FY2025 Supplementary Budget: Selection of Digital Infrastructure Project Recipients
Overview
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced that, under the FY2025 supplementary budget project to strengthen digital infrastructure by geographically dispersing submarine cables and other facilities, the fund administrator selected recipients for indirect subsidies to install international submarine cable branch lines and branching equipment. The selected businesses are SoftBank Corp., IPS Inc., IPS Pro, and Shikoku Electric Power Co., Ltd. Project locations are Tomakomai, Hokkaido; offshore Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture; Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture; and Anan City and its offshore area in Tokushima Prefecture. The indirect subsidy projects will begin after the necessary procedures are completed.
Key points
- The fund administrator selected recipients for indirect subsidies related to the installation of international submarine cable branch lines and branching equipment.
- The selected recipients are SoftBank Corp., IPS Inc., IPS Pro, and Shikoku Electric Power Co., Ltd.
- The indirect subsidy projects will begin after the necessary procedures are completed.
Overview
The Digital Infrastructure Resilience Project through Geographical Dispersion of Submarine Cables and Other Facilities supports locating such infrastructure in regional areas to promote its dispersal from areas where it is concentrated.
The project establishes the Digital Infrastructure Development Fund (Specified Telecommunications Facilities Development Promotion Fund) and uses it to subsidize private businesses and others that develop digital infrastructure.
Details
The fund administrator solicited applications from June 5 through July 6, 2026, reviewed the applications, and selected the recipients.
The selected recipients and project locations are: SoftBank Corp. in Tomakomai, Hokkaido; IPS Inc. offshore from Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture; IPS Pro in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture; and Shikoku Electric Power Co., Ltd. in Anan City and its offshore area, Tokushima Prefecture.
The fund administrator and the indirect subsidy recipients will complete the necessary procedures, after which the indirect subsidy projects will begin.