The is one of the largest industrial regions in Japan. Its name comes from the on-reading of the kanji used to abbreviate the names of Osaka (大éª) and Kobe (ç¥Âæ¸), the two largest cities in the megalopolis. The GDP of this area (Osaka and Kobe) is $341 billion, one of the world's most productive regions. 2014 Osaka and Kobe's GDP per capita (PPP) was US$35,902.
Statistics
(4-digit industrial subclassification)
Main cities and industries
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Âsaka Prefecture
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Laboratories, research institutes:
Sakai: chemical, metal
Facilities:
- Air conditioning and chemicals, especially fluorine; has major market share with DuPont.
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Other cities in Osaka prefecture
Facilities:
- A chemical company, specializing in reverse osmosis membrane (a market shared with Dow Chemical Company)
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HyÃ
Âgo Prefecture
Amagasaki: chemical, metal, electronics
Facilities:
- Plasma display
- Railroad traffic control system, electric power control system, air traffic control system, Doppler radar, communications satellite, Global Positioning System.
- Titanium products (about 20% share of the world market)
Laboratories, research institutes:
- Urethane, polyurethane raw materials
- The largest laboratory of Mitsubishi Electric
- Electric devices and electronics
Kobe: medical, electronics, heavy industries
Facilities:
- Shipbuilding, marine structures
- container ships, submarines, research vessels and vehicles, nuclear reactors, satellites.
- Shipbuilding, marine structures, trains
Laboratories, research institutes:
- Center for Developmental Biology.
- Next-Generation Supercomputer Center (From 2010).
Other cities in HyÃ
Âgo Prefecture
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