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Based on Teikoku Databank’s corporate profile database “COSMOS2” and its credit report file “CCR” and other public information, Teikoku Databank identified and published Japanese companies that had expanded into Wuhan city in Hubei Province of the People’s Republic of China, through investment and establishment of overseas subsidiaries, representative offices and factory facilities.
While there are 199 Japanese companies doing business in Wuhan city, 229 companies from Japan are present in Hubei province.
Among 14 thousand companies in China, nearly two percent of the total are concentrated in Hubei Province.
While 80 percent of Japanese companies in Hubei province are located in Wuhan city, they also do business in cities of Ezhou, Xiangyang, and Jingzhou.
By industry, 92 companies (46.2 percent of the total) entered Wuhan City in the manufacturing industry. This was followed by “wholesale” (38 companies, 19.1 percent), and “services” (28 companies, 14.1 percent). In the sub-categories, “manufacture of automotive parts” was the largest comprising 23 companies (11.6 percent).
By prefecture where companies have head office, Tokyo places first, followed by Osaka (Kansai region) and Kanagawa prefecture (part of the Greater Tokyo Area), i.e. mostly metropolitan areas.
Original Text: https://ampmedia.jp/2020/01/28/tdb/