2019 Volume 49 Issue 1 Pages 33-43
As the industrial product, the first aircraft was produced in the Tokai Region in 1917. The history of aircraft production in Japan is approximately 100 years. However, after World War II, studies on aircraft, design and production were also completely forbidden by the U.S. government. After the Korean War, the production of aircraft started again. At present, the aircraft industry is very large in the Tokai Region. Above all, the supply of aircraft parts for the Boeing 787 and other models occupies a large part of this industry. Development of MRJ (=Mitsubishi Regional Jet) is also in progress.
Under these circumstances, the “Special Zone to Create Asia’s No. 1 Aerospace industrial Cluster” has been introduced in the Tokai Region as a cluster policy to further expand this accumulation. This paper attempts to verify the effectiveness of this cluster policy and analyzes indicate this policy functions to some extent at the present time.
JEL Classifications:O22, L52, R58
