3 Reasons to Choose Shiga / 滋賀県企業立地ガイド英語版

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”3 Reasons to choose Shiga”

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Bringing together the east, west, south and north, right in the heart of Japan

Great accessibility from major cities

Shiga Prefecture is located at a crossing point among the Kansai, Chukyo, and Hokuriku Economic Areas. Numerous international ports and international airports operate within a 100 km area, with each of these reachable within 90 minutes from inside the prefecture. This location is ideal for undertaking business activities in Japan.

A Center for Research in Japan

A center for manufacturing and R＆D

Shiga Prefecture is home to many main factories and R＆D centers for leading japanese companies with our access to urban areas. Manufacturing accounts for 44.4％ of the prefecture’s GDPーthe highest percentage nationally(Shiga Prefectural Accounts 2020). We are now one of the top manufacturing prefectures in japan.

Comfortable living environment

Lake Biwa - comfortable lifestyle that receives the benefits of nature

Shiga Prefecture, with Japan’s largest lake’Biwako’ located in the center, is one of the foremost ’environmentally progressive prefectures’ in Japan and also has many carefully maintained regional historical and cultural heritage sites.
This rich environment makes it a region well suited to forward thinking lifestyles and creative activities.

Shiga Supports Manufacturing

Shiga Prefecture is located in the center of Japan, and through making use of its geographic advantage as a junction between the 3 economic areas of Kinki, Chubu and Hokuriku, it has thrived as a vital transport point since long ago.

The location of factories within the prefecture has coincided with the maintenance of high-level traffic infrastructure such as expressways and Shinkansen lines from the 1950s onwards. These days, high quality industrial products are produced and exported all over Japan as well as across the world. Furthermore, in recent years mother factories with development capabilities as well as research and development centers have progressively accumulated.

There are also 14 universities situated in the prefecture, with collaboration frequently taking place between industry and academia that brings together the diverse research of universities with the innovations of enterprise.

Our prefecture also has many livable cities that strike a balance between a breathtaking natural environment represented by Lake Biwa and urban functionality that is necessary for daily life, meaning we are one of the leading prefectures in the country in terms of the number of young people.

This geographic advantage, diverse gathering of industry and accumulation of intellectual resources centered around young personnel with a positive future ahead of them, combined with the proactive collaboration of diverse agents such as business, government, education and banking, allows our prefecture to aim towards being a world-class’innovation center’. Together with all of you, we hope to create innovation that can aim to develop new values that will bring about beneficial changes to our future society and lives. We warmly invite you to Shiga Prefecture.