Pacific Belt Zone

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The Pacific Belt Zone is Japan’s main industrial and urban corridor stretching along the Pacific coast, concentrating much of the country’s manufacturing, infrastructure, and population.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Pacific Belt industrial zone 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial region
urban corridor
characterizedAs main industrial corridor of Japan
main urban corridor of Japan
coast Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
concentrates large share of Japan's infrastructure
large share of Japan's manufacturing
large share of Japan's population
country Japan
countrySubdivisionCoverage Chubu region NERFINISHED
Kanto region NERFINISHED
Kinki region NERFINISHED
northern Kyushu region
developmentPeriod post-World War II era
economicRole core of Japan's export-oriented manufacturing
core of Japan's industrial production
major hub of Japan's service economy
extendsAlong Pacific coast of Japan
includesCity Fukuoka NERFINISHED
Kitakyushu NERFINISHED
Kobe NERFINISHED
Nagoya NERFINISHED
Osaka NERFINISHED
Tokyo NERFINISHED
Yokohama NERFINISHED
includesRegion Chukyo industrial region NERFINISHED
Hanshin industrial region NERFINISHED
Keihin industrial region NERFINISHED
northern Kyushu industrial region
industrialSectors automobile manufacturing
electronics
machinery
petrochemicals
shipbuilding
steel production
infrastructure dense expressway network
high-speed rail lines
major airports
major seaports
language Japanese
locatedIn Japan
populationDensity high
strategicImportance backbone of Japan's economic growth
urbanForm megalopolis

Referenced by (2)

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Keiyō Industrial Zone partOf Pacific Belt Zone
Yokkaichi Industrial Complex partOf Pacific Belt Zone
this entity surface form: Pacific Belt industrial zone