(3)Global Companies Based in Nagoya

World famous corporations have located their headquarters and production sites in Greater Nagoya centered on Nagoya city, where many small and medium-sized enterprises with excellent technology and development also cluster.

Aichi prefecture is home to major industrial companies which include Toyota Motor Corporation, a world leader of automobile industry; Okuma Corporation and Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, producing world cutting-edge machine tools; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd, bolstering high-tech aircraft and space industries; and Sony Corporation, famous for its digital products.

Supported by a wide range of industries, Aichi prefecture has been top in Japan since 1977 in terms of manufactured goods shipment in monetary value.