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Beautiful Hyogo
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Slide2Location of Hyogo Prefecture
Pacific Ocean
Sea of Japan
Kyoto
Osaka
Hyogo
Kansai Region
Kansai Int’l Airport
Shinkansen
Seto Inland Sea
Sapporo
Tokyo
Okinawa
Hiroshima
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Slide3Hyogo
100
ｋｍ
Nara
Kyoto
Kansai Int’l Airport
Osaka
Wakayama
Shikoku
Region
Chugoku
Region
Beautiful Hyogo
Hyogo Prefecture in the Kansai Region
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Slide4Access to Hyogo-Kobe
Kobe
Awaji Island
Kyoto
Osaka
Himeji
Kansai Int’l Airport
20 min by train
Kobe Airport
20 min
65 min by bus
30 min
by high-speed boat
Arima Hot Springs
30 min by train
50 min by train
1:15 from
Tokyo
2:15 from
Okinawa
1:50 from
Sapporo
2:50 by
Shinkansen
from
Tokyo
40 min by train
Beautiful Hyogo
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Slide5太平洋
日本海
The purple area is
a Government
Ordinance City, pink areas are cities, yellow areas are towns. Total 29 cities and 12 towns.
Basic data
姫路
神戸
豊岡
Outline of Hyogo
Beautiful Hyogo
Area: 8,396 km
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(12th in Japan)Population: 5.57 million (7th in Japan)Real GDP: 20 trillion 631.4 billion
yen
= 257.5 billion dollars *Almost as large as that of Finland
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Toyooka
Himeji
Kobe
Slide6Oriental White Stork
Nojigiku (Wild Chrysanthemum)
Special Natural Monument of Japan
Small, white or yellow flowers bloom in mid November. Hyogo is the northern and eastern limit of its wild habitat.
Large evergreen tree in Lauraceae family. Produces unique smell from branches and leaves.
Camphor Laurel
Hyogo’s Mascot: Habatan
Symbols of Hyogo
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Slide7Enjoyable experiences in Hyogo
“gourmet, sightseeing, hot springs, and more…”For TouristsBeautiful Hyogo
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Slide8Cake lovers’ paradise, Kobe
Universally acclaimed “Kobe Beef”
Matsuba
crab
“Gourmet Kingdom” Hyogo
Beautiful Hyogo
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Slide9Oysters from
HarimanadaAkashi Octopus
Awaji
Puffer Fish
Akashi Sea Bream
Beautiful Hyogo
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Slide10【Kobe】
Nada– Japanese Sake Brewery Area
Nada is the largest sake brewing area in Japan.
It occupies 30% share of the sake production market in Japan.
Many of the traditional brewers present their old breweries as museums.
Sake tasting is also available.
Beautiful Hyogo
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Slide11Pan-fried
udon noodles with organ meats (
Sayo
)
The “B-Class” Local Gourmet Foods in Hyogo
Katsumeshi (Cutlet on rice) (Kakogawa)
Bokkake
(Nagata in Kobe)
Tamago-yaki
(Akashi)
Himeji Oden
(Himeji)
Steamed pork buns
(Nankinmachi in Kobe)
Slide12One of three most beautiful night views in Japan
【Kobe】
Night View from Mt.
Rokko
Beautiful Hyogo
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Slide13The longest suspension bridge, the Akashi
Kaikyo Bridge (3,911 m)
【Kobe】
The Longest
S
uspension
B
ridge in the World
Beautiful Hyogo
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Slide14Awaji Hanasajiki
Awaji YumebutaiEntire park designed by Ando Tadao
【Awaji】
F
lowery
Island Awaji
Beautiful Hyogo
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Slide15Naruto Whirlpools
- One of world’s biggest whirlpools Awaji Puppet Theater
【Awaji】
Naruto
W
hirlpools
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Slide16The Greatest Castle in Japan: Himeji Castle
(World Heritage)
【Himeji】
Himeji Castle
- World Heritage site
Beautiful Hyogo
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Slide17Engyoji
Temple on Mt. Shosha: “The Last Samurai” shooting location
【Himeji】
Engyoji Temple
Beautiful Hyogo
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Slide18Takarazuka
Revue - one of the most popular shows in Japan
Osamu
Tezuka
Manga Museum
“The father” of Japanese animation
【Kobe】
Takarazuka AreaBeautiful Hyogo
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Slide19【Kobe】
Arima
Hot Springs
-The greatest hot springs in Japan
Only 30 minutes from downtown KobeTwo types of spring water: gold-colored and transparent
Traditional performing arts by 13 geishaBeautiful Hyogo
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Slide20Ako Samurai
Festival
Nada Fighting
Festival
Kobe
Luminarie
Seasonal Events in Hyogo
Sakura festivals in various
locations
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Slide21Enjoy Skiing in Hyogo!
Sites Open from
Dec. to Mar.
Tajima
・
Kannabe
Kogen
Ski
Ground
・
Hachi
Kita Ski
Ground・Hyper Bowl Tohachi
Ski Ground・New Ojiro Ski Ground・Mikata Snow Park・Tajima Bokujo Koen Ski Ground・Wakasugi Kogen Ohya Ski Ground…And more!
Harima
・
Chikusa
Kogen Ski Ground・Banshu Tokura Snow Park
KOBE・Mt Rokko Ski
Ground
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Slide22Kinosaki
Hot Springs:Relax as you stroll aroundthe nation’s top hot springdestination
Matsuba
Crab
Copyight © Hyogo Prefectural Government
Beautiful Hyogo
Seasonal Events in Hyogo
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Slide23Kobe Downtown Area
Outlet Mall
Department stores
Lovely cafes and shops
Kobe Bay shopping site
Kobe
downtown
Arima
Hot
Springs
Akashi Kaikyo
Bridge
Marine
Pia
Kobe
Kobe Sanda Premium Outlets
Exciting Shopping Spot “Kobe”
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Slide24Fruitful experiences in Hyogo
For BusinessBeautiful Hyogo
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Slide25Appeals of Hyogo: Domestic & international trasnportation network
◆ Gateway to the world: Kansai Int’l Airport
Three
domestic/international airports (to 73 cities in 27 countries; 26 cities in Japan)
Kansai Int’l Airport
◆Domestic hubs:
Osaka-
Itami
& Kobe Airports
Three airports in Kansai
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Kobe Airport
Kansai Int’l Airport
Slide26Appeals of Hyogo: Social infrastructure
Traffic & logistics network
Chugoku Expwy
Kobe-Awaji-
Naruto
Expwy
Meishin Expwy
Sanyo Expwy
Bantan
Renraku
Road
Sea access
Akashi
Kaikyo
Bridge
Shinkansen
Tajima Airport
Port of Kobe
Kobe Airport
Kansai Int’l Airport
Osaka Int’l Airport
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Slide27Harima Science Garden City
- Global radiation research hub- Large-scale synchrotron radiation facility SPring-8
- X-ray
Free Electron Laser
facility SACLA
○Himeji
Cutting
costs
& time for new drug discovery
Highly functional/reliable next-generation batteries and energy conservation materials
Inspiring
innovation by connecting Hyogo’s two intellectual creation bases
Appeals of Hyogo:
State-of-the-art Science & Technology Bases
Beautiful Hyogo
K supercomputer
4
th
fastest in the world
Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster
Global life science research hub
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Slide28Large-scale Synchrotron Radiation Facility SPring-8
(Since Oct. 1997)
A large synchrotron radiation facility located in Harima Science Garden City that can produce the world’s most powerful synchrotron radiation (1,000,000,000 times brighter than X-rays).
The radiation is widely used for research into nanotechnology and biotechnology, as well as
for industrial uses.
X
-ray Free Electron Laser Facility (SACLA)
(Since Mar. 2012)
Succeeded for the first time in oscillating the world’s shortest wavelength X-ray laser (1.2 Å
) through the use of XFEL in June 2011. Capable of capturing instantaneous movements of substances at an atomic level, thus capable of observing very short period reactions enabling R&D of new materials
SPring-8& SACLA
K Supercomputer (Since Sep. 2012)
・ RIKEN established the world’s fastest performing ultra-high speed computational system in Kobe (Port Island) as one of the “Key Technologies of National Importance.”
K Supercomputer
Versatile Usage: (1) Manufacturing, (2) Nanotechnology, (3) Disaster Risk Reduction,
(4) Aviation/Space, (5) Life science, (6) Earth Science
Beautiful Hyogo
Cutting-edge S&T facilities
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Slide29Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster
Cutting-edge S&T facilities
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■ A core facility for the life science industry under an academia-industry-government partnership in the
Keihanshin
area
:
◆
Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation ◆RIKEN (Molecular Imaging Science Research Center & Center for Developmental Biology, etc.) Kobe is Home to 14 cluster bases!
272 top-class research organizations and medical related companies in Hyogo/Kobe (out of which 24 are foreign/foreign-affiliated companies)
［As of the end of Apr. 2014]
◆
Encourage activities of Hyogo Industry-Academia-Government Coordinators
Hyogo promotes activities to reinforce the coordinator network and improve their skills in ways corresponding to industrial and academic partnership demands from companies and universities. This is with the aim of fostering the growth of industry through industry-academic-government partnerships.
◆
Formation of Hyogo-Kobe Science ClusterCouncil meetings are held by academic, industrial and governmental organizations located in Kobe Port Island in order to promote organic partnership of research facilities and researchers.Creating New Technology & Industries
– Hyogo’s Efforts
Corporate Research Facilities・
Boehringer Ingelheim Japan (Germany)・ Johnson & Johnson K.K (U.S.A.)・ GE Healthcare Japan (U.S.A.)
・ Olympus (Japan)
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From Heavy Industry to SMEs
・
Total product shipment is approx. 14 trillion 347 billion yen, National share of 5.0
％
(ranked 5th in the nation
）
(Source: 2012 Industrial Statistics)
(Toyooka)
(Himeji and
Kakogawa)
Railway Vehicles
Ships
Power Generation Turbines
Car Navigation
Li-ion Batteries
Nickel batteries
Solar Panels
Railway vehicle electric equipment
Ironmaking/steel plates
Hyogo Total Shipment:
\14
trillion 347
bil
.
\7 trillion 589.5 bil
\186.5 bil.
\301.2 bil.
\588.2 bil.
\
5 trillion710.1
bil
.
Thin TV Panels
Motorcycles
A Wealth of Manufacturing Industries
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Slide31Top-class companies in global niche market
Many “Global Niche Top Companies” aiming at the top share in niche fields of growing markets are located in Hyogo.
〔Examples〕
・
Sysmex Corporation
Medical testing equipment
(Hematology analyzer)
・
Teikoku Electric
Mfg. Co. Ltd
Canned motor pump for chemical agents, etc.
・
Nakamura Koki
Co, Ltd.
Accumulator
・
Tacmina
Corporation Precision pump・Itoh Denki Co., Ltd.
Internally motorized conveyor roller
・
Furuno
Electric Co., Ltd.
Radar for ships
Beautiful Hyogo
A Wealth of Manufacturing Industries
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Slide32Foreign/Foreign-Affiliated Companies in Hyogo
・近年の主な進出企業
Umicore
Japan (Belgium, 2011)
Airbus Helicopters Japan
(France, 2012)
IKEA Japan (Sweden, 2008)
Air
Liquide
Japan
(France, 2008)
(Toyo
Keizai Inc. “Foreign affiliated companies in Japan, a comprehensive directory 2012”
Costco Wholesale Japan(USA, 2012)
320 companies
have invested in Hyogo since1998
(Research by International Economic Development Division,
Hyogo Prefectural Government)
Recent FDIs in Hyogo
Prefecture
No. of HQs of foreign companies
National share (%)
1
Tokyo
2,331
75.5
2
Kanagawa
277
9.0
3
Osaka
123
4.0
4
Hyogo
82
2.7
5
Chiba
50
1.6
6
Aichi
36
1.2
7
Saitama
33
1.1
8
Shizuoka
18
0.6
Others
136
4.4
Total
3,086
100
Number of Foreign Companies’ HQs
Major companies recently moved in
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Number
Slide33Kobe Asian Business Support Center
(KABSC
)
http://www.city-kobe-asiabiz.com/
Hyogo-Kobe Investment Support Center
(HKIS)
http://www.hyogo-kobe.jp/his/
Hyogo
Business Support Center in Tokyo
http://www.hyogo-kobe.jp/his/profile.html Todofuken Kaikan Building (Chiyoda ward, Tokyo)
To Expand Economic Exchange
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Hyogo-Kobe International Business Square (Kobe Commerce, Industry and Trade Center Building)
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Hyogo International Business Center (HIBC)
http://www.hyogo-kobe.jp/hibc/
JETRO Invest Japan Business Support Center (IBSC
Kobe)
http://www.jetro.go.jp/invest/ibsc/locations/
One-stop Service
Slide34Governo da Provincia de Hyogo-Japao Escritorio no Brasil
Hyogo Business and Tourism Centre (Hong Kong)
Hyogo Prefectural Government Culture Centre (Western Australia)
The European Representative Office of Hyogo Prefecture (Paris)
The Hyogo Business and Cultural Center (Washington)
Hyogo’s Overseas Network
Enhancing economic functions of Hyogo's overseas offices
・
Develop
systems of cooperation
with local specialists (legal, tax, accounting) through overseas offices
Increasing/enhancing functions of Hyogo International Business Support Desks
・
Additional offices in
major Asian cities,
in cooperation with local private sectors
・
Strengthen consulting functions in cooperation with local specialists
China (Guangdong, Shanghai, Dalian), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh), India (Delhi)
Indonesia (Jakarta), Thailand (Bangkok)
International Business Support Desks
Support Hyogo-based companies in business & sales channel expansion
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Slide35Beautiful Hyogo
Fruitful experiences in HyogoLiving in Hyogo
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Slide36Comfortable Living Environment for All
Beautiful Hyogo
Medical care
4,000 medical institutions accessible in foreign languages
Education
12 international
schools (Canadian Academy, Kobe Chinese School, Deutsche Schule Kobe, Marist Brothers International School, etc.)
100,000 expatriates from 142 countries live in Hyogo.Hyogo has long accepted many expatriates and as such, boasts a comfortable living environment for all.
Consultation serviceInformation and Advisory Service Center
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Slide37There are many foreign students studying abroad in universities in Hyogo.
Number of foreign students in universities, graduate schools, colleges, high schools, etc: Approx. 5,100 (8th largest in Japan)Universities in Hyogo with 100 or more foreign students studying abroad
Comfortable Living Environment for All
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Name
Under-graduate
Graduate school
Research
studentsTotal
Kobe Univ.107720
3281,155Kwansei Gakuin Univ.
462124
117703Univ. of Marketing and Distribution Sciences
3674150
458
Japan Univ. of Economics373
373Kobe
International Univ.
282
79361Univ. of Hyogo599720176Himeji
Dokkyo Univ.15212
10
174
Ashiya Univ.100
12103
University of Hyogo
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Slide38Comfortable Living Environment for All
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Religion
Many
religious facilities within 5 km radius in Kobe City
Various religious facilities show that Hyogo has a long history of welcoming
expatriates.
Kobe Muslim Mosque
Kitano Church
Kanteibyo
Chua Hoa Lac (Vietnamese temple)
Jain Temple
Jewish church
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Slide39Comfortable Living Environment for All
Beautiful Hyogo
Hyogo is home to many foreign communities.
Foreign Communities
Kobe Club, Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club,
Comunidade
Brasileira de Kansai, Comunidad Latina Hyogo, etc.
Salon Carnival by CBK
Native language class by
Comunidad Latina Hyogo
Comunidade Brasileira Kansai (CBK)
Kobe Club
Kobe Regatta &
Athletic Club
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Slide40A Destination Every Visitor Will Love
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