Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.-As a leading manufacturer in the heavy industry, It is involved in a wide range of business on land, at sea, and in the sky, including trains, shipbuilding, and aircraft. It is also the only company among the heavy industry companies to manufacture and sell motorcycles, a consumer product. [location:Tokyo, Hyogo, R&D:Hyogo]
Canon Medical Systems Corporation -It is a leading manufacturer of medical equipment, including diagnostic X-ray diagnostic systems, medical X-ray CT systems, MRI systems, diagnostic ultrasound systems, radiation therapy systems, diagnostic nuclear medicine systems, medical sample testing equipment, and information systems for medical equipment.[industry: Transportation Equipment, location:Tochigi, R&D:Tochigi]
Kyocera Corporation–The company specializes in fine ceramic technology for electronic components and provides products and services globally, including semiconductor equipment components, automotive cameras, capacitors, crystal components, and office equipment. They have also ventured into network services.[industry:Electirc Appliances,location:Kyoto, R&D:Kanagawa; Kyoto]
Konica Minolta Co., Ltd.–The company develops multifunctional machines using imaging technology and materials for LCDs, X-ray and ultrasound diagnostic equipment. They offer MFPs, consumables, and services for offices and healthcare. They also produce functional films for LCDs and industrial inspection equipment.[industry:Electric Appliances, location:Tokyo, R&D:Tokyo; Aichi; Osaka]
Shionogi & Co., Ltd.–The company specializes in flu, HIV, pain and ADHD treatments and earns revenue through alliances. Their medium-term plan emphasizes expanding HIV business, developing COVID-19 drugs, and exploring new products. They aim to accelerate global expansion and investment in growth while achieving top-line growth in infectious diseases and developing growth drivers.[industry:Pharmaceutical,location:Osaka, R&D:Osaka]
Sysmex Corporation–This company is a leading manufacturer of instruments, reagents, and software for hematology, immunology, and coagulation testing. They offer a wide range of testing equipment and reagents required for various tests in the fields of hematology, immunoserology, and urinalysis, and provide services to customers in over 190 countries worldwide.[industry:Electric Appliances,location:Hyogo, R&D:Hyogo]
Shimadzu Corporation -The company specializes in manufacturing analytical and measuring instruments for research, development and quality control. They offer industrial equipment for medical, aerospace, semiconductor, and display-related applications. They are known for their technological capabilities and are headed by Nobel Prize winner Koichi Tanaka. They also work with new energy and nanotechnology.[industry:Precision Instruments,location:Kyoto, R&D:Kyoto]
SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. -The company is a global leader in manufacturing and selling semiconductor, flat panel display-making, printing, and PCB equipment, with the highest market share in single-wafer cleaning stations, batch cleaning stations, and spin scrubbers, as well as in coater/developer for FPD production equipment. Additionally, it has achieved the world’s highest resolution of 5/5 µm in PCB-related equipment as a mass-production direct-write exposure system.[industry:Electric Appliances,location:Kyoto, R&D:Kyoto]
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. -The company specializes in manufacturing electrical wires, fiber optics, and automotive wire harnesses. It is expanding its production bases overseas, focusing on the automobile-related sector. In the information and communication-related business, it is strengthening optical fiber cables and components while expanding sales of broadband equipment.[industry:Nonferrous Metals, location:Osaka, R&D:Kanagawa; Ibaraki; Osaka; Hyogo]
Daikin Industries, Ltd.-The company is a major player in the air-conditioning equipment industry, selling commercial and household air-conditioners, air purifiers, and refrigeration units, as well as manufacturing fluorocarbon gas and fluoropolymers. It prioritizes North America and Asia as its key markets and plans to introduce energy-saving and environmentally friendly technologies, while expanding its service and solutions business.[industry:Machinery, location:Osaka, R&D:Osaka]
Daicel Corporation -This is a chemical manufacturer that operates across various areas. They monopolize the domestic market for cigarette filter tow and control 80% of the global market for TAC film raw materials used in LCDs. They are a leading manufacturer of airbag inflators worldwide. They also produce cosmetic raw materials, chiral columns, and highly functional optical film, and cellulose acetate.[industry:Chemicals, location:Kyoto, R&D:Hyogo]
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.-A company that started as a printing company now operates in various industries such as packaging, construction, industrial materials, and electronics. They offer services such as publication and commercial printing, IC cards, BPO, information security, photo printing, bulk pharmaceuticals, medical packaging, optical films, metal masks for OLED displays, and photomasks for semiconductors.[industry:General printing, location:Tokyo, R&D:Ibaraki; Chiba]
Takenaka Corporation -This company is one of the top general constructors in Japan. They have created a number of impressive and monumental structures, such as the Tokyo Tower. What sets this company apart from others in the industry is that they are not listed on the stock market. This allows them to focus on creating value for society as a whole. Recently, the company has been involved in urban development using digital technology.[industry:General construction, location:Osaka, R&D:Tokyo]
Tadano Ltd. -The company produces and sells mobile construction cranes, vehicle-mounted cranes, and elevating vehicles. Mobile construction cranes are their core business, accounting for 58% of the domestic and 16% of the global markets as of 2022.[industry:Machinery, location:Kagawa, R&D:Kagawa]
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry -Established in 1951 as a research institute to contribute to electric businesses and society through scientific and technological research, it has contributed to the electric businesses that support Japan’s economic and social development. The Institute takes on challenges through cross-disciplinary research by its researchers with a wide range of expertise in the natural and social sciences and through collaboration with a wide range of relevant national and international organisations.[industry:Think Tank, location:Tokyo, R&D:Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Gunma, Tochigi]
Toray Industries, Inc.-The company is the largest domestic producer of synthetic fibres and has the world’s leading share of carbon fibres. They offer a wide range of products, including synthetic resins, IT-related materials, and pharmaceuticals. Recently it developed a new carbon fibre with strength increased by more than 10%. It is their first new high-strength fibre in 10 years, and the company aims to mass-produce it within three years for lightweight applications in automobiles and aircraft.[industry:Textiles and Apparals, location:Tokyo]
TOPPAN Holdings Inc. -This is a printing company that has diversified into digital business, packaging, construction materials, semiconductor-related products, and electronics. In the information and communication field, they offer a range of services such as publication and commercial printing, secure media, digital content, and BPO. They also offer semiconductor-related and display-related products.[industry:General printing, location:Tokyo, R&D:Saitama]
Nitto Denko Corporation -The company is a major producer of optical films for LCDs and polarising films, as well as tapes for industrial use and contract manufacturing for nucleic acid medicines. They also have divisions focused on bonding and protective materials, automotive materials, touch panel components, and pharmaceutical development.[industry:Chemicals, location:Osaka]
ZEON Corporation -This company is a major manufacturer of synthetic rubber, with the highest market share in NBR. They produce special synthetic rubbers, latex, thermoplastic elastomers, petroleum resins, and other products. They also manufacture high-transparency, high-performance resins and processed products such as optical films, synthetic perfumes, and toner for photocopiers. They developed proprietary technology in the 1960s and 1970s to efficiently extract synthetic rubber raw materials and other materials from C4 and C5 fractions.[industry:Chemicals, location:Tokyo, R&D:Kanagawa]
Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co.-The Japanese branch of a top 20 German pharmaceutical company is the only foreign pharmaceutical firm with a research function in Japan. They develop therapeutic drugs for diabetes, oncology, and rare diseases, with a focus on pharmacokinetic research and formulation in Kobe. The company also collaborates with the National Cancer Center on oncology research and development in Japan.[industry:Pharmaceutical, location:Tokyo, R&D:Hyogo]
Panasonic Group -One of the top consumer electronics manufacturers in Japan, the company is involved in various businesses, including video and audio equipment, household appliances, housing equipment, and development of housing projects. It also operates B-to-B businesses, including production of semiconductors, electronic components, and factory automation-related products.[industry:Electric Appliances, location:Tokyo]
Hitachi, Ltd. -It is Japan’s largest industrial electronics company. It excels in overall infrastructure business and offers solutions that amalgamate OT (control and operation technology), IT, and high-quality products. It has expanded into IT solution services, such as system integration, cloud services, and control systems, besides infrastructure services, such as renewable energy-related and railway systems. It is also involved in businesses that cater to a broad range of social infrastructure, such as building systems, industrial measurement and analysis systems, and home appliances.[industry:Electric appliances, location:Tokyo, R&D:Tokyo]
BIPROGY Inc.-It is a system integrator, commonly called ‘SIer’, involved in software development, operation and maintenance, and hardware sales. In system services, the company provides contracted software development and consulting services. In support services, it provides software and hardware maintenance and installation support. In outsourcing, it provides contracted system operation and cloud-based services. In product sales, the company sells software and hardware developed in-house and by other companies.[industry:Information & Communication, location:Tokyo, R&D:Tokyo]
PROTERIAL,Ltd. -As one of the top brands in the material industry, it has produced highly functional, unique materials in the fields of mobility, industrial infrastructure, and electronics-related fields since its foundation in 1910. It manufactures and sells special steels, rolls, automotive castings, transport equipment, magnetic materials, power electronics, wires and automotive components.[industry:Iron and Steel, location:Tokyo, R&D:Saitama]
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. -The company is a leading manufacturer of heavy machinery that played a significant role in supporting the post-war era of rapid growth. It produces a wide range of energy-related products, including gas turbines, boilers, and nuclear power plants, as well as various plants, industrial machinery, ships, aircraft, and defence goods.[industry:Machinery, location:Tokyo, R&D:Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Hyogo, Aichi, Kanagawa, Tokyo]
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation -This company is a global leader in industrial electronics, specializing in factory automation, power semiconductors, and air-conditioners. It excels in control and drive technology for factory automation, provides power control devices for various applications, and develops silicon carbide and gallium nitride devices.[industry:Electric Appliances, location:Tokyo, R&D:Hyogo, Kanagawa]
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. -The company has top global market share products and an integrated production system covering the whole process from materials to finished products, with a focus on meeting customer demands for compactness, high functionality, and thinness.[industry:Electric appliances, location:Kyoto, R&D:Kyoto, Shiga, Kanagawa]
Ricoh Co., Ltd. -This company produces MFPs and printers for offices, as well as industrial printers and digital cameras. They aim to become a digital services company and provide IT-related solutions that combine equipment, IT services, and business applications. Their product range is highly competitive, utilizing image processing and optical technologies to support companies’ digital transformation.[industry:Electric appliances, location:Tokyo, R&D:Kanagawa]
ROHTO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. -The company has its core in OTC (over-the-counter) pharmaceuticals and skincare business. It also focuses on ophthalmology, regenerative medicine and contract drug development and manufacturing (CDMO) as other areas of business expansion. It commits to growing ‘health’ around the world.[industry:Pharmaceutical, location:Osaka, R&D:Osaka]
JSOL CORPORATION -As a group company of The Japan Research Institute and NTT DATA, it provides advanced IT services by utilising its know-how and IT service technologies in a wide range of fields, including finance, public services and industry. The company is a group of professionals, each of whom has a high degree of expertise.[industry:Information & Communication, location:Tokyo]
