Hanshin Industrial Region
The Hanshin Industrial Region 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 and Kobe, the two largest cities in the megalopolis. The GDP of this area is $341 billion, one of the world's most productive regions.
2014 Osaka and Kobe's GDP per capita was US$35,902.
Main cities and industries
Ōsaka Prefecture
Osaka">Osaka, Osaka">Osaka: [medical], [chemical], [metal]
Facilities:- Rohto Pharmaceutical
- Daiichi Sankyo
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
- Sumitomo Chemical
- Sumitomo Electric Industries
- Sharp
- Kansai Paint
- Kansai Electric Power Company
- Rohto Pharmaceutical
- Shionogi Pharmaceutical
- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma
- Sumitomo Pharmaceutical
- Sumitomo Chemical
Sakai">Sakai, Osaka">Sakai: chemical, metal
Facilities:- ExxonMobil
- Showa Denko
- Ube Industries
- Nippon Oil
- Esso
- Bayer
- Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
- Mitsui Chemicals
- Mitsubishi Materials
- Osaka Gas
- Daikin Industries
Kadoma">Kadoma, Osaka">Kadoma, Moriguchi">Moriguchi, Osaka">Moriguchi, Daito">Daito, Osaka">Daito: [electronics]
Facilities: and research institutes:- Matsushita Electric Industrial : the headquarters
- Sanyo: the headquarters
- Funai: the headquarters
Other cities in Osaka prefecture
Facilities:- Kinki Sharyo in Higashiōsaka
- in Takatsuki : the headquarters
- Daihatsu in Ikeda, the headquarters
- Nitto Denko
Hyōgo Prefecture
Amagasaki">Amagasaki, Hyogo">Amagasaki: chemical, metal, electronics
Facilities:- Sumitomo Metal Industries
- Mitsui Chemicals
- Matsushita Electric Industrial
- Asahi Glass Co.
- Sekisui Chemical
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Osaka Titanium Technologies
Kobe">Kobe, Hyogo">Kobe: medical, electronics, heavy industries
Facilities:- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- Kobe Steel
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Matsushita Electric Industrial
- Komatsu
- Bayer
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Procter & Gamble: the East-Asian and Japanese headquarters.
- Kobe Steel
- Mitsubishi Electric
- RIKEN, a public corporation funded by the government; natural sciences research institute
Other cities in Hyōgo Prefecture
Facilities:- Asahi Glass Co. in Takasago
- Caterpillar, Inc. in Akashi
- Fujitsu in Akashi
- in Osaka and Hyogo: catalysts, especially acrylic acid and super-absorbent polymers
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Akashi: motorcycles
- Kobe Steel in Kakogawa, Takasago
- Nippon Steel in Himeji
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Takasago
- Mitsubishi Electric in Akashi
- Procter & Gamble in Akashi
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Akashi
- Kobe Steel in Kakogawa
- Sumitomo Chemical in Takarazuka
- Nippon Shokubai in Himeji: acrylic acid plant