Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland · country dossier
Japan
Investors attributed to Japan reported holding 894K acres of US agricultural land as of 2024-12-31 — 1.89% of all foreign-held US farmland, across 743 holdings.
- Acres (2024)
- 893,716
- Share of foreign-held
- 1.9%
- Holdings
- 743
- Held as ownership
- 97%
Flagged holdings. The register flags 1 holding(s) attributed to Japan as carrying a secondary interest in a country of concern — see the attribution-gap section.
Fifteen-year trend
Reported Japan holdings grew from 633K acres in 2010 to 894K in 2024. Figures are reported holdings under AFIDA — self-reported minimums that include leases of ten years or longer.
| Year | Reported acres |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 893,716 |
| 2023 | 638,273 |
| 2022 | 636,150 |
| 2021 | 636,258 |
| 2020 | 635,267 |
| 2019 | 635,170 |
| 2018 | 635,170 |
| 2017 | 633,663 |
| 2016 | 634,132 |
| 2015 | 633,374 |
| 2014 | 633,208 |
| 2013 | 633,260 |
| 2012 | 633,845 |
| 2011 | 633,097 |
| 2010 | 632,506 |
Where, and what kind of land
Largest states
Land use (acres)
Aggregated from the USDA FSA AFIDA detailed holdings files (public domain) — see the full dataset, methodology, and the register's documented defects at Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland. Country is the reported first-tier investor, not a verified ultimate parent. Aggregate-level only; no record-level owner names. Keyless JSON for all countries: /foreign-farmland/index.json. CC0.