The Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency promotes the Netherlands as a basis for international/European activities and assists foreign (Japanese) companies considering setting up a new subsidiary or expanding an existing company. The NFIA provides companies with a range of basic information; economic, financial and statistical; assistance in organizing fact-finding trips and site selection studies, and general consultation once a company has decided to establish an operation. The NFIA can also answer questions about government incentive policies. NFIA's services are free of charge and strictly confidential.