Editing Kobe (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Kobe Mosaic06s4s3200.jpg|thumb|200px|As of 2007 Kobe was the busiest port in the [[Kansai region]].]]
The [[Port of Kobe]] is both an important port and manufacturing center within the [[Hanshin Industrial Region]]. Kobe is the [[List of world's busiest container ports|busiest container port]] in the region, surpassing even [[Osaka]], and the fourth-busiest in Japan.<ref name="busyport2005">[http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%202005.xls American Association of Port Authorities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223354/http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/WORLD%20PORT%20RANKINGS%202005.xls |date=September 27, 2007 }} – "World Port Rankings 2005". Retrieved July 3, 2007.</ref>

{{As of|2004}}, the city's total real [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] was ¥6.3 trillion, which amounts to thirty-four percent of the GDP for [[Hyōgo Prefecture]] and approximately eight percent for the whole [[Kansai region]].<ref name="Kobe economy">[http://web.hyogo-iic.ne.jp/hyogoip/4-2-1.pdf Hyogo Industrial Advancement Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704042535/http://web.hyogo-iic.ne.jp/hyogoip/4-2-1.pdf |date=July 4, 2007 }} – "Industry Tendencies in Various Areas of Hyogo Prefecture" (Japanese). Retrieved July 3, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.esri.cao.go.jp/jp/sna/kenmin/h16/main.html Cabinet Office, Government of Japan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716010107/http://www.esri.cao.go.jp/jp/sna/kenmin/h16/main.html |date=July 16, 2007 }} – "2004 Prefectural Economy Survey" (Japanese). Retrieved July 3, 2007.</ref> [[Per capita income]] for the year was approximately ¥2.7 million.<ref name="Kobe economy"/> Broken down by [[Three-sector hypothesis|sector]], about one percent of those employed work in the [[Primary sector of economic activity|primary sector]] (agriculture, fishing and mining), twenty-one percent work in the [[Secondary sector of economic activity|secondary sector]] (manufacturing and industry), and seventy-eight percent work in the [[Tertiary sector of economic activity|service sector]].<ref name="pocket statistics" />

The value of [[manufactured goods]] produced and exported from Kobe for 2004 was ¥2.5 trillion. The four largest sectors in terms of value of goods produced are small appliances, food products, transportation equipment, and communication equipment making up over fifty percent of Kobe's manufactured goods. In terms of numbers of employees, food products, small appliances, and transportation equipment make up the three largest sectors.<ref>[http://www.city.kobe.jp/cityoffice/06/013/toukei/pdf/kougyou/16kiji.pdf Kobe City Report on Census of Manufacturers, 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528011425/http://www.city.kobe.jp/cityoffice/06/013/toukei/pdf/kougyou/16kiji.pdf |date=May 28, 2008 }} (Japanese). Retrieved March 30, 2007.</ref>

The [[GDP]] in Kobe [[Urban Employment Area|Metropolitan Employment Area]] (2.4 million people) is US$96.0 billion in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/UEA/uea_data_e.htm|title = Metropolitan Employment Area (MEA) Data|author = Yoshitsugu Kanemoto|publisher = Center for Spatial Information Science, The [[University of Tokyo]]}}</ref><ref>[https://data.oecd.org/conversion/exchange-rates.htm Conversion rates – Exchange rates] – OECD Data</ref>

=== Major companies and institutes ===
Japanese companies which have their headquarters in Kobe include [[ASICS]], a shoe manufacturer; [[Daiei]], a department store chain; [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries]], [[Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation|Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co.]], [[Kinki Sharyo]], [[Mitsubishi Motors]], [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] (ship manufacturer), [[Mitsubishi Electric]], [[Kobe Steel]], [[Sumitomo Rubber Industries]],<ref>"[http://www.srigroup.co.jp/english/corporate/outline.html Company Outline]." [[Sumitomo Rubber Industries]]. Retrieved on January 24, 2015.</ref> [[Sysmex Corporation]] (medical devices manufacturer)<ref>"[http://www.sysmex.co.jp/en/sysmex/profile/index.html Corporate Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119214307/http://www.sysmex.co.jp/en/sysmex/profile/index.html |date=2015-01-19 }}." [[Sysmex Corporation]]. Retrieved on January 21, 2015.</ref> and [[TOA Corporation]]. Other companies include the [[confectionery]] manufacturers [[Konigs-Krone]] and [[Morozoff Ltd.]], [[Sun Television (Japan)|Sun Television Japan]] and [[UCC Ueshima Coffee Co.]]

There are over 100 international corporations that have their East Asian or Japanese headquarters in Kobe. Of these, twenty-four are from China, eighteen from the United States, and nine from Switzerland.<ref name="foreign_hq" /> Some prominent corporations include [[Eli Lilly and Company]], [[Nestlé]], [[Procter & Gamble]],<ref>"[http://www.pg.com/company/who_we_are/worldwide_operations.shtml P&G Locations]." ''[[Procter & Gamble]]''. Retrieved November 14, 2008.</ref> [[Tempur-Pedic]], [[Boehringer-Ingelheim]], and [[Toys "R" Us]]. In 2018, April, [[Swift Engineering]] USA, an American aerospace engineering firm established their joint venture in Kobe called Swift Xi Inc.

Kobe is the site of a number of research institutes, such as the [[RIKEN]] Kobe Institute Center for [[developmental biology]] and [[medical imaging]] techniques,<ref>[http://www.cdb.riken.go.jp/en/index.html RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology RIKEN Kobe Institute] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410110103/http://www.cdb.riken.go.jp/en/index.html |date=April 10, 2007 }}. Retrieved June 26, 2007.</ref> and Center for Computational Science (R-CCS, home of the [[Fugaku (supercomputer)|Fugaku supercomputer]]), the [[National Institute of Information and Communications Technology]] (NICT) Advanced ICT Research Institute,<ref>[http://www2.nict.go.jp/w/w103/en/index.html National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Kobe Advanced ICT Research Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702201525/http://www2.nict.go.jp/w/w103/en/index.html |date=July 2, 2007 }}. Retrieved June 26, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History of Advanced ICT Research Institute|url=https://www.nict.go.jp/en/advanced_ict/plan/history-en.html|website=National Institute of Information and Communications Technology|access-date=January 19, 2018|archive-date=January 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120065619/https://www.nict.go.jp/en/advanced_ict/plan/history-en.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention,<ref>[http://www.bosai.go.jp/e/index.html National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention]. Retrieved June 12, 2007.</ref> and the Asian Disaster Reduction Center.<ref>[http://www.adrc.or.jp Asian Disaster Reduction Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702000621/http://www.adrc.or.jp/ |date=July 2, 2007 }}. Retrieved June 12, 2007.</ref>

International organizations include the [[WHO Centre for Health Development]], an [[intergovernmental agency]] forming part of the [[World Health Organization]]. The [[Diplomatic missions of Panama|Consulate-General of Panama in Kobe]] is located on the eighth floor of the Moriyama Building in [[Chūō-ku, Kobe]].<ref>"[http://www.m-osaka.com/en/consulate/index.html List of Consulates in Kansai Area] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923210956/http://www.m-osaka.com/en/consulate/index.html |date=2008-09-23 }}." ''Creation Core Higashi Osaka''. Retrieved on January 15, 2009.</ref>

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File:Kobe crystal tower01 2048.jpg|[[Kawasaki Heavy Industries]] headquarters on [[Harborland]]
File:Kobe Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co02ds3200.jpg|[[Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation|Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co.]] headquarters on [[Port of Kobe|Kobe Harbor]]
File:P and g02 1024.jpg|[[Procter & Gamble]] Asia headquarters on [[Rokko Island]]
File:Kobe Nestle Japan HQ01ss3200.jpg|[[Nestlé|Nestlé Japan Ltd.]] headquarters on [[Sannomiya]]
File:UCC Ueshima Coffee Company02s3872.jpg|[[UCC Ueshima Coffee Co.]] headquarters on [[Port Island]]
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