Research
What the US federal government is currently soliciting in Japan
38 notices are currently open, out of 109 tracked (tracked includes award notices and other records that invite no response). The largest category is Construction, and the most active location is Kanagawa.
Data updated Oct 19, 2026
The question
Among US federal notices performed in Japan, where is the currently open work, by category and by location?
What was measured
US federal contract notices published to SAM.gov whose place of performance resolves to Japan. “Open” means a notice that invites a response (a solicitation, combined synopsis/solicitation, presolicitation, sources sought, or a special notice with a deadline), is not cancelled or inactive, and whose response deadline has not passed. A notice that states no deadline is counted as open and marked “No response deadline stated”. Award notices, justifications and other records that invite no response are counted as neither open nor closed. Judged as of today; it does not mean any given firm is eligible to respond.
Key figures
Open notices
38
Notices that invite a response and whose deadline has not passed (or state none) — a snapshot taken today
Tracked to date
109
Every notice held, including closed ones
Buyer groups
6
Distinct buyer groupings across tracked notices, not individual contracting offices
Prefectures
8
Prefectures with at least one notice recorded as place of performance
The data
| Category | Notices |
|---|---|
| Construction | 42 |
| Facilities & O&M | 23 |
| Ship sustainment | 16 |
| Supplies & equipment | 13 |
| Logistics & transport | 10 |
| Professional services | 4 |
| Fuel & energy | 3 |
| Aircraft sustainment | 1 |
| IT & comms | 1 |
A notice can fall in more than one category, so these do not sum to the tracked total.
How to read this
These are today's figures. Notices are added, amended and closed daily on SAM.gov, so the same question asked next week returns different numbers. The category mix reflects the sustained operations-and-maintenance demand around US installations in Japan.
An open notice is not an eligible one. Eligibility, registration requirements and set-aside status differ per notice and have to be read in the notice itself.
Sources
Method
- SAM.gov's daily published notice data is ingested and filtered to notices whose place of performance resolves to Japan, matched on country and state codes, address text and installation names.
- “Open” means a notice that invites a response (a solicitation, combined synopsis/solicitation, presolicitation, sources sought, or a special notice with a deadline), is not cancelled or inactive, and whose response deadline has not passed. A notice that states no deadline is counted as open and marked “No response deadline stated”. Award notices, justifications and other records that invite no response are counted as neither open nor closed.
What this does not tell you
- This is a snapshot, not a stable statistic. The counts change the next day.
- A notice whose place of performance is recorded incorrectly at source may not be captured, even if the work is in Japan. Absence here does not establish absence of the procurement.
- Hashike is independent of the US Government, the Department of Defense and SAM.gov, and has no access to non-public procurement information.