A report analyzing corporate capital investment trends in Okinawa Prefecture.
The survey was conducted with a deadline of July 3, 2025, targeting companies headquartered in Okinawa Prefecture and out-of-prefecture companies investing in Okinawa Prefecture, specifically private companies with capital of 100 million yen or more, conducting detailed 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 geographical characteristics and industrial structure of Okinawa Prefecture.
Based on Okinawa Prefecture's industrial characteristics, investment trends were analyzed in major fields including tourism, information and communications, logistics, manufacturing, and agriculture. Particularly, attracting attention are capital investments for industrial promotion utilizing geographical advantages as intermediate hubs in the Asia-Pacific region and strengthening international logistics hub functions, with confirmation of progress in diversification and sophistication of Okinawa economy.
In tourism, large-scale investment is active in hotel and resort facility construction and renovation anticipating full-scale inbound demand recovery, MICE facility development, and experiential tourism facility construction utilizing cultural and natural resources, with reports of functional enhancement as international tourism hubs.
In information and communications, investment is expanding in data center construction, submarine cable landing facility development, and IT-related company office expansion, confirming progress in infrastructure development toward establishing status as information and communications hubs in the Asia-Pacific region.
In logistics, investment is active in logistics facility construction and expansion utilizing Naha Airport's international cargo hub functions, cold chain-compatible warehouse development, and automation and efficiency equipment introduction, confirming progress in competitiveness enhancement as international logistics hubs.
In manufacturing, investment is increasing in health food and cosmetics manufacturing, traditional industry modernization including awamori, and biotechnology-related industry development, with reports of manufacturing promotion utilizing Okinawa's regional resources.
Regional economic ripple effects are expected including employment creation from capital investment, promoting corporate and talent attraction from outside the prefecture, clustering of related industries, and supporting young people's retention within the prefecture, playing important roles in sustainable development and self-reliant economy construction of Okinawa Prefecture.
The article evaluates this as an important indicator of development strategies utilizing Okinawa Prefecture's geographical advantages and unique cultural resources, providing valuable information for Okinawa promotion policy effect verification and corporate investment strategy development.