The is another name for the
Chūkyō Metropolitan Area
, or the , is a major metropolitan area in Japan that is centered on the city of Nagoya (the "Nagoya#Etymology, Chūkyō", i.e., the "capital in the middle") in Aichi Prefecture. The area makes up the most urbanized part of the Tōkai region. The ...
and the surrounding prefectures, which have strong economic links to it. This
industrial region
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An industrial region or industrial area is a geographical region with extremely dense industry. It is usually heavily urbanized.
Brazil
* ABCD Region, sometimes called ABC (ABC paulista or Região do Grande AB ...
includes the
Aichi,
Gifu
is a Cities of Japan, city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. Durin ...
, and
Mie prefectures.
One of the dominant companies of the region is the
Toyota Motor Corporation
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937. Toyota is the List of manuf ...
. The biggest event of recent times was the successful
Expo 2005
Expo 2005 was a world expo held for 185 days between Friday, March 25 and Sunday, September 25, 2005, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, east of the city of Nagoya. Japan has also hosted Expo '70 Osaka (World Expo), Expo '75 Okinawa (Specialised Expo) ...
, which is expected to give a longer-lasting impulse to economic growth. The new
Chubu Centrair International Airport
is an international airport on an artificial island (which also houses the ) in Ise Bay, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture, south of Nagoya in central Japan. The airport covers about 470 hectares (1,161 acres) of land and has one runway.
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, opened the same year, is also expected to boost the regional economy.
Industries
Aichi Prefecture
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Toyota Motor Corporation
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937. Toyota is the List of manuf ...
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Toho Gas
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Chubu Electric Power Company
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Denso
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Toyota Tsusho
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Mizkan
Gifu Prefecture
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Ibiden
Mie Prefecture
See also
*The city of
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...
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Nagoya University
, abbreviated to or NU, is a Japanese national research university located in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya.
It was established in 1939 as the last of the nine Imperial Universities in the then Empire of Japan, and is now a Designated National Universit ...
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Meijo University
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Nanzan University
is a Private university, private, Catholic and Mixed-sex education, coeducational higher education institution run by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) in the Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Shōwa Ward of Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is consi ...
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Aichi University
is a private university in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Its campuses are located in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Toyohashi and Higashi-ku, Nagoya.
History
The university's predecessor was founded by Konoe Atsumaro as an overseas Japanese institution of h ...
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Chūkyō Metropolitan Area
, or the , is a major metropolitan area in Japan that is centered on the city of Nagoya (the "Nagoya#Etymology, Chūkyō", i.e., the "capital in the middle") in Aichi Prefecture. The area makes up the most urbanized part of the Tōkai region. The ...
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Chūkyō Television Broadcasting
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Chukyo University
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Industrial region
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An industrial region or industrial area is a geographical region with extremely dense industry. It is usually heavily urbanized.
Brazil
* ABCD Region, sometimes called ABC (ABC paulista or Região do Grande AB ...
References
Chūbu region
Geography of Aichi Prefecture
Geography of Gifu Prefecture
Geography of Mie Prefecture
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