The Tokai Finance Bureau provided detailed reports on the economic structure of the Tokai region and recent economic conditions within its jurisdiction at the National Finance Bureau Directors' Meeting held in July 2025. This report analyzes structural characteristics and current economic trends of the regional economy covering four prefectures (Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Shizuoka) from a national perspective.
Characteristics of the Tokai region's economic structure report that manufacturing, particularly transportation equipment industry (automotive industry), forms the core of the regional economy. The manufacturing sector's proportion of regional gross domestic product is approximately 37%, significantly exceeding the national average, with automotive-related industry concentration being among Japan's largest.