25 tracked pharmaceutical and medical-sector projects with disclosed investment of ¥10 billion or more — the plants and R&D facilities behind Japan's healthcare manufacturing base.
| Posted | Company | Project | Sector | Location | Investment | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026.07.07 | Japan Blood Products Organization | Japan Blood Products Organization to build new plasma-fractionation plant in Chitose, HokkaidoThe Japan Blood Products Organization announced a plan to strengthen its production base for plasma-derived products, ce | Pharma & Medical | Chitose, Hokkaido | ¥200B | Planned |
| 2026.08.12 | Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH4568 | Daiichi Sankyo Europe to install new manufacturing equipment at Pfaffenhofen plantDaiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH plans to install new pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment at its Pfaffenhofen plant in Bava | Pharma & Medical | Pfaffenhofen, Bavaria | ¥92.8B | Planned |
| 2026.08.12 | Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited4568 | Daiichi Sankyo to expand manufacturing equipment at American Regent's New Albany plantDaiichi Sankyo plans to invest in expanded pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment at its American Regent facility in New | Pharma & Medical | New Albany, United States | ¥59.7B | Building |
| 2026.08.12 | Menicon Co., Ltd.7780 | Menicon to add eight daily disposable contact lens production lines at its Malaysia factoryMeniconMalaysia Sdn. Bhd. is investing in new production lines and molds at its factory in Kedah, Malaysia. The project | Pharma & Medical | Kedah | ¥48.1B | Building |
| 2026.08.09 | Daiichi Sankyo Biotech Co., Ltd.4568 | Daiichi Sankyo Biotech to install new manufacturing equipment at Kitamoto plantDaiichi Sankyo Biotech plans a JPY 46.53 billion investment in new pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment at its Kitamot | Pharma & Medical | Kitamoto, Saitama | ¥46.5B | Building |
| 2026.08.12 | Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH4568 | Daiichi Sankyo Europe to install manufacturing equipment at Pfaffenhofen plantDaiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH, a subsidiary of Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo, plans to install manufacturi | Pharma & Medical | Pfaffenhofen, Bavaria | ¥43.6B | Building |
| 2026.08.12 | Tsumura Co., Ltd.4540 | Tsumura to expand Ibaraki Plant with granulation and packaging buildingTsumura plans to invest in production equipment for a new granulation and packaging building at its Ibaraki Plant. Const | Pharma & Medical | Ibaraki | ¥43.4B | Building |
| 2026.08.12 | Nipro Corporation8086 | Nipro Vietnam to build new dialyzer factory in Ho Chi Minh CityNipro Vietnam Company Limited is constructing a new factory and manufacturing equipment for dialyzer production in Ho Ch | Pharma & Medical | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ¥43.3B | Building |
| 2026.08.03 | Nipro Pharma Corporation8086 | Nipro Pharma to build general injectable drug facility in RittoNipro Pharma is constructing a general injectable drug manufacturing building and installing production equipment at its | Pharma & Medical | Ritto, Shiga | ¥37.1B | Building |
| 2026.08.12 | Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH4568 | Daiichi Sankyo Europe to install pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment at Pfaffenhofen plantDaiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH plans a 31.368 billion yen investment in new manufacturing equipment at its Pfaffenhofen plan | Pharma & Medical | Pfaffenhofen, Bavaria | ¥31.4B | Building |
| 2026.08.09 | Shionogi Pharma Co., Ltd.4507 | Shionogi Pharma to build vaccine production facility in SettsuShionogi Pharma plans to install new vaccine production equipment in Settsu, Osaka, with a total planned investment of ¥ | Pharma & Medical | Settsu, Osaka | ¥28.9B | Planned |
| 2026.08.12 | Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.4536 | Santen Pharmaceutical to expand pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in Suzhou, ChinaSanten Pharmaceutical is investing ¥27.5 billion in pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities at its Suzhou plant in China | Pharma & Medical | Suzhou, China | ¥27.5B | Planned |
| 2026.08.12 | Daiichi Sankyo4568 | Daiichi Sankyo to install new manufacturing equipment at Shanghai plantDaiichi Sankyo plans to invest JPY 27.189 billion in new manufacturing equipment at its Shanghai plant in China. Constru | Pharma & Medical | Shanghai, China | ¥27.2B | Building |
| 2026.08.12 | Tsumura & Co.4540 | Tsumura to build fourth SD production building at Ibaraki FactoryTsumura plans to invest ¥26.763 billion in production facilities for the fourth SD building at its Ibaraki Factory. Cons | Pharma & Medical | Ibaraki | ¥26.8B | Building |
| 2026.07.19 | Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.4967 | Kobayashi Pharmaceutical starts operations at new Sendai pharmaceutical plant in MiyagiKobayashi Pharmaceutical's wholly-owned subsidiary Sendai Kobayashi Pharmaceutical has begun full operation of a new pha | Pharma & Medical | Taiwa, Miyagi | ¥26B | Completed |
| 2026.08.12 | JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.4552 | JCR Pharmaceuticals to build new formulation plant at Kobe Science ParkJCR Pharmaceuticals is investing ¥25.0 billion in a new pharmaceutical formulation manufacturing plant at Kobe Science P | Pharma & Medical | Kobe, Hyogo | ¥25B | Building |
| 2026.08.12 | Nipro Medical Corporation8086 | Nipro Medical Corporation to build injection-needle plant in North CarolinaNipro Medical Corporation plans to build an injection-needle factory and install manufacturing equipment in North Caroli | Pharma & Medical | North Carolina | ¥18.4B | Building |
| 2026.08.21 | Olympus Corporation7733 | Olympus completes new B Building at Nagano site for medical-device component productionOlympus has completed the new B Building at its Nagano site in Tatsuno, Nagano, consolidating development and manufactur | Pharma & Medical | Tatsuno, Nagano | ¥18B | Completed |
| 2026.08.12 | Nipro Pharma Packaging Germany GmbH8086 | Nipro Pharma Packaging Germany to add sterilized glass syringe washing line in MunnerstadtNipro Pharma Packaging Germany GmbH is investing JPY 16.739 billion to install a D2F washing line for sterilized glass s | Pharma & Medical | Munnerstadt, Germany | ¥16.7B | Building |
| 2026.08.12 | Tsumura & Co.4540 | Tsumura to expand Tianjin pharmaceutical production with Phase 3 manufacturing buildingTsumura's Chinese subsidiary, Tianjin Tsumura Pharmaceutical, is investing in a Phase 3 manufacturing building and produ | Pharma & Medical | Tianjin, China | ¥13.5B | Building |
| 2026.07.22 | Meiji Yakuhin Co., Ltd. | Meiji Yakuhin to build new pharmaceutical plant in Toyama, operational July 2028Meiji Yakuhin, a Toyama-based pharmaceutical and health food manufacturer, broke ground on a new factory within its head | Pharma & Medical | Toyama, Toyama | ¥12.5B | Building |
| 2026.08.02 | Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.4521 | Kaken Pharmaceutical to expand agricultural chemical production capacity at Shizuoka facilityKaken Pharmaceutical is investing ¥12.3 billion to expand agricultural chemical production equipment at its Shizuoka pla | Pharma & Medical | Fujieda, Shizuoka | ¥12.3B | Building |
| 2026.08.12 | Daiichi Sankyo4568 | Daiichi Sankyo to expand manufacturing equipment at Alphaville plant in Sao Paulo, BrazilDaiichi Sankyo Brazil Ltda. plans to expand manufacturing equipment at its Alphaville plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The pr | Pharma & Medical | Sao Paulo, Brazil | ¥10.5B | Building |
| 2026.08.03 | Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.4041 | Nippon Soda to install pharmaceutical excipient production equipment at its Niigata plantNippon Soda plans to invest ¥10.45 billion in new pharmaceutical excipient production equipment at its Nihongi Plant in | Pharma & Medical | Joetsu, Niigata | ¥10.5B | Building |
| 2026.07.24 | Nakashima Health Force Co., Ltd. | Nakashima Health Force to relocate and build new headquarters/factory in Akaiwa, OkayamaOrthopedic medical device maker Nakashima Health Force will relocate its head office and factory to a new site in the Iw | Pharma & Medical | Akaiwa, Okayama | ¥10B | Planned |
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