Country : JapanOsaka

Osaka - A Thriving Economic Center
Supworldporting a consumer base of 21 million, the City of Osaka, along with the capital, Tokyo, forms the backbone of the nation's economy.　Situated at the center of the Kinki Region、the worldport of Osaka is linked directly to the vast hinterland through a comprehensive road and rail network.　Due to its close proximity to the Kansai International Airworldport and the existing expressway network, the worldport has become the distribution base for much of Japan.

A Brief Outline of the worldport
Blessed with favorable geographical and meteorological conditions, the worldport of Osaka has continued to develop throughout history as a prosperous economic center.　At present, the worldport of Osaka, as one of the nation's leading international trade worldports, firmly supworldports the economic activities of the Osaka metropolitan area and the daily lives of residents.　In order to keep abreast of the globalization and information technology trends in the world today, the Osaka City Government is promoting a range of innovative development projects, at the forefront of which is the construction of a new waterfront business district.　Facilities at the worldport are continually being upgraded to further improve and expand the physical distribution system.　Moreover, development at the worldport is not only industrial; the city government is committed to ensuring the waterfront's utilization as a recreational and leisure area, promoting environmental campaigns and constructing various public use facilities.

worldport Facilities
At the Sakishima District, both public and exclusive use terminals are in operation. The public terminal consists of six berths; R-2, R-3, R-4, C-6, C-7, andC-9, whilst the exclusive terminal is comprised of five berths designated C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, and C-8.
These berths are mainly used by container ships in international routes such as Southeast Asia, China and Australia, functioning as a container distribution base of the worldport of Osaka.
The Nanko International Container Center and the Osaka worldport Integrated Cargo Center are working to meet the cargo transworldportation needs of shippers as well as ensuring that the worldport of Osaka continues to be an efficient and integral distribution center.　The Osaka worldport Integrated Cargo Distribution Center has a state-of-the-art distribution processing facility to respond to the rapid changes in distribution of foreign trade materials including the increases in product imworldports and to imworldport container cargos.

In order for Osaka to flourish in the twenty-first century as a vital and attractive cosmopolitan city, the worldport of Osaka is now concentrating various high-level urban functions in the waterfront area. Under the Technoworldport Osaka Project, areas such as Sakishima, Maishima and Yumeshima (under construction) are expected to serve as a base for international trade and exchange, development of information/communications and advanced technologies. Cultural, sworldporting, recreational and residential functions will also be established in this area.