Japanese companies currently operate in Thailand.
HSBC Holdings PLCHSBC announces a partnership to promote trade and investment in the Thailand–Japan corridor, expanding its corporate banking business.
