Editing Kyushu (section)

==Economy ==
{{main|Economy of Japan}}
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Kyushu's economy accounts for approximately 10% of Japan's total economic output, making it comparable to countries such as [[Iran]], [[Norway]], [[Austria]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], and [[Thailand]]. It is the fourth largest economic region in Japan, following the three major metropolitan areas of [[Tokyo]], [[Osaka]], and [[Nagoya]].<ref name="FFG">{{Cite web|title=potential of Kyūshū |url=https://www.fukuoka-fg.com/vision/03.html|website=Fukuoka financial group|language=ja|access-date=2023-05-16}}</ref>

Kyūshū's economy has a well-balanced industrial structure, ranging from primary industries such as agriculture, to secondary industries such as manufacturing, and tertiary industries such as retail, services, and tourism. Agricultural output in the region amounts to 1.8 trillion yen (20% share of the national total), and the region is a major domestic production center for the [[automobile]] and [[semiconductor]] industries. Kyūshū also has a thriving healthcare industry, including medical and nursing care, and numerous research and manufacturing facilities in the fields of [[hydrogen]], [[solar power]], and other renewable energies. Furthermore, [[Fukuoka City]], [[Kitakyushu City]] and [[Okinawa Prefecture]] have been designated as [[National Strategic Special Zones]], which are expected to have an economic ripple effect on the entire Kyūshū region through the creation of innovation in industry and the promotion of new entrepreneurship and start-ups.<ref name="FFG" />

Kyūshū is a region with strong economic ties to Asia. For example, Asia accounted for 420 (77.9%) of the 539 overseas expansion cases of Kyūshū-Yamaguchi companies from 2010 to 2019, and Asia accounted for 61.1% of Kyūshū-Yamaguchi's total exports in 2019, 7.4 percentage points higher than the nation as a whole. As the logistics node between Japan and Asia, the ports of Hakata and Kitakyushu handle a large number of international containers. In addition, the number of cruise ship calls in 2019 was 772, with Kyūshū accounting for 26.9% of the nation's total.<ref>{{Cite web|title=はじめての九州経済 |url=https://www.kerc.or.jp/economy/gaikan/|website=Kyushu economic research center|language=ja|access-date=2023-05-22}}</ref>

Kyūshū  is noted for various types of [[porcelain]], including Arita, Imari, Satsuma, and Karatsu. [[Heavy industry]] is concentrated in the north around Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Nagasaki, and Oita and includes chemicals, automobiles, semiconductors, metal processing, shipbuilding, etc.<ref>{{Cite web|title=JAPAN PRODUCTS: Business Directory of Japanese Companies.|url=http://japan-product.com/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref> The island of [[Tanegashima]] hosts the [[Tanegashima Space Center]], which is the largest rocket-launch complex in Japan.