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The newest capex moves across Japan, in English first
Daitec, a Hiroshima-based IT company, will open a new office in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, to develop AR/VR, AI, and 3D-data digital content, starting operations in September 2026 with 5 new hires. The project qualifies for subsidies under Kagawa Prefecture's and Takamatsu City's corporate relocation incentive programs.
Hexa Energy Service, a Japan-based unit of I Squared Capital, has signed a 20-year long-term offtake agreement with Tokyo Gas for a grid-scale battery storage facility it is developing in Fukushima Prefecture. Hexa will develop, own and maintain the facility while Tokyo Gas will operate it, trading in electricity markets; commercial operation is planned for FY2029.
Steel and stainless steel processor Kaneyoshi is installing state-of-the-art processing equipment including laser cutters, bending machines, and multi-function machines at its newly completed second plant near its Kawaguchi headquarters, with operations set to begin this autumn. The second plant, completed in December 2024, covers a site of about 1,650 sqm with a building of 1,155 sqm.
Resonac Holdings will make an additional investment of approximately ¥15 billion at its Resonac HD Singapore subsidiary to expand hard disk media production capacity, driven by growing AI and cloud-driven demand for datacenter storage. Combined with a prior May 2026 expansion announcement, total capacity will rise 44% from about 160 million disks to about 230 million disks per year, with production lines to be brought online progressively from 2029. Resonac, a key merchant supplier of hard disk media to HDD makers, has also agreed on a price revision with customers to reflect the investment.
TOWING, a Nagoya University-affiliated agritech startup, completed a demonstration plant in Numata City, Gunma Prefecture that converts livestock manure into high-functionality biochar 'Soratan' using large-scale carbonization equipment developed with Noritake's industrial furnace heating technology. The plant, TOWING's largest and third domestic site, reuses a disused municipal gymnasium and began operation in July 2026, with planned annual biomass input of 10,000 tons, one of Japan's largest capacities for biochar carbonization equipment.
Yamato Seisakusho, a manufacturer of motorcycle parts based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, plans to build a new factory near its headquarters. The company is targeting operational start by the end of 2028.
Nunome Denki held a groundbreaking (jichinsai) ceremony for a new factory to produce semiconductor manufacturing equipment in Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture. The project adds to Japan's semiconductor equipment supply chain capacity in the Tohoku region.
Shibahara Kogyo will begin operating a new factory next month that consolidates its welding processes into a single site. The move is expected to increase production capacity by about 30%.
LaSalle Investment Management, through Hakata Island City special purpose company, will start construction on August 3, 2026 of 'LogiPort Fukuoka Island City', a 4-story multi-tenant logistics facility with 99,559.71 sqm total floor area in Fukuoka City's Higashi Ward. The facility will feature temperature-controlled cold storage (5°C to -25°C) on floors 1-2 and dry warehouse space on floors 3-4, targeting completion by end of October 2028, with Taisei Corporation as the construction contractor.
Medec, a Hakodate-based semiconductor equipment maker, will invest ¥1 billion to buy adjacent land (approx. 13,000 sqm) and build a new plant, expanding manufacturing space by 60% (1.6x) ahead of Rapidus's planned FY2027 mass production of leading-edge chips and rising global semiconductor demand. Construction is set to start as early as October 2026 and complete around May 2027, and will also involve renovating an existing factory acquired on the site.
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