A report analyzing corporate capital investment trends in Fukushima Prefecture.
The survey was conducted with a deadline of July 3, 2025, targeting companies headquartered in Fukushima Prefecture and out-of-prefecture companies investing in Fukushima Prefecture, specifically private companies with capital of 100 million yen or more, with comprehensive capital investment trend surveys. The survey content aggregates 2024 fiscal year capital investment results and 2025 fiscal year capital investment plans on a construction basis, conducting analysis reflecting the progress of reconstruction and revitalization of Fukushima Prefecture economy.
Considering Fukushima Prefecture's special circumstances, detailed analysis was conducted on characteristics of capital investment during the transition period from earthquake disaster reconstruction to new growth stages. Particularly, large-scale capital investment is planned in fields including decommissioning and contaminated water treatment-related industries, renewable energy industries, robot and medical device-related industries, and agriculture, forestry and fisheries restoration, confirming progress in industrial foundation construction for promoting the Fukushima Innovation Coast Initiative.
In manufacturing fields, semiconductor-related industry attraction and clustering, automotive-related industry recovery and expansion, chemical industry equipment updates, and food manufacturing facility modernization are active, with reports of progress in competitiveness recovery and expansion into new growth fields of companies within the prefecture.
In the energy field, capital investment has significantly increased in renewable energy and new energy fields including solar power, wind power, biomass power, and hydrogen-related technologies, confirming concrete progress in efforts to make Fukushima Prefecture a renewable energy pioneer.
In agriculture, forestry and fisheries, capital investment is progressing in facility development for farming resumption, introduction of high-value-added agricultural product production technology, and recovery and modernization of food processing and distribution facilities, confirming efforts toward overcoming reputational damage and strengthening competitiveness.
Regional economic ripple effects are expected to include employment creation from capital investment, promoting inflow of talent and technology from outside the prefecture, supporting young people's retention within the prefecture, and promoting clustering of related industries, playing important roles in Fukushima Prefecture's population outflow suppression and regional revitalization.
The article evaluates this as an important economic indicator during Fukushima Prefecture's transition period from reconstruction and revitalization to sustainable development, providing indispensable information for reconstruction policy effect verification and formulation of future industrial promotion strategies.