Abstract: Since 2009, Japan has upgraded its infrastructure exports to a nationallevel strategy, which is characterized by a focus on investment in the Asian region, the governmentled governmentpeople collaboration promotion mechanism, “highqualityoriented” marketing strategy, and “integration of investment, construction and operation” export mode and so on. Japans infrastructure export strategy has the possibility of docking with the “Belt and Road Initiative”, but it is also restricted by a series of factors. Especially in the interoperability of regional infrastructure, Japans relative income preference may lead to opportunistic behavior.

Key words: infrastructure export, strategic characteristics, “the Belt and Road”, strategic docking