Industrial region of Japan
The 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 -readingkanji 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.[ 1] [ 2]
Statistics
Prefecture
Ōsaka Prefecture Hyōgo Prefecture
Capital
Ōsaka
Kōbe
Establishments
24,822
11,300
Employees
530,407
359,850
Manuf. goods ¥ 15,961 billion¥12,945 billion
Value added
¥6,459 billion
¥4,808 billion
(4-digit industrial subclassification[ 3]
Main cities and industries
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Facilities:
- Air conditioning and chemicals, especially fluorine; has major market share with DuPont . Laboratories, research institutes:
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Other cities in Osaka prefecture
Facilities:
- A chemical company, specializing in reverse osmosis membrane (a market shared with Dow Chemical Company ) Laboratories, research institutes:
Facilities:
- 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[ 6] Laboratories, research institutes:
- Urethane , polyurethane raw materials - The largest laboratory of Mitsubishi Electric
- Electric devices and electronics Kobe : medical, electronics, heavy industriesFacilities:
- 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).[ 7]
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