Food-related Industry
Hokkaido's original food function display system ("Healthy Do") - the ﬁrst in Japan!

■Composition of agricultural output (2017)
Other livestock
18.5％

Rice
10.0％

Total Agricultural Output:
1 trillion 276.2 billion yen

Upland crops
14.6％
Vegetables
16.6％

Dairy
38.5％

33.0％

Soya beans
Hokkaido
60.3％ 39.7％

Bareisho potatoes
20.0％

Hokkaido
80.0％

OnionsPumpkin

20,000 tons
2％
Octopus21,000 tons
2％
Flounder25,000 tons
3％
Cod
31,000 tons
4％

Hokkaido
35.4％ 64.6％

Hokkaido
51.5％ 48.5％

8.1 billion yen
3％
Cod
Scallops
282,000 tons 8.4 billion yen
3％
Others31％
130,000 tons
Sea cucumbers
14％
8.5 billion yen
3％
Alaskan pollock
10.3 billion yen
4％
2017

Kelp
65,000 tons
7％

Quantity
913,000 tons

Alaskan pollock
119,000 tons
13％

46.5％

No.1 in Japan for amount of food shipped
Hokkaido boasts a large concentration of food manufacturing industries, and is
top in Japan for both the amount of food shipped, and for the number offood-related businesses.

Hokkaido is the leading center for the food manufacturing industry in Japan.
<Northern Hokkaido><Okhotsk area>

・Yamazaki・Nippon Meat Packers Hokkaido Factory
・Meiji Dairies Corporation
・Maruha Nichiro Kitanippon
・Nippon Beet Sugar Manufacturing, etc.

・Kinjirushi Wasabi
・Hokkaido Knorr Foods
・NIPPON WHITE FARM
・Nippon Beet Sugar Manufacturing
・Yamaguchi Aburaya Fukutaro
・NSK
・MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY
・Hokkaido Sugar, etc.

(Unit: 100 million)
Shipping value of products<Central Hokkaido>

1

Hokkaido

21,337

2

Saitama

17,5903

Aichi

16,2504

Hyogo

15,896

5

Chiba

14,927・Fujicco
・Yamazaki Baking
・Calbee・Kikkoman Hokkaido
・TOYO SUISAN
・Sato Foods Industries
・Kirin Brewery
・ASAHI BREWERIES・DIETCOOK SHIRAOI・NIPPN・Natural Science
・Oji Cornstarch・Hamari Chemicals
・HABA
・Pickles Corporation Sapporo
・HOKKAIDO BUCKWHEATFLOUR MILLING・Bontime Hokkaido
・Hokkaido Sugar
・Hokkaido Knorr Foods, etc.

Number of businesses
1,779

Hyogo

1,185

3

Aichi

1,141

4

Shizuoka

1,129

5

Fukuoka

916(Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - “2017 Industry Statistics”)

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Octopus
11 billion yen
4％
Squid
SalmonSaury
Kelp
12.1 billion yen
57.9 billion
Sardines
12.4 billion 21.1 billion yen
4％127,000 tons
yen
yen
21％
14％
4％
8％
(Source: Current States of Hokkaido Fisheries)

Application procedure for certiﬁcation (from application to certiﬁcation)

Examples of certiﬁed products

ApplicantSafety testing
Ethical review

・This system is the ﬁrst food function display system by a local government
body in Japan.
Intervention testing・The certiﬁed products can be sold not only in Hokkaido but throughout Japan.
・In addition to single ingredients, mixed (composite) ingredients such as
Creation of report
extracts can also be certiﬁed as functional ingredients.
*Published in peer-reviewed research journal
・Applicants do not need to conduct intervention testing themselves. Reports
from organizations such as universities or manufacturers can be used with thepermission of the report's writer.
・Companies in Hokkaido will act as an OEM, producing and supplying products for companies both inside and outside Hokkaido.

Certiﬁcation by Hokkaido government
Hokkaido Food Function
Display System Panel
Acceptance by Hokkaido government

Application

Hokkaido-wide Food Cluster activities

System operated by
Hokkaido government■Features and merits of system

Displayed on product package

In vitro (test-tube level) evaluation
In vivo evaluation (animal testing, etc.)*What is peer review? Peer review is asystem in which reports are evaluatedand veriﬁed by an expert in the same ﬁeld
before being published in the journal.

Hokkaido WineIn April 2010, the Food Clusters Cooperation and Coordination Body (FC/NW) was established by industry, academia andgovernment throughout Hokkaido. The organization serves as a Hokkaido-wide promotional body for food cluster
activities to create a full food industry unique to Hokkaido. More than 2,195 organizations (as of the end of February2019) are involved in FC/NW, and 533 projects have been proposed and put into action as a result of cooperation andcollaborations by the organizations involved.
Pepo Pumpkin

・Branding of products such as Gagome kelp
Gagome Kelp

Location of Main Food Companies

Prefecture(Unit: Businesses)

Certiﬁcation mark・Branding of Pepo pumpkin (edible seeds)
・Promotion of Hokkaido's wine industry

Ranking(Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - “2016 Industry Statistics”)

Sales of Products Certiﬁed from 2013 to 2017: 12.32 billion yen■Examples of Main Projects

Food manufacturing industry

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2017
Production Value
278.5 billion yen

Hokkaido
53.5％(Source: Crop Statistics and Milk and Dairy Product Statistics, Ministryof Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

Food manufacturing industry■Number ofPrefecturebusinesses Ranking
by prefecture1
Hokkaido

Scallops
74.6 billion yen
27％
Others54.1 billion yen
19％

Dairy produce

Hokkaido
67.0％■Shippingvalue byprefecture■Composition ratio by species(2017: Hokkaido territory)
Quantity
Production ValueSquid
Sea urchin

Salmon55,000 tons
6％

■Main agricultural and livestock products for which Hokkaido
is the top producer in Japan (by production volume)

Products certiﬁed
1st certiﬁcation: 12 products 2nd certiﬁcation: 6 products 3rd certiﬁcation: 8 products
4th certiﬁcation: 17 products 5th certiﬁcation: 13 products 6th certiﬁcation: 11 products
7th certiﬁcation: 4 products 8th certiﬁcation: 7 products 9th certiﬁcation: 3 products
10th certiﬁcation: 7 products 11th certiﬁcation: 8 products 12th certiﬁcation: 7 products*This ﬁgure indicates the quantity landed in Hokkaido.

Saury
37,000 tons
4％

Other crops 1.8％
(Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries“Statistics of Agricultural Production and Revenue”)

Wheat

Hokkaido is bordered by the Paciﬁc Ocean, Sea of Okhotsk and Sea of Japan, andhas a total coastline of 4,448km, which is 12.5% of national total. The hugecontinental shelf to the north of Hokkaido, and oﬀshore regions such as Kitami
Yamato-tai bank and Musashi-tai bank boast rich ﬁshing grounds.
In 2017, the total amount produced by the ﬁsheries and aquaculture industries inthe Hokkaido territory* was 913,000 tons. This amount represents 278.5 billion yen,or almost a ﬁfth of the national total, and Hokkaido holds the number one spot for
seafood production on either scale. Main produce are scallops, sardines, Alaskan
pollock, kelp, salmon and saury, and the main ﬁshing methods are scallop
dredging, bottom oﬀshore trawling, ﬁxed-net salmon ﬁshing, scallop cultivationand mackerel ﬁshing.

Evaluation process

Hokkaido has a cold climate and is covered in snow for a long period throughout
the winter, but through the introduction of many western agricultural
technologies since the Meiji period (1868 onwards) along with the creation of aﬁrm foundation for production, we have been able to overcome the problems of
the adverse climate. Hokkaido is now home to a large scale full-time agriculturalindustry focused on rice crops, dry ﬁeld farming, dairy farming and livestock
farming.
As of 2018, Hokkaido has 1.145 million hectares of arable land, ¼ of the national
total.
Furthermore, the average land size per farm is 28.9ha, 13.1 times the national
average.
There are 36,000 farms (commercial farmers) in Hokkaido, which is just 3.1% of thenational total. However, 72.9% of Hokkaido farmers are full-time, compared to thenational average of 20.0%.
The agricultural yield of Hokkaido is 1 trillion 276.2 billion yen, or 13.2% of thenational total. In addition, Hokkaido is the top producer of dry ﬁeld crops such as
wheat, soya beans, potatoes and sugar beets, vegetables such as onions,pumpkins and sweet corn, and dairy produce, and plays an essential part in thefood supply chain for the entire country.

Fishing Industry of Hokkaido ‒the Island Surrounded by Oceans

Process before application

Largest Food Supplying Region in Japan

With health-consciousness increasing in recent years, there has been a call to provide detailed information on products such as health foods so that consumers can selectproducts that suit their preferences. In April 2013, Hokkaido began a food function display system (Healthy Do), in which the Hokkaido government grants certiﬁcation forfunctional ingredients of products such as health food if scientiﬁc research relating to health management is conducted. A certiﬁcation mark from the Hokkaido government isplaced on qualifying products. Hokkaido's foods already have a reputation for being safe, trustworthy and delicious. This system adds new value in the form of health beneﬁts.

Supported by Hokkaido Food Industry
Promotion Organization, etc.

Accumulation of food-related industries that utilize theabundance of safe marine and agricultural resources

Hokkaido's Burgeoning Plant Factories
More and more plant factories are being opened in Hokkaido due to the cool climate, many hours of sunlight and vast expanses of land.
The Hokkaido Prefectural Government provides various forms of support for anybody wanting to start a plant factory here.

■Examples
J Farm Tomakomai Factory
Investors: Add One Farm Co., Ltd., JFE Engineering Corporation
Crops: Mesclun (1ha), tomatoes (1.5ha)
Notable characteristics: Japan's ﬁrst large-scale tri-generation system(powered by heat, CO2 and electricity from a gas engine)
Oriental Land Co., Ltd. Teshikaga Farm
Crops: Strawberries (0.8ha)
Notable characteristics: Implemented a heating system using the heatfrom hot springs in the greenhouses

Oriental Land
Teshikaga Farm

<Kushiro- Nemuro area><Southern Hokkaido>
・NICHIREI FOODS・Maruha Nichiro Kitanippon
・Kikuchi Foods Industry Co., Ltd.
・Jokki, etc.

・Otsuka Foods
・Takanashi Milk Products
・Meiji Dairies Corporation
・MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY
・Maruha Nichiro Kitanippon, etc.

<Tokachi area>
・Calbee Potato
・Prima Meat Packers
・Meiji Dairies Corporation ・Hokkaido Sugar
・Cosmo Corporation ・Nippon Beet Sugar Manufacturing, etc.

Support for Plant Factory Initiatives
・Assistance in ﬁnding a site
・Technical consultations for plant factories ("Concierge" service for horticultural development infacilities)
・Subsidies are available for certain plant factories in industrial areas (4-10% of investment in facilities)
J Farm Tomakomai Factory

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Automobile-related Industry
With the largest number of test tracks in Japan, Hokkaido is the perfectplace for testing, research and development for automobile-related companies
Central Hokkaido is rapidly becoming an important location for many automobile-related companies such as prominent
parts manufacturers and software companies.
Additionally, the cold weather conditions and large open spaces provide the perfect conditions for many outstanding
test tracks to be built.
There are 28 such facilities, the highest number in Japan.
Hokkaido holds an essential role in the testing of new cars for automobile manufacturers, and will remain an important
location for all manner of research, development and testing for the automobile industry.

7,500

2007
（H19） SANGO Hokkaido Co., Ltd.

Aichi

Tomakomai

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.

2007
（H19） Okaya Iwai Hokkaido

Aichi

Tomakomai

Circuits, hills

7,000

2007
（H19） Umetoku Co., Ltd.

Osaka

Tomakomai

2008（H20） Kosei Aluminum Co., Ltd.

Aichi

Tomakomai

2008（H20） Toyotsu Smelting Technology Corporation

Aichi

Tomakomai

2009（H21） Denso Hokkaido Corporation

Aichi

Chitose2012（H24） Muroran Togo Corporation

Aichi

Muroran2012（H24） Meitoku Hokkaido Co., Ltd.

Aichi

Abira

2013
（H25） O-OKA Corporation

Aichi

Muroran2014（H26） Sintokogio, Ltd.

Aichi

Tomakomai

2014（H26） CVTEC Hokkaido Co., Ltd.

Aichi

Tomakomai

2015（H27） FJ Composite Materials Co., Ltd.

Shizuoka

Chitose (relocation of head oﬃce)

2016（H28） Fuji Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.

Shizuoka

Chitose2017（H29） Ogikubo Tools and Dies MFG Co., Ltd.

NaganoTomakomai<Previously><Recently>

BifukaMombetsu

Mazda Motor Corporation

AT switches

Handling roads, dirt roads

TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
Frozen roads, compacted snow roads

Denso Corporation

Bosch Corporation

UD Trucks Co., Ltd.

Rikubetsu

Country road circuits,
straight roads

Handling roads, artiﬁcial
frozen roads

Circuits, bumpy roads

Straight roads(use of city land)

NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
High-speed circuits, country
roads, cold region testing roads

Engine parts, etc

Development of car
navigation software

Argo System Support Inc.
3D CAD systems

Software development for
automobile meter control

Denso Hokkaido Corporation
Manufacturing of on-board
semiconductor products

ChitoseMonozukuri Nadeshiko Support ProjectFuji Electronics
Industries Co., Ltd.
Manufacturing of on-board
semiconductor products

FJ Composite Materials Co., Ltd.
Heat radiation materials

MuroranHardened and temperedwires for automobile springs

http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/kz/ssg/sgs/jidousha1.htm

Matsue Engineering Co., LTD.
Mold manufacturing for automobile parts

INCORPORATEDADMINISTRATIVE
AGENCY PUBLIC
WORKS RESEARCHINSTITUTE Civil
Engineering ResearchInstitute for Cold Region
Cold region testing roads

Muroran Suzuki

Hokkaido Auto Industrial Agglomerations Promotion Council (HAIA)

MemuroAW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.

○Vehicle assembly(TOYOTA MOTORCORPORATION)

RelatedURL

Mitsubishi Motors
Corporation

Brake test courses,
high-speed snow roads

Small metal cutting parts

Daysys Co. Ltd.

Trade fairs on techniques relating to
the automotive industry

Otofuke

Micro Sapporo Co., Ltd.

Hino Motors, Ltd.

Cross-country roads,
high-speed circuits

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd
High-speed circuits,rough road course

TBK Co., Ltd.
ObihiroSecondaryoperation○

Drive shaft
boots

Mazda Motor
Corporation
Compacted snow, icy road

Chupchinika Inc

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd.

OBIHIRO DENSHI COMPANY LIMITED.

Precision parts for automobiles

Straight roads,
cross-country roads

Circuits, hills,
brake part testing

Vehicle control programs

Obihiro○Secondary operation, etc.
(SANGO Hokkaido, etc.)○Processing andassembly of parts(TOYOTA MOTOR
HOKKAIDO, etc.)○Vehicle assembly(TOYOTA MOTOR
EAST JAPAN)○ Training workshops on digital engineering○ Monozukuri Nadeshiko Support Project to encourage women to enter the manufacturing industry(factory tours, educational visits, creation of promotional pamphlets)

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Straight roads for snow mobiles
and lawn mowers

Cold resistance testing courses,
mountain roads, high-speed circuits

On-board signals
Relay coils

Panasonic Switching
Technologies Co., Ltd.
Control relays

Meitoku Hokkaido Co., Ltd.
Design and productionof molds for automobile parts

Urahoro○Materials(special steel(steel rods
and wire))(Nippon Steel& Sumitomo
Metal,
MuroranSteelworks)

Shift to regional
entities in EastJapan

○ Seminars on production control, quality control, etc.
○ Trade fairs on techniques relating to Hokkaido's automotive industry
Encouragement(held by TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, TOYOTA MOTOR EAST JAPAN, INC., etc.)
of local businesses○ Factory tours and presentations about parts through collaborations with the Tohoku area
to enter the
automotive industry ○ Individual instruction and advice on solving company issues by a team providing support for entry into themarket (experienced automobile manufacturers, etc.)

Contact

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION

Toyokoro○Processing andassembly of parts(TOYOTA MOTOR
HOKKAIDO, etc.)○ Seminars on business locations in Hokkaido and a booth on Hokkaido at Messe Nagoya○ Visits to automobile-related companies (top-level selling by governor and visits to companies by employeesof oﬃces outside Hokkaido and coordinators from the Nagoya metropolitan area)

Total Support Oﬃce for Auto Industry, Industrial Location
Development Division, Bureau of Industrial Location Promotion,
Department of Economic Aﬀairs, Hokkaido Government
TEL:(011)204-5323
FAX:(011)232-2139
E-Mail:keizai.sangyousinkou1@pref.hokkaido.lg.jp

Handling roads, hills, circuits

Simulation testing courses
recreating various road conditions

Keihin Seimitsu Kogyo
Co., Ltd.

■Main initiatives of the Hokkaido Auto Industrial Agglomerations Promotion Council (HAIA)

Securing andfostering
technical staﬀ

Bridgestone Corporation

Veoneer Nissin Brake
Systems Japan Co., Ltd

Torc Precision Industry
Co., Ltd.

Level connection roads,
high-speed circuits, ﬂooded roads

Circuits, measuring roads, hills

Continental Automotive Corporation(Continental Teves Corporation)

TOKUE sisuner○Materials (special steel(steel rods and wire))(Nippon Steel &Sumitomo Metal,
Muroran Steelworks)

Eﬀorts in various domains to promote
agglomeration in the automobile industry
Additionally, the “Hokkaido Auto Industrial Agglomerations Promotion Council (HAIA)”
was established on August 3rd 2006. HAIA comprises companies, business and industrial
groups, educational institutions and government bodies related to the automobile
industr y, and was established to promote incentives for the accumulation of
automobile-related industries in Hokkaido.

Frozen roads, compacted
snow, winding hills, circularroads, handling roads

DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD.

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.

Nakasatsunai

An increasing number of forges and foundries are being established in Hokkaido (Nippon
Steel & Sumitomo Metal in particular), providing services such as metalworking of special
steel manufactured within Hokkaido and aluminum castings. As production capacity of
the Toyota Group’ s third largest production base in the Tohoku region expands, Hokkaido
is able to use this accumulation of related industries to provide material procurement andprocessing services to Tohoku, contributing to the multi-tracking and shortening of the
supply chain.

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.

Circuits, high-speed dirt roads, longhills, high-speed winding roads

SaromaTomakomai■The shift to regional entities in East Japanese automotive
supplier chains through the establishment of new locations
for automotive companies

Type of
Track

Abashiri

Aichi

Accumulation of Forges and Foundries

Company

Manufactured
goods, etc

Ozora

2007
（H19） SANWAYUKA INDUSTRY CORPORATION

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 (FY)
（H16）
（H17）
（H18）
（H19）
（H20）
（H21）
（H22）
（H23）
（H24）
（H25）
（H26）
（H27）
（H28）
（H29）
(Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - “2018 Industry Statistical Survey”)

TOYOTA MOTORCORPORATION

NayoroTomakomai

5,500

Promotion ofideal locations forthe automotive
industry

UEHARA NAMEPLATE
Co., Ltd.
Emblems, car horn badges

Tokyo

6,000

0

Tomakomai

2007（H19） SATOSHOJI CORPORATION

8,000

6,500

500

Ishikari

Aichi

Automobile
Testing Track

Company

Handling courses High-speed
handling testing courses, city streets

Yuni

6,717

Aichi

2007
（H19） AISIN HOKKAIDO CO., Ltd.

Main
automobile-relatedcompanies

Subaru Corporation

Mukawa1,000 6,645

2007（H19） TOKUE sisuner

Shimokawa

6,884

SapporoKembuchi

1,500

8,500

Shizuoka

Overall testing tracks, hills

Abira

2,000

8,826

2006
（H18） Daysys Co. Ltd.

Koutsu Kagaku
Sougou Kenkyujo

All-round winter course,
frozen roads, winding hills

Nanae

8,126 8,074

8,596 8,675

MuroranTomakomai

9,026
8,572

Hyogo

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
Comparison test course, hills

Sintokogio, Ltd.

ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED HOKKAIDOAISIN HOKKAIDO CO., Ltd.

Okaya Iwai Hokkaido

Hokkaido SEI SteelWire, Ltd.

Engines

Aluminum casting parts(Bulb body, etc.)

Manufacturing of metal machine tools

Casting facilities, shot blasting,environmental facilities

Hardened and temperedwires for engine valve springs

TOYOTA MOTOR HOKKAIDO, INC.

Muroran Togo Corporation
Automobile springs

Information on manufacturing companies in Hokkaido

O-OKA Corporation

http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/kz/ssg/sgs/sanshi/monozuku/
guidobook.htm

Production of precision forging
gears for automobiles

Tomakomai

2,500 2,279 2,302

2,861 8,477

9,000

3,257

2006
（H18） Hokkaido SEI Steel Wire, Ltd.

Asahikawa

2,964
2,770 8,263
8,198 2,657

3,000

8,615 3,145

Location (municipality)

Asahikawa,
Higashikawa

3,179

Head oﬃce

Akabira

3,311

3,606

Company

Iwamizawa

3,500

Years in operation

Ishikari

3,530(persons)

LegendMain automobile-related companies outside Hokkaido, and the largest number of test tracks in Japan (28 tracks)

Sapporo(hundred million yen)

3,686 3,722■Automotive companies that have recently
expanded into Hokkaido

Shibetsu

TOYOTA MOTOR HOKKAIDO, INC. (Tomakomai)■Shipping value of transportation machinery from Hokkaido
and number of employees involved

TakasuThe shipping value of transportation machinery and number of employees involved have increased byaround 50% in the last 10 years. Hokkaido is gathering a great deal of attention as the new manufacturing
area for the automobile industry. Essential members of the Toyota Group, such as Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd andDenso Corporation, have expanded operations into Hokkaido, and O-OKA Corporation, Meitoku Hokkaido
Co., Ltd., CVTEC Hokkaido Co., Ltd., and Fuji Electronics Industries Co., Ltd. have also established premises in
Hokkaido to disperse risk after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

Asahikawa

Major automotive companies are expanding to Hokkaido

Kitami

Accumulation of Automotive Industries in Hokkaido

Toyotsu Smelting Technology Corporation

Umetoku Co., Ltd.

DYNAX Corporation

Mold heat treatment, surface treatment

Clutch, clutch plates

Kosei Aluminum Co., Ltd.

Meiwa Industries, Ltd.

Sugiyama Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Aluminum wheels

Design and manufacture of automated facilities

Automotive casting molds

SANWAYUKA INDUSTRY CORPORATION

Kowa Kakoki Co., Ltd.

Impregnation processing foraluminum products

Maintenance of shot machine for
producing components

AT, CVT, transfers

Manufacturing of molten aluminumalloys and unprocessed alloys

SATOSHOJI CORPORATION
Machining and cutting of steel for automobiles

SANGO Hokkaido Co., Ltd.
Machining of automobile castings

CVTEC Hokkaido Co., Ltd.
Metal belts for CVTs

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