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Article: A shift of power; Japan's industrial heartland has some salutary lessons for the West Midlands.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- March 2, 2009
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Byline: Anthony Rowley reports
Visiting Greater Nagoya in Japan's industrial heartland between Tokyo and Osaka is like stepping into the past - the past of the once great industrial complex that stretched from Birmingham and the Black Country to Coventry.
The way in which development of the two regions has since diverged symbolises the debate in Britain now about the wisdom of abandoning once great manufacturing traditions in favour of finance and other service industries.
In theory, Greater Nagoya ought no longer to exist, or at least not be ...