Invest Victoria

Major investors from Japan

Opportunities for Japanese Investment

There are significant investment opportunities for Japanese companies in Melbourne, Victoria particularly in the areas of digital technology, agtech, clean energy, food and fibre, medtech, pharma and life sciences.

Major Investors

There are over 200 Japanese companies currently operating in Victoria across a wide range of industries, including:

food and beverage investors - Asahi, Kirin, Kagome and Yakult
automotive organisations - include Toyota, Honda, Denso and Nissan
manufacturers - Australian Paper and Rinnai
retailers - MUJI and Uniqlo
tech companies - NEC, Fujitsu and Idom Innovations

Japanese companies headquartered in Melbourne

Product manufacturing

Operates in the soft drink, bottled water, fruit juice, cordial, beer and ready-to-drink alcoholic beverage categories within Australia and NZ.

Other

A Japanese goods retailer headquartered in Melbourne.

agri-food

Tomato grower and processor with operations across the globe including offices and processing facilities in regional Victoria.

Technology

A subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp, with interests in energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, food, general merch and automotive.

Other

Japan’s largest fast fashion retailer headquartered in Melbourne and operates 12 stores nationally.

Case studies: Japanese companies

Victoria Powers on with World First Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain

Miniso chooses Melbourne for their Australian Headquarters

Melbourne, the best cultural fit for MUJI

IDOM accelerates innovation in Melbourne

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