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Kitanagoya city

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Kitanagoya city business environment

“West Area of Okimura Development Work” project is underway from FY2017!

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Industry Location Promotion Section

60 Kumanosho Sakaki, Kitanagoya-city, Aichi Prefecture, 481-8501

 shoko@city.kitanagoya.lg.jp


Basic information

Population

86 thousand

Labor force

42 thousand

Nominal GDP

289.5 billion yen

Number of Establishments

3,380 establishments

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  1. Population, Labor force: Population Census 2020, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

  2. Nominal GDP: Aichi Prefectural Citizen's Economic Accounts 2021, Aichi Prefectural Government

  3. Number of Establishments: 2021 Economic Sensus, Statstics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Business Environment

Kitanagoya City is located in the northwestern part of Aichi Prefecture, endowed with a mild climate and fertile land. The Aise and Gojo Rivers run through the City with beautiful countryside scenery. Capitalizing on its convenient location just 10km away from the Nagoya City center, it continues to develop as a residential, commercial, and industrial city. The ”West Area of Okimura Development Work” project is underway from FY2017.

Incentives

Incentives for Promoting the Establishment/Expansion of Factories, etc. (This incentive plan ends on April 1, 2021.)

Subsidies

Some investment requirements apply. Only available in designated areas.
For large enterprises: A subsidy to cover 5% of the acquisition cost of fixed assets, not including land (up to 200 million yen)
For SMEs: A subsidy to cover 10% of the acquisition cost of fixed assets, not including land (up to 200 million yen)

Incentives for Promoting the Establishment of Highly Advanced Technology Industries (This incentive plan ends on April 1, 2021)

Subsidies

Some investment requirements apply.
A subsidy to cover 10% of the total value of fixed assets, excluding land (as for depreciable assets alone, 5%) (up to 200 million yen)
A subsidy to cover 50% of the fixed assets tax and city planning tax imposed on buildings and depreciable property for 5 years

Incentives for Promoting Employment (This incentive plan ends on April 1, 2021.)

Subsidies

Only applicable to awardees of either the "Incentives for Promoting the Establishment/Expansion of Factories, etc." or "Incentives for Promoting the Establishment of Highly Advanced Technology Industries".
A subsidy of 200,000 yen per newly hired employee who reside in the city (up to 2,000,000 yen in total)

Startup Visa

Startup Visa Available

Industrial cluster information

Industries related to transport equipment

The city's strength is the excellent transport infrastructure and the urban environment, which enable workplaces near home. It is also suitable for establishing enterprises such as the aerospace industry because of the Komaki South Plant of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet's (MRJ) final assembly factory, and the aviation experiment base of JAXA located in neighboring areas.

Local companies

FUJIWARA CO., LTD

Educational/research institutes of the industry

Nagoya University of The Arts

Machinery and metal-related industries

Kitanagoya City is adjacent to Nagoya City, which is the center of all industries in Aichi Prefecture. With a well-developed network of major arterial roads ensuring highly efficient transportation and convenient access to public transit, it is also suitable for securing human resources for establishing businesses. On the other hand, with major automotive industries in Aichi Prefecture concentrated in the Mikawa region, it can be instrumental in diversifying operational locations when reconsidering BCPs. It has an advantage in avoiding tsunami disasters.

Local companies

FUJI MACHINERY CO.,LTD., Sanyo Machine Works, Ltd.

Educational/research institutes of the industry

Nagoya University of The Arts

Health and longevity-related industries

Kitanagoya City is adjacent to Nagoya City, which is the center of all industries in Aichi Prefecture. With a well-developed network of major arterial roads ensuring highly efficient transportation and convenient access to public transit, it is also suitable for securing human resources for establishing businesses. From the BCP perspective, it has an advantage in avoiding tsunami disasters.

Local companies

POKKA SAPPORO Food & Beverage Ltd.

Educational/research institutes of the industry

Nagoya University of The Arts

Living environment

Support by volunteer interpreters and translators from the Kitanagoya City International Association

Logistics and infrastructures

Kitanagoya City is only 10 km away from the Nagoya City center, but its land value is half that of Nagoya City. Therefore, it has attractive locations for establishing laboratories and factories.
It has a geographical advantage with easy access to Meishin Expressway, Tomei Expressway, Nagoya Expressway, Nagoya-daini-Kanjo Expressway via the National Route 22 from the city.
Being in an inland part of Aichi Prefecture, the area is unlikely to be hit by a tsunami at the time of a wide-scale disaster.

10 minutes from Nagoya Station to Nishiharu Station of Meitetsu Inuyama Line

Map of Kitanagoya city

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