Traffic system has been improved with the key port of Soma Port as well as the Joban Expressway, Tohoku-Chuo expressway (partly opened) and Joban Line (the entire line will open soon).
The area is blessed with a warm and mild climate, and provides easy access to the Northern District of the prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture. The area is advancing creation of new industries with national projects such as Fukushima Robot Test Field and the Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field.
With a large number of companies of transport equipment related industry and chemical engineering related companies located, industry clusters are advancing in the area. The Joban Expressway and Onahama Port, one of the key ports, enables efficient transportation domestically and internationally.
Soma City, Minamisoma City, Futaba District (Hirono Town, Naraha Town, Tomioka Town, Kawauchi Village, Okuma Town, Futaba Town, Namie Town, Katsurao Village), Soma District (Shinchi Town, Iitate Village), Iwaki
as of March 31, 2015
name | Location | College Faculty |
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Iwaki Meisei University | Iwaki | Departments of Science and Engineering, Liberal Arts, Pharmacology |
Higashi Nippon International University | Iwaki | Faculty of Economic Informatics, School of Social & Environmental Service |
Iwaki Junior College | Iwaki | Faculty of Early Childhood Education |
name | Location | College Faculty |
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National Institute of Technology, Fukushima National College of Technology |
Iwaki | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Business Communication |
name | Location | College Faculty |
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Hama Technical Academy | Minamisoma City | Vocational capacity development junior college (special courses) Faculty of Instrumentation and Control Engineering |
Vocation capacity development schools (normal courses) Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Automotive Maintenance, Faculty of Construction |
35 schools (including 4 engineering-related schools and 3 information-related schools)
Percentages of Fukushima Prefecture as a whole
22% | Area: 2,971.17 km2 (Total area of Fukushima Prefecture: 13,784.14 km2) |
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24% | Population: 436,002 (Total population of Fukushima Prefecture: 1,825,055) |
23% | Number of manufacturing businesses: 821 (Total number of businesses in Fukushima Prefecture: 3,518) |
22% | Number of employees in manufacturing industry: 34,466 (Total number of employees in Fukushima Prefecture: 160,549) |
26% | Shipment value of products: 1,364.7billion yen (Shipment value of Fukushima Prefecture: 5.2464 trillion yen) |
Each value is excerpted from "Quick View of Index of Fukushima Prefecture 2021(composed by the Statistics Division, Fukushima Pref.)"
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