Hokkaido Toyako Summit

Creation Core Higashi Osaka, an integrated support base for manufacturing

As well as being home to the head offices of many of Japan's most well-known global businesses, Osaka can boast a huge concentration of small- and medium-size companies, some of which possess technological capabilities up to the level that can be used to build satellites, etc. Among these companies are numerous one-of-a-kind enterprises, which have their own unique products and technologies that allow them to command high shares in specialized markets. This depth of expertise makes Osaka a manufacturing base that draws worldwide attention.

Osaka's enterprises overflow with a frontier spirit that has given birth to a long line of world's-first and first-in-Japan products, and these businesses have also built up their own exclusive stores of leading-edge technology in such fields as biotechnology, IT home appliances, robots, etc.