Industry-Academia-Government Alliance Promotion Center

Area Information

Location: Center of Aichi Prefecture between Nagoya and Toyohashi; Route 1 runs through the center of the city.

Access: 30 minutes to Nagoya and 2 hours to Tokyo by train.; 55 minutes to Centrair by train, 43 minutes by car.

Infrastructure: Train: 2 Japan Railway stations, 9 Nagoya Railroad stations, 6 Aichi Kanjo Railway stations.; Car: The Tomei Expressway OKAZAKI Interchange, New Tomei Expressway Nukata Interchange (under construction), and Highway Routes No. 1 and 248 provide complete transportation to and from the city.

Economy & Industry: Both Shipment Value of Manufactured Goods and Commercial Sales Totals exceed 1 trillion yen, an indication of a powerful and well-balanced economy.; Center for automotive related industries. (Shipment Value of the Automotive Industry: 640 billion yen); Also strong in industrial sectors such as machinery and chemicals.; Leading-edge industries build on the traditional industries of stonemasonry and textiles.

Life and Culture: Historical home of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Mikawa warriors. Many historical sites such as Okazaki castle and Daijuji Temple. Also the cherry blossoms in Okazaki Castle Park are very famous.; Home of Mikawa Fireworks. Summer fireworks festivals are among the largest in Japan, with over 20,000 lighting up the sky.; Leading producer of Hatcho Miso.

Okazaki Castle

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Important Industries:: Transportation machinery, general machinery, chemicals, plastics, electricity machinery

Primary Players:: Toray (Okazaki Plant), Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Car Research & Development Center, Okazaki Plant), JTEKT Corporation (Okazaki Plant, Hanazono Plant), Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd. (Head Office, Mutsumi Plant, Takahashi Plant), Makita Corporation (Okazaki Plant), AISIN AW Co., Ltd. (Okazaki Plant, Okazaki East Plant)

Universities and Research Facilities:: National Institute of Natural Sciences, Aichi Gakusen University, Aichi Sangyo University, University of Human Environments, Okazaki Women's Junior College

Corporate Enticement Projects: Okazaki Tobu Industrial District, Nukata Nambu Industrial Districti

"National Institute of Natural Sciences" is a leading Biotechnology-related research facility that provides an excellent opportunity for joint projects with overseas companies.
The "Special Allocation for International Academic Research and Collaboration" provides benefits to researchers immigrating to Okazaki.
Factories producing finished cars such as Toyota and Mitsubishi have attracted auto-related businesses, making the area a powerful auto-industry cluster.

Contact:: Okazaki City Hall, Economic Affairs Department Commerce, Industry & Labour Affairs Division