Ｇｒｅａｔｅｒ Ｎａｇｏｙａ Ｉｎｉｔｉａｔｉｖｅ (ＧＮＩ)
Aiming at promoting Greater Nagoya region, the area within a 100km radius of the Nagoya central business district,
Greater Nagoya Initiative was established in 2006 with the participation of diversified entities including national and local
governments, economic organizations, private enterprises, and universities and research organizations.
With the wisdom of industry, academia and government and strategic and flexible approaches, GNI intends to pursues
realization of a world-leading economic society by enhancing volume of information emitted to outside worlds andcreating new business opportunities and the direct investment to the region.
Board Members
Greater Nagoya Initiative Center
Chairman:
Local gov’t

Greater Nagoya Initiative Center

Aichi Pref.

Representatives of Aichi, Gifu, Mie, City of Nagoya,and local industry, academia, governments

Gifu Pref.

Executive Committee

Mie Pref.

Director General of Chubu METI,Deputy governors of Aichi, Gifu, Mie,
Deputy mayor of City of Nagoya,
Top managements of economic organization and academia

Nagoya City
SupportingCities

Industrial Sector
Chubu Economic
Federation
NagoyaChamber ofCommerce &Industry (NCCI)- Supporting CCI- Local Banks- Trading company

Steering Committee
GNI Partners Club

Central gov’t
Chubu
METI
JETROApprox. 530 members

Greater Nagoya Initiative Center (GNIC)-Enterprises
Organizations

Secretariat: The Public Foundation ofChubu Science and Technology Center

AcademiaUniversities
Research institutions

Akihisa MIZUNO Central Japan Economic Federation, Chairman
Deputy Chairman:
Chiyoji KURATA Public Foundation of Chubu Science andTechnology Center, Chairman
Member:Katsuyuki ICHIMI Mie Prefecture, Governor
Riki INUZUKA Central Japan International Airport Co.,Ltd. CEO
Ryota Uematsu Toyota Motor Corporation, Project General Managerof Administrative Affairs DepartmentHideaki OMURA Aichi Prefecture, Governor
Nobuhiro OKUNO Nagoya Urban Institute, President
Yuichi KANAZAZAWA Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Executive officer/
COO for Global Parts and Logistics Division
Takashi KAWAMURA Nagoya City, Mayor
Naoshi SUGIYAMA Tokai National Higher Education and Research,President/ Nagoya University, President
Hiroshi TAKAHASHI Meiko Trans CO., Ltd., President
Hidenobu TERAMURA Chubu Bureau of Economy Trade and Industry,
Director General
Hiroyasu NAITO Nagoya Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Deputy Chairman
Shoji NAKAMURA Salaenergy Co., Ltd., Senior Adviser
Hajime FURUTA Gifu Prefecture, Governor
Advisor:Norihiro ISHIGURO Japan External Trade Organization , Chairman
Toshimitsu FUJIKI Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry,
Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau,Director-General

GNI activities and achievements
GNI Invitation Program from overseas: 903 companies◼ Number of seminar: 84 times / Total number of program participants: over 7,530◼ Number of local companies visit: 2,840 times (*Companies have started building their relationship for business issues since then.

GNI Delegations to overseas: 69 times◼ GNI delegation visited 412 companies in 20 countries (No. of participants for GNI seminars abroad : 3,185 people)＊ Total no. of international B2B: 1,576 matchings

GNI Business EventsGreaterNagoya◼ FDI： “UK/Northern England Business Opportunity Seminar＆Business Matching" (Online) Feb-March.2023◼ FDI：Thai-Greater Nagoya Business Matching 2022(Online) Jan. 2023
◼ FDI：Report session of ‘’GNI Delegation 2022 in Bavaria, Germany’’ (Online) Dec. 2022
◼ FDI:GNI Delegation 2022 in Bavaria, Germany (Germany) Nov.2022◼ Relations: Regional exchange between Greater Nagoya and People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City(Aichi) Oct.2022◼ Relations: Meetup event with aerospace related overseas buyers（Aichi） Sep.&Nov. 2022
◼ FDI：Business matching between Haiphong City, Vietnam and Greater Nagoya, Japan（Aichi） Sep.

Overseas companies launched in GN region: 165 companies
California Skateparks KK(USA) Dec.2023:(Nagoya/Aichi). Skate park and action sports consulting, design and architecture. Registered a cooperation
UrbanChain Group KK (China) Oct.2023: (Nagoya/ Aichi)
Builds software and hardware that leverages AIoT technology, including a proprietary vehicle recognition system. . Registered a cooperation
Hummingbird Scientific KK (USA) Dec.2022: (Toyohashi/ Aichi). Manufacture and sales of TEM, SEM and X-ray sample holders, etc. Registered a cooperation
SGM Magnetics S.p.A. (Italy) Nov.2022: (Nagoya / Aichi), Design, production, sales and trade of magnetic devices, inductive sensors, etc. Branch registration
Neo Music Production KK (Hong Kong) Sep.2022:(Nagoya/ Aichi)
Production of film music, hosting of music-related events, provision of music. Registered a cooperation
Keboda Technology Japan KK (China) Oct.2022:(Nagoya/Aichi)
Manufacturing and sales of lighting control units, motor controllers, USBs, etc. Registered a cooperation