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The total area is 50.45 km².\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe city was founded on April 1, 1950.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKariya is twinned with Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, which has a Japanese garden to commemorate this, named after the city.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKariya is about 30 kilometers by train from Nagoya, Japan's fourth largest city, which endured heavy bombardment during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are companies related to Toyota Motor Corporation, such as Toyota Industries Corporation, Aisin-Seiki and Denso Corporation. Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Toyodajidoshoki, was actually the original company, or kaisha of which Toyota Motor Corporation became a subsidiary firm. Because Toyoda Automatic Loom Works was so highly profitable a company, board members decided to reinvest much of the profits into the growing automobile manufacturing business. A notable educational institution based in Kariya is the Aichi University of Education (AUE), a national university, and its affiliated high school. Both the AUE and AUE High School are located in the Hirosawa section of the Igaya neighbourhood.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring World War II, large towers in Kariya, funded by Germany were used to communicate the orders for Japan to attack Pearl Harbor. 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