Fujifilm will install payload and linker-payload manufacturing equipment, including reaction vessels, a filtration dryer and a preparative HPLC system, at the Hirono plant in Fukushima. The facility will also add a laboratory for process and analytical-method development, with operations scheduled to begin in 2028, enabling Fujifilm's one-stop domestic ADC CDMO service.
Honda, Taisei Corporation and Taisei Rotec have developed core technology for a dynamic wireless power transfer road system that can charge EVs while driving, including heavy commercial vehicles. The partners plan to build a test track at Taisei's T-FIELD/TAMURA facility from late 2026 and participate in a public-road demonstration on the Tateyama Expressway in Chiba from FY2027 onward.
KC-22 Investment, jointly funded by Chubu Electric Power and Komata Construction, completed construction of the Noba Solar Power Plant in Hachinohe, Aomori, and began commercial operation on October 1, 2026. The plant has 1,990 kW of generating capacity and is expected to produce approximately 3.4 million kWh annually.
Sumitomo Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary BS Holdings, has started construction of a grid-scale battery storage facility (rated output 62 MW, storage capacity 291 MWh) in Namie, Fukushima, financed via project finance led by MUFG Bank. The facility was selected under Japan's long-term decarbonization power source auction, with commercial operation planned for 2029; the disclosure does not state the investment amount, contractor or equipment supplier.
Loginet Japan is building the new LNJ Obihiro Center in Obihiro, Hokkaido, replacing its existing logistics center and expanding transport capacity across the Tokachi and wider eastern Hokkaido areas. The facility will include an expanded cargo-handling area, truck berths, and a new temperature-controlled warehouse; groundbreaking was held on September 29, 2026, with operations scheduled to begin in January 2028.
Sanyo Shokai will relocate and newly build its Sanyo Sewing Aomori Factory in Towada, Aomori, as part of its growth investment program. The new facility will manufacture coats and support product development and technology verification, with construction planned from 2027 and operations scheduled to begin in the first half of FY2028.
GMO Internet has joined the Ishikari Data Center Consortium and decided to develop a new site in the Ishikari Bay New Port area of Hokkaido to expand computing resources for its GMO GPU Cloud. The company will work with data center, power, telecommunications and municipal partners to secure the electricity, communications infrastructure and land needed for an AI computing hub.
HARE晴れ has started operating a solar power plant in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, developed under an off-site PPA to supply renewable electricity to 14 Skylark Holdings-owned and operated restaurants. The facility has approximately 360 kW of output and expected annual generation of approximately 490,000 kWh, reducing CO2 emissions by about 250 tonnes annually.
Fantasista's board decided to develop an AI data center on approximately 71,787 sqm of land it owns in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, through consolidated subsidiary NC MAX WORLD. The planned facility has a total power capacity of approximately 200MW, with a Phase I project budget of approximately ¥400 billion, and the company is targeting development-permit acquisition during fiscal 2028. Fantasista states the project's content, scale, schedule and cost remain subject to change, or the project may not proceed, pending discussions with local authorities, utilities and other parties.
Mitsubishi Materials will invest approximately ¥8 billion to upgrade hydrometallurgical and recycling equipment at its subsidiary Japan New Metals' Akita Plant, nearly doubling ammonium paratungstate (APT) production capacity to 2,400 tons per year. The project supports domestic tungsten resource circulation and reduces Japan's import dependence on the critical mineral.
Kioxia Corporation plans to construct K3, a new manufacturing building at its Kitakami Plant in Iwate, Japan. The project expands the company's domestic 3D flash-memory manufacturing capacity; the disclosure does not state an investment amount, capacity, contractor, or schedule.
J-POWER has decided to develop and operate its first data center, the Kaminokuni Data Center project, in Kaminokuni, Hokkaido. The facility will use GPU-equipped servers, cooling systems and 40-foot containers to sell computing capacity for generative AI development and simulations, with service launch planned for summer 2027.
Tokyo Tatemono completed T-LOGI Sendai in Sendai, Miyagi, on June 26, 2026. The four-story ramp-style logistics facility has 42,269.71 sqm of gross floor area, 40 truck berths and rooftop solar power for on-site consumption and surplus transmission to Tokyo Tatemono Sendai Building.
Hokkaido Electric Power has filed the construction plan for Unit 2 of the Ishikariwan Shinko Power Station and considers the project started under Japan's Electricity Business Act. Building construction and installation of power-generation equipment will proceed, with commercial operation targeted for fiscal 2030.
Neturen will install new cutting and marking equipment for its Double Stark high-strength rebar products at the Iwaki Plant in Iwaki, Fukushima. The equipment is expected to approximately double production capacity and begin operating in July 2027 to meet rising demand from logistics warehouses and data centers.
Flower Communications announced that Ishikari Renewable Energy Data Center No. 1 began service on August 1, 2026, following construction completed on March 27, 2026 and fit-out work. The green data center in Ishikari operates on 100% renewable energy and supports water and liquid cooling in part of its six data-center sections, with an IOWN All-Photonics Network connection to Tokyo.
Ohkawa Corporation, an Alconix Group company, will build its third facility in Fukushima City to produce precision metal-processing components for aerospace and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The new plant is expected to more than double current production capacity and begin operations in the second half of FY2028.
Tokyu Real Estate is planning a wind power generation project in the Atsuta district of Ishikari City, Hokkaido, with a planned output of up to 64,500 kW. The project is undergoing statutory environmental impact assessment; the preparation document (junbisho) was published in March 2026 and a public hearing was held on July 31, 2026.
Hokkaido Electric Power says it aims to complete the Tomari Nuclear Power Station seawall in August 2027. Construction began on March 28, 2024. The tsunami-protection structure is designed to reach 19.0 m above sea level and extend approximately 1,200 m. The company disclosed an approximate total construction cost of ¥180 billion, comprising ¥70 billion of preparation work and ¥110 billion of installation work, and said the effect of the revised schedule on cost remains under review.
Hokkaido University's Semiconductor Frontier Education and Research Organization (IFERS) held the opening ceremony for its 'Semiconductor Prototyping Lab' on the university campus in Sapporo on July 29, 2026, offering hands-on training in semiconductor manufacturing processes with an ISO Class 5/7 cleanroom. The lab is supported by the Cabinet Office's regional university and industry creation grant program together with Hokkaido, Sapporo and Chitose, with full fit-out expected by the end of fiscal 2027.
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.
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.
Nippon Chikudenchi Co., Ltd. signed a disaster-response agreement with Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture, under which a grid-connected battery storage station it is installing in the city will supply emergency power during disasters. The facility has a planned rated capacity of about 8MWh (8,146kWh), enough to supply roughly 470 households for 72 hours in an emergency; the company plans to bring 70 such storage sites online nationwide by 2028.
JA Zen-Noh, Zenraku (National Federation of Dairy Co-operative Associations), and two regional milk marketing federations agreed to jointly establish Rakunou Nyugyo Co., Ltd. and build a new dairy products plant in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. The new company, capitalized at JPY 1.92 billion, will produce butter, skim milk powder, and cream, with production slated to start in December 2028.
Getworks, in collaboration with Tohoku Electric Power, has completed construction of a new container-type data center called 'Miyagi AI Data Center' on idle land owned by Tohoku Electric Power in Shichigahama, Miyagi Prefecture. The facility will offer housing services for next-generation high-performance GPU servers starting July 31, 2026, supporting generative AI infrastructure demand across the Tohoku region.
Godo Kaisha Ishikari Saiene Data Center No.1, jointly invested by Tokyu Fudosan, Flower Communications, and Agility Asset Advisors, completed construction of a data center in Ishikari City, Hokkaido on March 27, 2026. The facility will run entirely on Ishikari's renewable energy and will begin partial data hall operations in August 2026, connected to Tokyo's Otemachi via NTT East's IOWN All-Photonics Network for low-latency, high-speed connectivity.
Furuya Metal, a leading platinum-group-metal (PGM) processor, is building a new plant in Chitose, Hokkaido to produce thermal management substrates (quartz-based temperature sensors) for semiconductor manufacturing equipment such as diffusion furnaces. The plant, costing about JPY 4.5 billion and equipped with automated production systems, is scheduled for completion in July 2026, boosting capacity and supporting BCP resilience alongside its Tsukuba (Chikusei, Ibaraki) plant.
Yokote-Yuzawa Forest Cycle began commercial operation of its 1,980 kW Yokote wood-biomass power plant in Akita Prefecture on June 30, 2026. A completion ceremony followed on July 16. Investor Sanyo Trading said the Yuzawa plant was scheduled to begin operation at the end of October 2026. The venture uses wood sourced in Akita Prefecture for its regional forestry and energy project.
Power X Inc. will open a new plant, 'Power Base Hokkaido,' in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, to produce large-scale grid storage battery systems, supporting renewable energy adoption in Hokkaido and Tohoku. The facility will convert an existing building and start production of the 'Mega Power 2500' container-type battery system in June 2027, with total project cost of JPY 3 billion.
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's wholly-owned subsidiary Sendai Kobayashi Pharmaceutical has begun full operation of a new pharmaceutical plant at the Sendai Kita Core Industrial Park in Taiwa-cho, Miyagi Prefecture. The facility, built to PIC/S GMP international standards with an investment of about JPY 26 billion, will produce liquid bandages, eye drops, and topical anti-inflammatory products, with total annual capacity of about 35 million units across all products.
Daiwa House Industry has broken ground on a new multi-tenant logistics facility named DPL Morioka Minami in Iwate Prefecture. The project adds distribution capacity in the Tohoku region, though financial details were not disclosed.
Environmental Friendly Holdings' subsidiary AI Tech Tomakomai signed a preferential negotiation MOU with Finnish AI cloud provider Verda Cloud Oy for a definitive colocation lease covering the full 10MW Phase I capacity of the Tomakomai AI data center in Hokkaido. The MOU includes a $5 million reservation deposit and marks the first concrete demand-side milestone for the project, which also plans a 50MW Phase II expansion via new 66kV substation infrastructure.
RemixPoint Inc. has completed grid interconnection of its 'NC Shirakawa Hyogo Bansawa' grid-scale battery storage facility in Fukushima Prefecture (1,998kW / 8,146kWh, using CATL batteries and TMEIC power conditioning systems) and started operating it in Japan's balancing (demand-supply adjustment) market as of July 17, 2026. This is the company's second facility to enter the balancing market, part of a mid-term plan to develop 32 grid-scale storage sites by FY2029, with over 20 to be company-owned.
The Japan Blood Products Organization announced a plan to strengthen its production base for plasma-derived products, centred on building a new manufacturing plant on newly acquired land in Chitose, Hokkaido, at a scale of about JPY200 billion. The plan also refurbishes its two existing domestic sites (Chitose, Hokkaido and Fukuchiyama, Kyoto), doubling current plasma processing capacity. Japan's self-sufficiency rate for these products fell from near 100% in FY2015 to 59.4% in FY2025, and the expansion is aimed at restoring domestic supply.
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