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EHIME Prefecture Support Desk in INDIA

EHIME Prefecture is in Shikoku, an island located southwest of Japan's main island of Honshu. The region enjoys generally warm weather while the areas facing the Seto Inland Sea in particular have plenty of sunny days. Conveniently located 1.5 hours by air from Tokyo and 50 minutes from Osaka.

EHIME Prefecture has an estimated population of approx. 1,300,000, and gross prefectural product (nominal) accounts for approx. 48,274million dollars (2020), with an approx. 38,041million dollars (2021) total value for manufactured goods shipped.

The prefecture’s industrial structure (based on production output) is, primary industry 1.6%, secondary industry 29.1%, and tertiary industry 68.9％.　In addition, the industry of nonferrous metals has the highest product shipment value (18.5%)and pulp paper (14.2%), shipbuilding/other transport-related machinery (9.9%) , and chemicals（7.9％） follow. 　Ehime is a unique industrial prefecture

UNICHARM, known for its MamyPoko products, ISEKI & CO., LTD, which manufactures agricultural machinery, and DAIKI AXIS, which manufactures combined treatment septic tanks, are headquartered in Ehime.

EHIME Prefectural Government has signed a memorandum of understanding on economic cooperation with the Tamil Nadu Government in January 2024　and set up a support desk in Chennai to promote the entry of Indian companies into EHIME Prefecture, business transactions with EHIME companies, and the exchange of human resources. Specialist staff will assist you in connecting you with companies and schools in Ehime. Please feel free to contact us.