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Prefectural Introduction
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Land/Nature
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Located in the geographic center of Japan, and
surrounded by majestic mountains soaring some 3000 meters
high, Nagano Prefecture is nicknamed the “roof of
Japan.” |
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The seasonal variations of Nagano’s
exquisite nature, together with its rich cultural
heritage, have brought our prefecture close to the hearts of
the many visitors we receive each year. |
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The prefecture stretches 120km from east to
west, 212km from north to south, and is 13,562 square
kilometers in area, making it the forth largest in
Japan. | |
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Population
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2,196,114 people （as of Sep 1, 2010） |
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Number of
households: 780,245 （as of
Sep 1, 2010） |
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Ratio of the elderly
(over 65 years old) to the total population: 23.8％ (2005) (14th
in Japan) | |
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Labor
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The employment
rate （*1）（61.3％）, and the elderly employment rate （*2）（29.9％）are
highest in Japan.(2005) |
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The female
employment rate （*3）（51.1％）is second highest. (2005) |
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（*1）The number of employed persons
in proportion to the population over 15 years old.
（*2）The
number of employed persons over 65 years old in proportion to
the population over 65 years old.
（*3）The number of female
employed persons in proportion to the female population over
15 years old. |
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Industrial Distribution
of Employment （2005）
| Type of Industry |
Percentage |
Rank in Japan |
| Primary Industry |
11.5％ |
7th |
| Secondary Industry |
31.1％ |
11th |
| Tertiary Industry |
57.4％ |
47th | | |
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Agriculture
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The
number of farm households of 126,857 (2005) is ranked number
one in Japan. |
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Value of Agricultural Production（2008）
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Farming Production Value ￥271.4
billion （Ranked 11th Nationwide） |
Vegetables
490
(25.9％) |
Rice
490
(18.1％) |
Fruit
703
(18.1％) |
Cultivated
Mushrooms
476
(17.5％) |
Livestock
319
(11.8％) |
Flowers
159
(5.9％) |
Other
77
(2.8％) | |
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Major
Agricultural Outputs in Nagano Prefecture （2008）
| Apples 185,500t （2nd in Japan） |
Carnations 71.1 mill. flowers （Top in
Japan） |
| Grapes 29,200t （2nd in Japan） |
Enoki-Mushroom 78,100t （Top in Japan） |
| Lettuce 174,700t （Top in Japan） |
Bunashimeji-Mushroom
47,000t
（Top in Japan） |
| Celery 13,700t （Top in Japan） |
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Industry
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Nagano
Prefecture is Japan’s foremost manufacturing center for
high-tech and precision machinery industries. （Nagano is a
world leading producer of precision instruments including
watches and personal computer-related devices.） |
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Manufacturing
Shipment Value：￥6624.0 billion（2008）（18th in Japan） |
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[Manufacturing Shipment Value by
Category]
◇Processing and Assembly
Industry 69.0％
《Breakdown》
| （1） |
Communication
Machinery/Apparatus |
22.5％ (telecommunication equipment, electronic calculators, etc.) |
| （2） |
Electronic parts/Device
production |
14.8％ |
| （3） |
General Machinery |
9.1％ (metal processing machinery,
machine tools for specialized industry, etc.) |
| (4) |
Transportation Equipment |
6.8％ (automobiles/auto parts) |
| （5） |
Electric Machinery/Apparatus |
6.0％ (Input/output device [printer, display
scanner, etc.], small motor, etc.) |
| （6） |
| General-purpose equipment |
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5.5% (boilers, motors,
hydraulic pumps, etc.) |
| （7） |
Commercial equipment |
| 3.9% (measurement
instruments, analytical equipment, etc.) |
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◇Materials Industry
17％（timber/wood products）
◇Consumer-related Industry
13.9％（food stuffs, beverages/tobacco/animal
feed） | |
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Trade
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The export
shipment value in 2009：￥1018.6
billion |
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The top
industry in export: Communication machinery with the export
value of ￥450.7 billion （44.2％ of the total export
value） |
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Shipment Value by Export
Counterpart （Top 5）（2009）
| Rank |
Country Name |
Export
Value
(billion) |
Percentage |
Compared to Previous Year |
| 1 |
China
(Hong Kong) |
￥253.2
￥105.2 |
24.9％
10.3％ |
74.4％
75.3％ |
| 2 |
USA |
￥211.6 |
20.8％ |
66.4％ |
| 3 |
Malaysia |
￥69.7 |
5.8％ |
167.4％ |
| 4 |
Germany |
￥56.7 |
5.2％ |
65.3％ |
| 5 |
Korea |
￥47.1 |
4.9％ |
65.2％ | |
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Overseas direct
investment by Nagano Prefecture-related manufacturing
companies |
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Direct investment
during 2008 （new establishments） 25 business establishments
were newly opened overseas (22 companies）. In terms of
country, China with 8 establishments (32.0％), including Hong
Kong (1 establishment), saw the highest rate of the
establishments. Direct
investment at year end 2008 (Total Number) The total number of overseas offices stands at 995 (264 companies). In terms of country, China with 400 business
establishments (32.0%) including Hong Kong (99 establishments) is
the highest. |
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Economy
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Change in
Real Economic Growth Rate （unit：％）
| Fiscal
Year |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Nagano
Prefecture |
3.4 |
4.9 |
0.7 |
3.2 |
‐1.7 |
| Japan |
0.8 |
2.0 |
-1.5 |
1.1 |
-3.6 | |
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As of October 1, 2008,
per-capita income in Nagano Prefecture was JPY 2.717 million,
found by dividing total prefectural earnings (JPY 5,897.6
billion) by the total population (2,170,691.) It was a 5.2 %
decrease from the previous year and was 98.7% of the national
per-capita income of JPY 2.754 million.
* The total population
of Nagano Prefecture is the estimate of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications. (The 2000 and 2005 figures are from
the National Census.) |
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Per capita income of
citizens of Nagano Prefecture （unit：￥1,000／％）
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Fiscal year |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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Yr/Yr |
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Yr/Yr |
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Yr/Yr |
- |
Yr/Yr |
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Yr/Yr |
| Prefecture |
2,800 |
1.0 |
2,860 |
2.1 |
2,798 |
-2.2 |
2,865 |
2.4 |
2,717 |
-5.2 |
| National |
2,849 |
1.6 |
2,865 |
0.6 |
2,937 |
2.5 |
2,963 |
0.9 |
2,754 |
-7.1 |
| Comparison to national |
98.3 |
- |
99.8 |
- |
95.3 |
- |
96.7 |
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98.7 |
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Citizen’s per capita
income of Nagano Prefecture is ￥2,717millionn., an increase by△5.2％
from the previous year. It is 98.7％ of the national average of
￥2,754 million.
Figures before 2007 are
retroactively revised. |
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Change in
Gross Product in Nagano Prefecture （unit：￥100 Million (％) ）
| Fiscal Year |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Primary Industry |
1,561（1.9％） |
1,621（1.9％） |
1,573（2.0％） |
| Secondary Industry |
26,452（32.1％） |
26,592（31.9％） |
24,544（30.5％） |
| Tertiary Industry |
57,654（70.0％） |
58,260（69.9％） |
57,005（70.9％） |
| Other（※） |
-3,257（-4.0％） |
-3,120（-3.7％） |
-2,775 （-3.5％） |
| Total |
82,410 |
83,354 |
80,346 | |
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Other： tax/tariffs on imports, consumption tax (deductible
items） on gross capital formation, and imputed
interest （deductible items）. |
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Gross Prefectural
Product
The fiscal 2008 gross
domestic product of Nagano Prefecture decreased from the
previous year by 3.6% to JPY 8,034.6 billion in nominal terms,
and by 1.7% to JPY 9.800.0 billion in real terms.
Primary industry saw a
nominal value decrease of 3.0 % from the previous year to JPY
157.3 billion.
Secondary industry
decreased by 7.7 % from the previous year to JPY 2,454.4
billion. This is because the manufacturing, construction and
mining industries declined by 8.0%, 6.5% and 1.0% respectively.
The gross product in
tertiary industry also decreased by 2.2% from the previous year
to JPY 5,700.5 billion due to declines in the real estate
industry (－5.9%)
and the finance and insurance industry (－13.0%). | |
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Health/Medical Care
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Average life
expectancy of males is 79.84 years, the highest in Japan, with
an average of 86.48 years for
females, the 5th highest in
Japan (2007). |
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Annual
per-capita medical expenses for the aged in （2007） were
￥715,564, the lowest
nationwide. | |
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Education
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The number of
high school graduates who advanced to universities
in March 2009 was
9,802, showing a percentage of
50.8％ (26th
throughout Japan with the average, 53.9％). This was an
increase of 0.1 point from the previous year.
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Tourism
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Japan, situated
on the pacific rim of volcanic regions, has numerous hot
springs, of which 231 are located in Nagano Prefecture (2nd in
Japan as of March 2009), drawing many vacationers each year. |
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During
2008,
the number of people visiting tourist destinations in Nagano
Prefecture was 86.75 million, spending a total of ￥321.7
billion. | |
Nagano Prefectural
Government
692-2 Habashita Minaminagano Nagano City Japan
380-8570
Phone：026-235-7173 E-mail: kokusai@pref.nagano.lg.jp
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