Kansai's 7,600 factories gave up their operations in two years

The number of factories in the Kansai region decreased by 7,589 to 90,741 in 2003-2005 period. Many small and medium size businesses gave up to operate their factories in Kansai. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun pointed out the loss of technologies which small and medium size businesses have accumulated.
The number of factories by each prefecture is; Osaka, 43,556; Hyogo, 18,337; Kyoto, 14,055; Shiga, 5,538; Nara, 5,036; and Wakayama, 4,219 in 2005.