Turn Japan's capex moves into your next opportunity
JScope is a structured English-language database of Japanese capital-expenditure projects — semiconductor fabs, physical AI and robotics, data centers, power and logistics — built for people who act on this information.
What you get
Four ways to explore project announcements
Coverage the headlines miss
Large-cap capex makes the English-language press. JScope also tracks selected mid-cap and regional projects that can matter to investors and vendors.
Structured, not just translated
Records organize available fields including: company, ticker, sector, theme tags, location, investment amount, and construction phase. Compare projects, don't just read about them.
Search the way you work
Slice the database by region (where the money is landing), sector (semiconductors to food processing), or cross-cutting theme (AI infrastructure, EV batteries, reshoring).
English-language updates
We publish English summaries after reviewing source material. Publication timing varies, and project plans may later change.
Who it's for
Built for readers who act on capex information
Global equity investors
Capex announcements are leading indicators. Catch capacity expansions, new fabs and battery plants while they're still just a local announcement — before they show up in earnings.
Equipment & materials vendors
A new plant is a new customer. Know where construction is starting, who the contractor is, and what the site will need — before your competitors do.
Analysts & consultants
One consistent, citable, English-language database instead of dozens of scattered Japanese-language sites. Export what you need and drop it straight into your work.
Simple pricing
Every project record is free to read. Pro is for acting on it.
- Every project record, in full
- English summaries
- Major-deal email digest (launching soon)
- Full search across every project
- Saved searches with weekday alerts
- CSV export
Reading every published project record is free. Eligible US businesses can start a Pro trial from Pricing. The free email digest is in preparation. Questions about plans or the data are in the FAQ.
Sign up for the free major-deal digest
Subscribe now to receive English-language project updates when the digest launches. No account required.
How to start
No sign-up needed for the free feed
Browse free
Every published project record is open to everyone — no account required. You can subscribe to the planned free email digest.
Go Pro when you need to act on it
Unlock full search, saved searches with weekday alerts, and CSV export for $99/month or $990/year.
Act on it
Track a sector, watch a region, or export the data into your own models and reports.
About JScope
Why it exists
Japan is in the middle of its biggest investment wave in a generation. Semiconductor fabs in Kumamoto and Hokkaido, physical AI and robotics, AI data centers, battery plants, hydrogen and grid infrastructure — trillions of yen are being committed to building the next Japanese economy, and the people shaping the global technology landscape have taken notice.
Almost all of it is announced in Japanese first — and much of it never reaches the English-language press at all. JScope closes that gap: one structured, English-language record of Japan's capital-expenditure projects, from the headline fabs to the regional deals nobody else is translating.
Get in touch
Questions, corrections, or a project we missed? Reach us at japancapex@gmail.com.
Ready to see it in action?
Published project records are free — no account required.