Industrial Cluster Information

Area which have a large presence of Automobile and Transport Equipment:
Aichi, Fukuoka, Fukuoka City, Gunma, Hiroshima City, Iwate, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kitakyushu City, Oita, Shiga, Tochigi, Toyama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi
Detailed Information
Yamaguchi: Center of a car manufacturing base covering Yamaguchi, northern Kyushu, Hiroshima and South Korea; produces some 2 million units per year.
Kitakyushu City: Leading auto manufacturing area, with more than a million cars produced annually.
Fukuoka City: Home to major auto assembly plant, parts suppliers and a growing number of electric component R&D, engineering and design firms.
Fukuoka: Currently producing more than one million cars annually; expected to become Japan’s 2nd largest car production center.
Kagoshima: Main Kyushu manufacturing hub, with ample land and large human resources; news Shinkansen line (2011) will put Kagoshima just 80min. From Fukuoka.
Toyama: Home to a growing number of leading auto parts markers and manufacturers with advanced technology.
Nagahama City: home to a wide range of auto industry-related manufacturers, who make everything from mufflers and diesel engines to seat belts.
Gunma: Hosts a concentration of large firm, such as Fuji Heavy Industries, and many leading-edgy SMEs in die design/manufacture and metal processing.
Iwate: Boasts an automobile assembly plant and a growing number of automobile-related industry firms.
Yamagata: Offers a broad range of manufacturing strengthens across a number of fields.
Tochigi: Has Japan’s highest shipment value for transport machinery, including autos, auto parts and accessories.
Kanagawa: A growing car industry center with Daimler Chrysler’s Tech Center and planned relocation of Nissan’s headquarters to the prefecture.
Oita: Already home to some 50 auto industry-related firms and more are expected.
Hiroshima City: Boasts a number of car markets, including Mazda-Ford.
Aichi: Top car producing region. Accounting for 38% of Japan's total.