Basic information
The Greater Nagoya Area possesses a massive economy compared to other regions in Japan, which itself boasts one of the largest economies in the world. With an economy about the size of Singapore, Thailand, and Australia, the region has a massive economy even when compared to other countries.
- Population (2023)
- 11,134,716
- GDP (2022)
- 59,798.9 billion yen
- Per capita GDP for GN
- 40,703 dollars
Source: MIC's Population Estimates.
IMF, World Economic Outlook database:April 2025 （2025.April）、Cabinet Office[Prefectural Economic Accounts]
Note 1. Figures for Greater Nagoya Area are those for the Tokai Region.
Note 2. When converting gross product for the prefecture into dollars, the average exchange rate for 2022 (1 dollar = 131.37 yen) was used.
Three merits of doing business in the Greater Nagoya Area
Good access to a region with a massive economy
Greater Nagoya offers convenient access to the other major economic regions in Japan—that is, the Kanto and Kansai regions—as it is centrally located in Japan.
With a comprehensive transportation network that includes highways, train lines, air routes, and sea routes, the region boasts an environment perfect for efficiently transporting goods and people.
World leading manufacturers, universities, and research institutions
The region is the home of companies that play leading roles on the global stage and internationally competitive small and medium-sized enterprises that offer outstanding technologies and services in various manufacturing-related fields. The area has shipped the largest value of goods annually for more than forty years.
There is a cluster of several universities and research institutes researching advanced technologies that lead the world. Through integrated initiatives based on industry-government-academia partnerships, the area plays a role in developing new technologies and training highly skilled workers.
Extensive support system
In partnerships with government entities, local governments, and industries, GNIC supports non-Japanese companies that want to launch operations in or expand business to the Greater Nagoya Area.
GNIC provides information, offers invitations, arranges meetings, and supports efforts to launch operations related to the Greater Nagoya Area in addition to offering such services and dispatching information provision missions in order to promote companies’ overseas expansion.
