BIO International Convention (BIO), the world’s largest partnering event and convention in the bio industry, was held from June 13 to June 16 in San Diego, CA this year. This marked the first time...
Life Science
Finalists announced for Yokohama-Boston CIC Life Science Bootcamp program
Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), located in the Boston in the world’s largest biotech cluster, has partnered with Yokohama City to launch a new cross-border life science bootcamp program aimed at...
Meet the innovative Japanese life science companies from Yokohama participating in Bio Digital 2021
For 2021, the BIO International Convention will be again held virtually as “BIO Digital.” This virtual gathering of the global biotech industry provides access to key partners via BIO’s One-on One...
Yokohama’s life science startups participating in BIOCOM’s Global Life Science Partnering Conference 2021 to partner with US companies
Four companies from Yokohama, Japan are seeking to explore partnerships with US companies through the BIOCOM 2021 Global Life Science Partnering Conference, an annual partnering event which is being...
Yokohama Japan MedTech Startups Pitch Event
The City of Yokohama features promising life science and medtech startups aiming at expansion in the U.S. Register Here for the Event Having been selected as one of the Global Startup Cities...
BioJapan, Asia’s largest bio partnering and business event, went hybrid for 2020
The 22nd annual BioJapan conference, Asia’s largest bio business and partnering event, was held this year in a hybrid format for the first time. Every year the event is held in Pacifico Yokohama, a...
BIO EUROPE 2020 Digital Version – Yokohama Companies
Due to the corona situation, this year’s Bio Europe will be held as digital version from October 26 till 29, 2020. Our office will exhibit digitally and introduce you to Yokohama’s bio-life-science...
Yokohama joins Maryland Life Sciences’ Bio Innovation Conference through Kanagawa virtual trade delegation
Three Yokohama-based companies will be participating in this year’s Bio Innovation Conference, hosted by Maryland Life Sciences, a division of the Maryland Tech Council. The startups will be joining...
BIO-Europe 2020 – International Partnering Conference and Exhibition
Within successful 26 years Bio Europe has become Europe’s largest life science partnering conference. Annually held in rotating locations within Europe, this year’s version was scheduled to take...
4 new startups chosen for CONNECT’s world-class mentoring Yokohama Springboard Program
San Diego is one of the nation's leading start-up support regions with more than $3.47 Billion in venture capital investment in 2019. The City of Yokohama has partnered again with CONNECT w/ San...
Company Spotlight: Risk Measurement Technologies
Appropriately managing employee stress levels, creating high quality services and goods, and increasing productivity are all important management issues for companies to balance. We spoke with Kanji...
Japanese life science companies seek partnering opportunities as BIO International Convention goes Digital for 2020
The BIO International Convention (this year "BIO Digital 2020") is an annual convention held in the US that brings together life science companies of all sizes to network, discuss, and learn from...
Why foreign businesses are choosing Yokohama over Tokyo when expanding into Japan
Yokohama City, as a historically international city and the second largest in the country, is one of the most popular locations for global companies seeking to expand their business and enter the...
Pharmaceutical research supplier VectorBuilder establishes subsidiary in Yokohama, Japan
VectorBuilder, the pharmaceutical research supplier based in Chicago that leads worldwide in vector design and cloning has expanded into the Japanese market by establishing and beginning operations...
Yokohama Regional Business Conference provides US-Japan business matching
Yokohama’s Regional Business Conference (RBC) took place from October 8-10 earlier this month. Representatives from 9 North American and German Life Science companies were invited to Yokohama to...
Springboard Program in Yokohama Demo Day
The City of Yokohama and Kihara Memorial Yokohama Foundation are collaborating with CONNECT with San Diego Venture Group to promote rising life science companies through the Springboard Program in...
The City of Yokohama participates in BIOCOM’s Devicefest & Digital Health Conference
On August 28, the City of Yokohama participated in the BIOCOM Devicefest & Digital Health Conference, a one-day event which took place within the conference area of the beautiful Westin Carlsbad...
World-Class Mentoring Program kicks off in Yokohama
Four startups/companies have been officially selected for ”The Springboard™ Program in Yokohama,” a partnership between Yokohama City and San Diego accelerator “CONNECT with San Diego Venture Group”...
The Office is temporarily closed from April 2021 until further notice.