Economic and Industrial Activities:
Nagoya, Japan is one of the country's top cities involved with infrastructure and industry. The city's increase in industrial growth began with the development of Nagoya's port. Nagoya's central location and huge amount of hydroelectric power acquired from the rivers of the central part of the island are big advantages for the city's rise in infrastructure. The development of the railway system traveling through Nagoya to Osaka or Tokyo allows citizens to travel to other cities in the metropolitan area. The region around Nagoya has one of the best economies on the planet. If the rest of Japan were to be separated from the region, it would still have one of the world's biggest economies. Nagoya is the hearth of Japan's automobile and car parts industries. Toyota, the country's largest car producer, stations its headquarters and almost all operations in the prefecture. Other car and truck manufacturers also station headquarters or big factories in the region. Some other major industries that are located in or near Nagoya include Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Industries, and a few aviation-related companies. Many industries that produce different goods, ranging from machine tools to ceramics, are located in Nagoya and form a section of the Chubu Region's huge economic center.
Land Use:
Manufacturing exports are shipped through the Port of Nagoya, the busiest port in export quantity out of all the countries in the world's ports. Nagoya Bay, the area of water that surrounds the Port of Nagoya, is large enough to hold some of the world's biggest ships. Every year, about 38,000 ships dock at the Port of Nagoya, entering through the bay. In 1999, the foreign trade number of entering and leaving all regional air and seaports was approximately $142 billion. While Nagoya was in the middle of World War II, more military soldiers were deployed and the aircraft industry flourished. Nagoya was badly bombed and about 20% of the city was totally destroyed. When rebuilding for the city began, new ideas made better advantages for the society of Nagoya, especially in the transportation industry. The completion of the new Tokaido Railway, using bullet trains to get around the prefecture quickly, and the Tomei (Tokyo-Nagoya) and the Meishin (Nagoya-Kobe), express highways that enable citizens to get to the east or west parts of the prefecture, enabled citizens to live an easier life.