As of September 8, Kyushu and Okinawa host 132 companies listed on the Tokyo and Fukuoka stock exchanges with a combined market capitalization of over 9 trillion yen. This accounts for 1% of Japan’s total listed market cap. Manufacturing firms and regional banks dominate the list. Yaskawa Electric, specializing in industrial robots and based in Kitakyushu, leads with a market cap of 1.51 trillion yen. Fukuoka Financial Group is the third-largest, having grown through mergers since 2007. Fukuoka Prefecture is home to 88 of these companies, while Nagasaki has none listed on the domestic stock exchanges. Source: Nikkei
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