Fukushima Prefecture Corporate Location Guide

Hama-Dori Region(Soma - Futaba - Iwaki District)

Soma, Futaba area

Advances industrial infrastructure, and is favored by a link with Miyagi Prefecture.
With Soma Port designated as a Major Port, the district has an advanced industrial infrastructure by extending the Joban Expressway and developing industrial infrastructure by extending industrial water. It is blessed with a warm climate, and it is easy to cooperate with the northern prefectural area and Miyagi Prefecture.

Iwaki area

Transport machinery-related and chemical-related industries lead this district.
Other than transport machinery-related enterprises, there are many chemical-related enterprises, and an industrial accumulation is here. Efficient domestic and overseas physical distribution is possible thanks to the Joban Expressway and Onahama Port, designated as a Major Port.

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Educational Institutions of the Soma - Futaba - Iwaki District

Name	Location	Curriculum
●University
Iwaki Meisei University	Iwaki City	Science and Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, etc.
Higashi-Nippon Kokusai University	Iwaki City	Economic Information, Social and Environmental Service
Iwaki Junior College	Iwaki City	Child Education
●Technical Junior College
Fukushima Technical Junior College	Iwaki City	Machinery Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Engineering, etc.
●Technical College
Hama Technical College	Minami-Soma City	Electronic Control, Building Techniques, etc.
●High School
Total number of High Schools : 35 (Number of Technical High Schools : 4, Number of Information High Schools : 2 )

Characteristics of the Soma - Futaba - Iwaki District

Percentage of total in Fukushima

22%	Area : 2,969.11km² (Total Area : 13,782.75km²)
27%	Population :538,136 (Total Population : 2,028,752) *Population : Ministry of internal Affairs Communication, "2010 Population Census"
27%	Manufacturing Facilities Number of Enterprises : 1,170 (Total Number of Enterprises : 4,390)
24%	Number of Employees in Manufacturing : 38,964 (Total Number of Workers Employed : 165,400)
26%	Shipment of Manufactured Goods : 1.1543 trillion yen (Total Shipment of Manufactured Goods : 4.6524 trillion yen) *Number of enterprises/employees, value of goods shipped, etc. : Fukushima prefecture, "2009Annual Survey of Production"(preliminary figures).