Nissin has completed the Kobe Chemical Center in Kobe, Hyogo, and held its completion ceremony on October 8, 2026. The logistics facility addresses growing demand for hazardous-material storage in the Kansai region and includes refrigerated and ambient hazardous-material warehouses, a high-pressure gas warehouse, a general warehouse, outdoor storage, mobile racks, and emergency power generation.
Tatsuta Electric Wire will make additional capital investments at its Kyoto Plant in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, to increase production capacity for leak-detection systems used in AI data centers and other facilities. The expansion will proceed in stages, with capacity expected to reach approximately 2.5 times the end-2026 level by September 2027, as demand for water-cooling infrastructure in AI data centers grows.
Osaka Soda held a groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion of pharmaceutical purification silica gel production facilities at its Matsuyama plant in Matsuyama, Ehime. The project is part of a plan investing more than JPY 10 billion across the Matsuyama and Amagasaki plants to roughly double combined production capacity, driven by growing demand from diabetes and obesity drug manufacturers.
Aisin, Toho Gas, Toyo Construction and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation will conduct a regional demonstration covering CO2 capture and liquefaction at industrial plants, e-methane production and supply, and CO2 fixation at a coastal landfill. The project will run from October 2026 through March 2031 and includes establishing operations to fix 1,000 tonnes of CO2 annually at the landfill.
CRE and Fukuoka Jisho jointly developed and completed the Logi Square Tosu II logistics facility in Tosu, Saga, on September 30, 2026. The two-story warehouse provides 36,575.50 sqm of gross floor area, 40 simultaneous truck berths and capacity for up to four tenant subdivisions.
Sumitomo Bakelite will install new production lines for MUF encapsulants and granular encapsulants inside Sumitomo Bakelite Singapore's existing factory building. Production is planned to start by the end of FY2028. MUF encapsulant capacity is expected to roughly double and granular encapsulant capacity to roughly triple group-wide, supporting demand from advanced semiconductors used in generative AI and communications satellites.
Company-wide totals reported in annual securities reports, for companies with figures in all of FY2023–FY2025.
| Fiscal year | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital expenditure | ¥5.59T | ¥6.17T | ¥6.58T |
| R&D spending | ¥3.81T | ¥4.17T | ¥4.45T |
Updated 2026.09.29
FY2025 vs FY2024. Companies with at least ¥1.0B of capital expenditure in both years.
| # | Company | FY2025 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD. | ¥24.6B | +1,225.9% |
| 2 | MonotaRO Co.,Ltd. | ¥23.9B | +538.6% |
| 3 | KINDEN CORPORATION | ¥59.9B | +488.8% |
| 4 | Skymark Airlines Inc. | ¥33.6B | +444.6% |
| 5 | MEIKO TRANS CO.,LTD. | ¥14.2B | +427.5% |
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