This document introduces the "Domestic Investment Map" published by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which visualizes domestic investment activities across Japan and introduces available support measures.
Overview of the Domestic Investment Map
Background and Purpose of Creation
- Visualizing the results of METI's continuous domestic investment promotion policies
- Making visible the domestic investment activities progressing throughout Japan
- Aiming to build momentum for further domestic investment promotion
- Created as reference material for businesses to utilize support measures when considering capital investments
Map Content and Structure
- Covers investment support-related budgets from FY2021 supplementary budget to FY2025 initial budget
- Lists selected cases from all 290,000 adopted projects with budgets of 50 billion yen or more implemented by METI
- Selection considering balance of fields, company sizes, and location municipalities
- Visualizes investment trends by region through prefecture-specific mapping of adopted cases
Major Available Investment Support Measures
Large-scale Support for Mid-sized and SMEs
- Large-scale growth investment subsidies for labor-saving toward wage increases for mid-sized and SMEs
- Large-scale subsidy system supporting wage increases and labor-saving investments in an integrated manner
- Promoting a virtuous cycle of productivity improvement and wage increases through corporate growth investments
- Aiming for regional economic revitalization and qualitative improvement of employment
SME Productivity Revolution Promotion Project
- Manufacturing subsidies: Supporting innovative service development, prototype development, and production process improvements
- Small business sustainability subsidies: Supporting sales channel development and business efficiency efforts
- IT introduction subsidies: Supporting business efficiency and sales improvement through IT tool introduction
- Each subsidy can be flexibly utilized according to company size and business content
Field-specific Investment Promotion Measures
Labor-saving and Digitalization Support
- Simultaneously promoting labor shortage countermeasures and digitalization through SME labor-saving investment subsidies
- Supporting productivity improvement through introduction of advanced technologies such as IoT, AI, and robots
- Strengthening competitiveness through business process review and efficiency improvement
- Achieving both work style reform and productivity improvement
Investment Promotion in Green and Medical Fields
- Energy and manufacturing process conversion support projects in industries with difficult emission reductions
- Supporting capital investments for decarbonization in steel, chemicals, cement, etc.
- Drug discovery venture ecosystem strengthening project supporting pharmaceutical development
- Promoting industrial structure transformation through strategic investments in growth fields
Ripple Effects on Regional Economies
Investment Project Results Nationwide
- Clarifying investment trends by region through visualization of adopted cases by prefecture
- Confirming active investment activities not only in metropolitan areas but also in regional cities
- Contributing to industrial promotion and job creation utilizing regional characteristics
- Simultaneously achieving supply chain resilience and regional economic revitalization
Promoting Future Support Measure Utilization
- Expecting improved awareness and utilization of support measures through map publication
- Usable as reference material when companies formulate investment plans
- Strengthening investment promotion systems through cooperation with regional financial institutions and local governments
- Enabling grasp of latest investment trends through continuous information updates
The article concludes that the Domestic Investment Map serves as an important tool for Japan's economic growth and regional revitalization, playing a role in promoting active capital investment by companies and effective utilization of government support measures.