Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare

Automobile and Transport Equipment	Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare
Information and Communication Technology	Electronic Components and Devices
Semiconductors	Biotechnology
Precision Machinery	Life Science
Others

Area which have a large presence of Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare:
Aichi, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Hiroshima, Kobe City, Matsuyama City, Mie, Nagahama City, Nagasaki, Osaka, Saitama, Saitama City, Sendai City, Shizuoka, Shizuoka City, Toyama.

Detailed Information:
Osaka: Focused on the Doshomachi district, hosts many of Japan’s leading phama companies, including Takeda and Shionogi.

Kobe City: The Kobe Medical Industry Development Project attracts numerous medial & pharma companies; active in industry-academia-government collaboration.

Nagahama City: Boasts Japan’s only dedicated bio-science University as well as the Nagahama Science Park.

Aichi: Leading global manufacturing center that is also home to many leading medical/welfare R&D institutions, universities and firms.

Toyama: With a 300-plus year history, the prefecture’s medical industry leads Japan’s pharma sectors, exporting products to Asia, Europe and the US.

Sendai city: Has a growing concentration of health/welfare IT and service companies centered on the Sendai-Finland Wellbeing Center.

Fukushima: Currently purchasing an industrial promotion project through medial-industrial collaborations.

Saitama: Japan’s 2nd largest medical goods producer by shipment value, leader in advanced medical technology.

Hiroshima: Boasts a number of Japan’s leading manufacturers, and now attracting leading-edge firms in medial and health & welfare fields.

Nagasaki: Hosts numerous medical R&D institutions, universities and hospitals, as well as a growing number of mechanical engineering firms.

Fukuoka: Currently producing more than one million cars annually; expected to become Japan’s 2nd largest car production center.

Matsuyama city: Matsuyama city is striving to become a base for treatment of dementia patients using Swedish medical heath and welfare methods.

Mie: Building a foundation for industry-academia government collaborations, with 7 universities, 3 technical colleges and a number of medical, health and welfare firms.

Saitama city: With many hospitals and a large population the city is playing an increasingly important role as an R&D and marketing base for life-science sector firms.

Shizuoka: Promotion industry-academia-government collaboration in industries such as medical & welfare, options and functional foods.