JAPAN CHUGOKU REGION 2015 August 2015 The Chugoku Region Investment Promotion Conference c/o International Affairs Division, Industries Department, Chugoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry 6-30, Kamihatchobori, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-8531 Japan Tel: +81-82-224-5659 Fax: +81-82-224-5642 Web: http//: www.chugoku.meti.go.jp
CONTENTS Access ECONOMY AND INDUSTRY OF THE CHUGOKU REGION BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT OF THE CHUGOKU REGION
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Location Maps Chugoku Region Ulan Bator Pyongyang Beijing Seoul Shanghai Tokyo Hanoi Taipei Manila
Sapporo Access Niigata Sendai CHUGOKU REGION Fukuoka Kyoto Nagoya Kobe Osaka Tokyo Sakaiminato Matsue Tottori Yonago Kurayoshi Yasugi Tottori Prefecture Izumo Unnan Oda Maniwa Shimane Prefecture Tsuyama Niimi Mimasaka (Kansai (Kinki Gotsu Okayama Prefecture Region) Shobara TakahashiAkaiwa Hamada Takahashi Miyoshi Soja Bizen Akitakata Setouchi Ibara Okayama Masuda Hiroshima Prefecture Fuchu Asakuchi Kurashiki Kurashiki Higashihiroshima Fukuyama hiroshima Tamano Onomichi Hagi Hiroshima Mihara Kasaoka Nagato Hatsukaichi Takehara Yamaguchi Prefecture Otake Kure Mine Yamaguchi Iwakuni Etajima Sanyo-onoda Onoda Hofu Shunan Kudamatsu Yanai Hikari Ube Shimonoseki (Shikoku Region) (Kyushu Region)
Air Transport Yonago Oki Izumo Tottori Tottori Hagi-Iwami Shimane Hiroshima Heliport Hiroshima Hiroshima Okayama Okayama Konan Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-Ube Iwakuni
Flight Time to Major Cities Access
Land Transport Main Railways Izumo Matsue Shinji Kisuki Sakaiminato Yonago Kurayoshi Koge Tottori Wakasa Chizu Hamada Gotsu Bingo-Ochiai Miyoshi Niimi Bitchu Takahashi Tsuyama Soja Okayama Masuda Fuchu Okayama Ibara Kabe Kannabe Kurashiki Tsuwano Fukuyama Shin-Kurashiki Hiroshima Saijo Mihara Fukuyama Uno Shin-Onomichi Kojima Hagi Mihara Nagato Nishiki-cho Hiroshima Higashi Yamaguchi Hiroshima Mine Miyajima-guchi Kure Shin-Yamaguchi Asa Tokuyama Shin-Iwakuni REMARKES Asa Shin-Shimonoseki Sanyo shinkansen Shimonoseki Onoda Ube Ogori Iwakuni Tokuyama Kawanishi Kawasaki JR Line Ube-shinkawa Kokura Moji Third-sector railway Kokura Kamigori Required Time to Major Cities (by Nozomi Shinkansen and Other Rail Transportation) hoursminutes
Major Expressways Expressways and Arterial Roads In service Under (re)construction Planned Interchange Includes roads running along genelal national automobile roads and national expressways. Yamaguchi Yamaguchi Ogori Shimane Matsue Hiroshima-Hamada ExpressWay San-in ExpressWay Hiroshima-Kure ExpressWay Hiroshima- Iwakuni Iwakuni ExpressWay ExpressWay Higashihiroshima- Kure Kure ExpressWay ExpressWay Sakaiminato Port Tottori San-in ExpressWay Matsue Tottori Tottori-Himeji Okayama-Yonago ExpressWay ExpressWay Okayama Onomichi-Matsue ExpressWay Chugoku Jukan ExpressWay Okayama Sanyo ExpressWay Hiroshima Hayashima Onomichi Fukuyama-Nishi Hiroshima Seto-Chuo ExpressWay Nishi-Seto ExpressWay Access
Time Required for Travel by Expressway to Major Cities hoursminutes
Sea Transport Ports in the Chugoku Region Saigo Port Specially Designated Major Port Major Port Local Port Sakaiminato Port Tottori Tottori Port Hamada Port Misumi Port Shimane Hiroshima Okayama Mizushima Port Okayama Port Yamaguchi Shimonoseki Port Onoda Port Ube Port Mitajiri Port Otake Port Iwakuni Port Tokuyama Kudamatsu Port Hiroshima Port Onomichi Itozaki Port Kure Port Matsuyama Imabari-kita Fukuyama Port Uno Port
Regular International Container Lines
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Regular International Ferry Route Regular International Ferry Route
ECONOMY AND INDUSTRY OF THE CHUGOKU REGION
Overview
Economy and Iidustry of the Chugoku Region
Comparison of Gross Domestic Products (2012) Market Scales Workforce Composition by Industry
Business Establishments Changes in Total Prefectual Production Degree of Industrial Specialization for Chugoku Region Businesses (2014)
Numbers of Businesses (2014) Changes in number of businesses (annualized rate)
Manufacturing Composition of Manufacturing Shipment Value for Different Industries (2013)
Proportion of Manufacturing Shipment Value Generated by Basic Material Industries (2013) Leading 5 Industries in Manufacturing Shipment Value
Establishment of Factories by Prefecture in the Chugoku Region (cumulated 2010-2014) Economy and Iidustry of the Chugoku Region
Commerce Wholesale Industry in the Chugoku Region (2012)
Retail Industry in the Chugoku Region (2012) Economy and Iidustry of the Chugoku Region Prefecture Shares of Annual Wholesale/Retail Sales (2012)
Service Industry Changes in the Number of Service Industry Establishments and Workers
Number of Service Industry Establishments and Workers (2012) Economy and Iidustry of the Chugoku Region Degree of Specialization of Special Service Indstries (accoring to No.of workers in 2012)
Port and Trade Changes in Sea Transport Tonnage Handled at Major Ports and Specially Designated Major Ports (2005 volume=100) Duties Collected on Imports/Exports Export Inport
Principle Import/Export products of the Chugoku Region (2014) Regional Breakdown of Chugoku Region ImportExport Value (2014) Economy and Iidustry of the Chugoku Region
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT OF THE CHUGOKU REGION
Land Prices Average Land Prices by Use Warehouse Rental Office Building Rental (Jan.Mar. 2015)
Wages Average Wages (Monthly Average) Parttime Wages for Female Workers (Hourly) Starting Wages for High-School Graduates
Tax Incentives
Business Environment of the Chugoku Region
Incentives for Each Region
Subsidies and Financing Assistance and Subsidies Financial and Interest Subsidies Incentive Subsidies Government Financial Institutions
Industrial Complexes in the Chugoku Region Major Industrial Complexes in Tottori Prefecture Sakaiminato Airport 7 Yonago Airport Nawa Daisen 6 Yasugi Yonago-Nishi 8 12 Akasaki- Nakayama Yodoe-Daisen Yonago-Higashi Yonago 9 Mizokuchi Kofu 10 11 13 Tottori AirPort Tottori Port San-in Expressway Hojyo-Hawai Tottori Aoya Mizuho Daiei- Tohaku 5 Expressways and Arterial Roads In service Under (re)construction Planned Interchange Major Port Airport 4 Tottori 1 2 Tottori-Himeji Expressway 14 3 Kawahara Chizu Chizu-Minami Nishi-Awakura
Business Environment of the Chugoku Region
Industrial Complexes in the Chugoku Region Major Industrial Complexes in Shimane Prefecture Misumi Port Hagi-Iwami Airport Suko 4 Hamada Port Hamada-Nishi Masuda 3 Misumi Oki Airport Gotsu 11 Saigo Port Yunotsu 6 Hamada Asahi Mizuho San-in Expressway Hiroshima-Hamada Expressway Izumo Airport 10 Matsue Yasugi Izumo Hikawa Shinji Higashi-Izumo Mitoya-Kisuki 5 8 Shimane 7 1 2 Yoshida- Kakeya 9 Expressways and Arterial Roads In service Under (re)construction Planned Interchange Major Port Airport Muikaichi
Business Environment of the Chugoku Region
Industrial Complexes in the Chugoku Region Major Industrial Complexes in Okayama Prefecture Okayama-Yonago Expressway Hiruzen Yubara Uno port Seto-Chuo Expressway Sakaide Nishi-Awakura Ohara Kuse Mimasaka Hokubo Tsuyama Sakuto Niimi Ochiai Innosho 5 Ukan (tentative name) 6 Kayo Okayama Airport Wake Bizen Sanyo Okayama-Soja Okayama 11 Kurashiki Tamashima 12 10 Kamogata Hayashima Okayama Port Konan Aerodrome Kasaoka 2 Kojima Chugoku Expressway Okayama 1 Sanyo Expressway 4 Mizushima Port Tottori-Himeji Expressway 7 8 3 9 Expressways and Arterial Roads In service Under (re)construction Planned Interchange Major Port Airport 0 10 km 20
Business Environment of the Chugoku Region
Industrial Complexes in the Chugoku Region Major Industrial Complexes in Hiroshima Prefecture Expressways and Arterial Roads In service Under (re)construction Planned Interchange Specially Designnated Major Port Major Port Airport 0 10 km 20 Oasa Chiyoda Togochi Hiroshima-Kita Hiroshima-Seifushinto Hiroshima- Yoshiwa 12 Higashi Saijo Itsukaichi Hiroshima Shiwa Kochi Hatsukaichi 1 Niho 6 7 Saka Ono Hiroshima 13 Port Otake 14 Hiroshima-Kure 16 2 Expressway Tenno 15 Kure Hiroshima- Iwakuni Kure Port Expressway 8 HigashiHiroshima- Kure Expressway Kurose Takata Onomichi-Matsue Expressway Miyoshi Takano Kuchiwa Shobara Hiroshima 9 17 18 Kisa Chugoku Expressway Onomichi- Hiroshima Airport Kita Fukuyama-Higashi Mihara-Kui Takaya Fukuyama- Onomichi Hongo Nishi 3 Mukaishima Fukuyama Port 4 10 Ikuchijima-Minami Omishima Hakatajima 5 Kouzan Sera Tojo 11 Innoshima-kita Ikuchijima-Kita Sanyo Expressway Nishi-Seto Expressway Oshima-Kita Oshima-Minami Imabari-Kita
Business Environment of the Chugoku Region
Industrial Complexes in the Chugoku Region Major Industrial Complexes in Yamaguchi Prefecture Expressways and Arterial Roads In service Under (re)construction Planned Interchange Specially Designnated Major Port Major Port Airport 0 10 km Kokura 20 Shimonoseki Shimonoseki Port 13 12 1 Mojiko Moji Ozuki Habu Onoda Port Kokura-Higashi Misumi Ube Port Mine 15 14 5 8 3 Onoda 4 2 Mine-Nishi Akashi Hagi Yamaguchi Yamaguchi Ube Airport Tokuji Ogori Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-Minami Hofu-Nishi 6 7 Hofu-Higashi Ubehigashi Mitajiri Port 10 Muikaichi Tokuyama-Nishi Tokuyama-Higashi Tokuyama Kudamtsu Port Kano Kumage 9 11 Otake Kuga Iwakuni Airport Iwakuni Port
Business Environment of the Chugoku Region
Research Institutes Sakaiminato Matsue Yurihama Yonago Tottori Hokuei Tottori Prefecture Yasugi Izumo Unnan Oda Maniwa Shimane Prefecture Tsuyama Niimi Mimasaka Gotsu Okayama Prefecture Shobara TakahashiAkaiwa Hamada Takahashi Miyoshi Soja Bizen Akitakata Setouchi Ibara Okayama Masuda Hiroshima Prefecture Asakuchi Fuchu Kurashiki Kurashiki Higashihiroshima Fukuyama hiroshima Onomichi Kasaoka Tamano Hagi Hiroshima Mihara Nagato Hatsukaichi Takehara Yamaguchi Prefecture Otake Kure Mine Yamaguchi Iwakuni Etajima Sanyo-onoda Onoda Hofu Shunan Kudamatsu Yanai Hikari Ube Shimonoseki Research and Development Institutes
Business Environment of the Chugoku Region
Business Environment of the Chugoku Region
Information Infrastructure
Business Environment of the Chugoku Region
Business Incubation Facilities
Business Environment of the Chugoku Region
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Major Prefectural Indexes Major Cities in the Chugoku region Izumo Matsue Tottori Yonago Kursyoshi Tottori Prefecture Shimane Prefecture Hamada Miyoshi Maniwa Tsuyama Okayama Prefecture Soja Okayama Masuda Hiroshima Prefecture Kurashiki Kurashiki Higashihiroshima Fukuyama hiroshima Onomichi Kasaoka Tamano Hagi Hiroshima Mihara Nagato Hatsukaichi Yamaguchi Prefecture Kure Yamaguchi Iwakuni Sanyo-onoda Hofu Shunan Kudamatsu Hikari Ube Shimonoseki Major Prefectural Indexes
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Climate Average Temperatures in the Chugoku Region () Temperatures and Precipitation in Major Chugoku Region Cities
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Investment Advantages of the Chugoku Region
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Foreign Affiliated Companies (Manufacturing Industries) in the Chugoku Region
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Foreign Government Agencies in the Chugoku Region Foreign Governement Agencies in the Chugoku Region
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JAPAN CHUGOKU REGION 2015