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Hanshin Industrial Region

{{Short description|Industrial region of Japan}}

The {{nihongo|Hanshin Industrial Region|阪神工業地帯|Hanshin Kōgyō Chitai}} is one of the largest industrial regions in Japan. Its name comes from the on-reading of the kanji used to abbreviate the names of Osaka (大阪) and Kobe (神戸), the two largest cities in the megalopolis. The GDP of this area (Osaka and Kobe) is $341 billion, one of the world's most productive regions.[http://www.pwc.com/uk/eng/ins-sol/publ/ukoutlook/pwc_ukeo-section3-march07.pdf Which are the largest city economies in the world and how might this change by 2020?]

2014 Osaka and Kobe's GDP per capita (PPP) was US$35,902.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/research/global-metro-monitor/|title = Global Metro Monitor|date = 30 November 2001}}

Statistics

class="wikitable"
PrefectureŌsaka PrefectureHyōgo Prefecture
Capital

| Ōsaka || Kōbe

Establishments

| 24,822 || 11,300

Employees

| 530,407 || 359,850

{{abbr|Manuf.|Manufactured}} goods
shipments

| ¥15,961 billion || ¥12,945 billion

Value added

| ¥6,459 billion || ¥4,808 billion

(4-digit industrial subclassification[http://www.meti.go.jp/english/statistics/data/h2sktope.html Preliminary Report on Census of Manufactures 2005 from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Japan])

Main cities and industries

= Ōsaka Prefecture =

==[[Osaka, Osaka|Osaka]]: [[medical]], [[chemical]], [[metal]]==

Facilities:

Laboratories, research institutes:

==[[Sakai, Osaka|Sakai]]: chemical, metal ==

Facilities:

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:- Air conditioning and chemicals, especially fluorine; has major market share with DuPont.

Laboratories, research institutes:

  • Showa Denko
  • [http://www.sakai-chem.co.jp/english/profile/index.html Sakai Chemical Industry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070531203103/http://www.sakai-chem.co.jp/english/profile/index.html |date=2007-05-31 }} (titanium dioxide, stabilizers & metallic soaps)
  • [http://www.kyowa.co.jp/eng/index.htm Kyowa] (medical)

==[[Kadoma, Osaka|Kadoma]], [[Moriguchi, Osaka|Moriguchi]], [[Daito, Osaka|Daito]]: [[electronics]]==

Facilities: and research institutes:

==Other cities in Osaka prefecture==

Facilities:

:- A chemical company, specializing in reverse osmosis membrane (a market shared with Dow Chemical Company)

Laboratories, research institutes:

  • [http://www.shokubai.co.jp/eng/company/index.html Nippon Shokubai] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070227115018/http://www.shokubai.co.jp/eng/company/index.html |date=2007-02-27 }} in Suita (manufacture of catalyst)
  • JT (Japan Tobacco) in Takatsuki (medical laboratory)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070405121329/http://www.obi.or.jp/index2.html Osaka Bioscience Institute] in Suita (a national science research institute established by the Ministry of Science and Technology )

= Hyōgo Prefecture =

==[[Amagasaki, Hyogo|Amagasaki]]: chemical, metal, electronics ==

Facilities:

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:- Plasma display

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:- Railroad traffic control system, electric power control system, air traffic control system, Doppler radar, communications satellite, Global Positioning System.

:- Titanium products (about 20% share of the world market{{Cite web |url=http://www.japanmetal.com/special/special_33.html |title=Japan Metal News |access-date=2007-04-06 |archive-date=2007-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133700/http://www.japanmetal.com/special/special_33.html |url-status=dead }})

Laboratories, research institutes:

:- Urethane, polyurethane raw materials

:- The largest laboratory of Mitsubishi Electric

:- Electric devices and electronics

==[[Kobe, Hyogo|Kobe]]: medical, electronics, heavy industries==

Facilities:

:- Shipbuilding, marine structures

:- container ships, submarines, research vessels and vehicles, nuclear reactors, satellites.

:- Shipbuilding, marine structures, trains

Laboratories, research institutes:

:- Center for Developmental Biology.

:- Next-Generation Supercomputer Center (From 2010).{{Cite web |url=http://www.riken.go.jp/r-world/info/release/press/2007/070328/index.html |title=Press Release |access-date=2007-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428032337/http://www.riken.go.jp/r-world/info/release/press/2007/070328/index.html |archive-date=2007-04-28 |url-status=dead }}

==Other cities in Hyōgo Prefecture==

Facilities:

Laboratories, research institutes:

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/about/locations/index.html Mitsubishi Electric Locations]
  • [http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/index.html Mitsubishi Electric Products] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406180243/http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/index.html |date=2007-04-06 }}
  • [http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/index.html Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]
  • [http://www.sumitomo-ti.co.jp/index_e.html Osaka (Sumitomo) Titanium technologies Co., Ltd]

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Category:Industry in Japan

Category:High-technology business districts

Category:Kansai region

Category:Economy of Osaka

Category:Economy of Hyōgo Prefecture

Category:Kobe