Sakai city

Renowned as a place where many new products are first produced, Sakai City is blessed with a rich culture and history going back many centuries. Today, a great number of companies in various fields, such as petrochemicals, energy, metals, and machinery, are located in Sakai, making the city one of Japan’s leading industrial centers. Moreover, companies with highly advanced technologies and green technologies have been newly established in Sakai, further increasing the high value-added nature of Sakai’s industry.

This system aims to attract new investment to areas suitable for manufacturing to increase employment and business opportunities, thereby contributing to the industry's sustainable development and improving citizens' lives.

[Target business]
○Construction, extension or relocation of the following buildings (including their ancillary facilities) related to the business establishment plan
●Factories and offices (limited to those used for conducting business in the manufacturing, and information and communication industries)
●Research and development facilities and advanced logistics facilities(without industry limitations)
○Construction, extension or relocation of decarbonized energy supply hub (not only investments involving the construction of buildings but also investments not involving the construction of buildings are eligible.)
○Investments that do not involve the construction of buildings and that involve the establishment of business offices by introducing depreciable assets related to the following fields or technologies
●Investment of growth industry fields or specified critical products/technologies　
●Introduction of technologies expected to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions

[Target area]
Exclusively industrial zones, industrial zones, quasi-industrial zones
[Main requirements]
Fixed assets investment of 100 million yen or more for SMEs, and 1 billion yen or more for large enterprises

[Details of preferential treatment]
<Reduced tax items> Fixed asset tax (buildings and depreciable properties), city planning tax (buildings), and business office tax (per-property levy)
<Reduction period> Up to 5 years
<Reduction rate> 1/3 to 2/3

* For more details, visit our websites related to incentive programs via the link below.

We are achieving substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by promoting energy conservation by advanced and innovative technologies and diversifying energy sources, including renewable energy such as large-scale solar power and biomass fuel and next-generation energy production technologies.

The City's consultants provide advice on day-to-day matters, administrative information, and other lifestyle consultations to residents, workers, and international students enrolled in the City. For details, visit the following website.
https://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/foreign-language/english/visitors/living/dailylife/POME-Sakai/Daily_living_advice.html

Sakai City is adjacent to Kansai International Airport and the Port of Sakai Semboku, designated as the national government's international base port. Its well-developed international transportation infrastructure provides convenient access to the Kansai region, other major Japanese cities, and the rest of the world, expanding business opportunities.

Air: Approximately 30 minutes by railway from Kansai International Airport, Approx. 50 minutes by airport limo bus and railway from Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport).
Land: Approx. 40 minutes by railway from Shin-Osaka Station.

Sakai Industry Promotion Center

[Matching Coordination]
We collect information about companies' products and technologies in the city through visits and organize business matching between companies.
We make introductions to candidate partners from more than 1300 manufacturing companies in the city.
[Industry-Academia Collaboration and Technology Development Support]
Special coordinators support business matching to utilize technology seeds from universities and public research laboratories and solve issues on new product or technology development.

Sakai Business Incubation Center (S-Cube)
As a business incubator, we lease offices and laboratories required for startups, second startups, and R&D of new products and technologies. We provide comprehensive management support for tenants, from incorporation to the commercialization of new businesses.