JAPAN POWERWATCHToday's signals
FUNDING & CONTRACTS

Follow public money
into market activity.

Government budgets, calls, selections and disclosed contracts—structured as separate stages so international suppliers can see where opportunity may emerge.

Financial integrity rule

A budget, financing ceiling, selected administrator and signed contract are not interchangeable. Undisclosed values remain undisclosed.

TRACKED PROGRAMMES5

Initial normalized records

DISCLOSED FINANCIAL VALUES2

Includes one budget and one financing ceiling—not additive

VALUE NOT DISCLOSED3

Never represented as zero

OFFICIAL SOURCES5

Budget, award and financing records

From allocation to delivery

Each card shows the furthest publicly verified stage.

1 · Budget→2 · Public call→3 · Selection→4 · Contract→5 · Delivery
DECOMMISSIONING R&D · FY2026

JAEA decommissioning research promotion grant

Government of Japan / JAEA

Budget allocated¥1.072bn⌄
VALUE DEFINITIONApproved budget line

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RECIPIENTS / IMPLEMENTERS

JAEA programme; downstream projects not represented as awarded here

PROGRAMME SCOPE

Foundational research, collaboration and capability development supporting nuclear decommissioning.

COMMERCIAL READING

Creates a visible funding envelope for research partnerships, sensing, robotics, waste and materials work; individual opportunities require separate calls.

NEXT OBSERVABLE GATE

JAEA programme calls, project selections and disclosed downstream awards.

Primary source · 2026-03-30 ↗
SUPPLY CHAIN · FY2026

Nuclear Industry Infrastructure Enhancement — supply-chain programme

METI / ANRE

SelectedNot publicly disclosed⌄
VALUE DEFINITIONSelected implementers; contract value unavailable

Closed 30 Mar 2026

RECIPIENTS / IMPLEMENTERS

MHI · Toshiba ESS · Hitachi-GE Vernova Nuclear Energy · IHI · Mitsubishi Research Institute

PROGRAMME SCOPE

Three selected proposals supporting Japan's nuclear industrial and supply-chain capability.

COMMERCIAL READING

The selected prime groups identify likely centres of supplier qualification, industrial studies and capability-building activity.

NEXT OBSERVABLE GATE

Contract disclosure, project scopes, supplier engagement and delivery milestones.

Primary source · 2026-04-15 ↗
ADVANCED REACTORS · FY2025 supplementary

Advanced-reactor development, construction technology and supply-chain support

METI / ANRE

SelectedNot publicly disclosed⌄
VALUE DEFINITIONProgramme administrator selected; downstream value not shown here

Administrator call closed

RECIPIENTS / IMPLEMENTERS

See ANRE selection record

PROGRAMME SCOPE

Support framework for technology development and supply-chain construction linked to next-generation advanced reactors.

COMMERCIAL READING

A leading indicator of future engineering and manufacturing support, but not evidence of a committed Japanese plant project.

NEXT OBSERVABLE GATE

Downstream calls, beneficiary selection and technology-specific awards.

Primary source · 2026-03-12 ↗
FUSION · FY2025

Fusion-energy power-generation demonstration promotion subsidy

METI / ANRE

SelectedNot publicly disclosed⌄
VALUE DEFINITIONProgramme administrator selected

Closed

RECIPIENTS / IMPLEMENTERS

Low Carbon Investment Promotion Organization

PROGRAMME SCOPE

Administration of the government support programme for fusion power-generation demonstration activity.

COMMERCIAL READING

Establishes an implementation channel for future fusion demonstration support; it is not a commercial power-plant award.

NEXT OBSERVABLE GATE

Downstream programme rules, calls and selected demonstration activities.

Primary source · 2026-03-06 ↗
FUKUSHIMA FINANCING · FY2026

NDF government-guaranteed financing framework

Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation

Financing framework¥4tn ceiling⌄
VALUE DEFINITIONGovernment guarantee limit — not project expenditure

Financing schedule during FY2026

RECIPIENTS / IMPLEMENTERS

NDF financing framework

PROGRAMME SCOPE

Government guarantee supporting NDF bond and borrowing activity.

COMMERCIAL READING

Relevant to the financing architecture around compensation and decommissioning, but it cannot be counted as awarded decommissioning work.

NEXT OBSERVABLE GATE

Individual financing transactions and separately disclosed project procurement.

Primary source · 2026-01-30 ↗

Commercial categories under monitoring

Advanced reactors

Technology and industrial-base support

Decommissioning

Research, robotics, characterization and waste

Fukushima Daiichi

Large programme; private procurement visibility is uneven

Fuel cycle & waste

Backend research, storage and disposal

Safety technology

Subsidized R&D and qualification

Supply chain

Capability, workforce and supplier resilience

Fusion

Pre-commercial demonstration support

What is monitored

Prototype coverage is not yet exhaustive. Private utility procurement and subcontract values are frequently unavailable; no estimate is inserted in place of a disclosed amount.