A report comprehensively analyzing corporate capital investment trends nationwide.
The survey was conducted with a deadline of July 3, 2025, targeting private companies with capital of 100 million yen or more nationwide, conducting the largest-scale capital investment trend survey of its kind domestically. With 9,140 target companies and 5,238 responding companies (response rate 57.3%), this achieved a high response rate, collecting the most reliable data for understanding overall Japanese economic capital investment trends.
The survey content aggregates 2024 fiscal year capital investment results and 2025 fiscal year capital investment plans on a construction basis, conducting detailed analysis by industry, region, and company size. Capital investment amounts are calculated as tangible fixed asset amounts including land and construction in progress, positioned as data accurately reflecting Japan's capital investment trends.
In manufacturing fields, large-scale capital investment is active in semiconductor-related industries, automotive-related industries, chemical, machinery, and food manufacturing, with confirmation of rapid expansion in investment toward digital transformation (DX), decarbonization, and supply chain resilience. Particularly, reports show AI and IoT technology introduction, automation and labor-saving equipment introduction, and environmental technology implementation as major investment themes.
In non-manufacturing sectors, capital investment has significantly increased in information and communications, transportation, wholesale and retail, real estate, and energy industries, confirming active investment responding to digital economy progress, logistics efficiency, urban function sophistication, and renewable energy proliferation.
Regional analysis shows the largest investment scale in the Kanto region centered on the Tokyo metropolitan area, while confirming nationwide deployment of region-specific investments including semiconductor-related investment in Kyushu, energy-related investment in Hokkaido and Tohoku, and automotive-related investment in Chubu.
Investment purpose analysis shows major investment purposes including production capacity expansion, efficiency and labor-saving, new product and technology development, environmental response, safety measures, and digitalization response, demonstrating progress in strategic investment toward Japanese corporate competitiveness enhancement and sustainable growth.
The article evaluates this as the most important statistics for understanding Japanese economic capital investment trends, providing indispensable basic data for government economic policy formulation, corporate investment strategy development, and financial institution credit decisions.