7.2 ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
Kitakyushu has approximately 443,700 people in employment (as of 2012), and is home to almost 48,000 businesses. The key industry is manufacturing, and major export sectors are steel and machinery.
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The GDP in Greater Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu Metropolitan Employment Area was US$55.7 billion in 2010.
In 2011, the OECD selected Kitakyushu, a modern industrial city, as the first "Green Growth City" in Asia to be assessed under its Green Growth Cities Program, ...
For over a century, KKJ (Kitakyushu, Japan) has stood at the forefront of Japan's industrial landscape, driving innovation as a production and logistics hub ...
As one of the four largest industrial zones in Japan, the City has contributed to the economic growth of Japan. In recent years, the City has also been ...
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The Kitakyushu area serves as a nucleus of industry, economy and culture for Western Japan. The city is framed by its natural beauty with clear blue seas to the ...
This report studies green growth trends, challenges and opportunities in the City of Kitakyushu, Japan. It firstly analyses socio-economic trends and the ...
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The Kitakyushu of Japan was once a heavy industrial zone with the most acute contradiction between development and environmental problems. Since the 1960s, ...
The programme focuses on three pillars – Economy, Society and Environment – and 17 specific measures to implement it (Figure 1). Kitakyushu had identified eight ...
Kyushu's scale of economy is equivalent to that of Thailand or Austria. With a large geographical area, rich water resources, and an excellent workforce, ...