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...
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4 rising tech startups from Yokohama, Japan featuring exoskeletons, robots, and more making a giant step for global expansion through CES 2021
4 startup companies from Yokohama, Japan are promoting their cutting-edge products at CES 2021, the world’s largest and most influential tech event, which is being held online this year from January...
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 2020 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...
How to use IT to facilitate public-private partnerships (Innovation Interviews, Ep. 7)
Iwao Kobayashi, Code for YOKOHAMA, Joint Representative Iwao Kobayashi works with Code for YOKOHAMA, a local volunteer organization that promotes public IT initiatives. Kobayashi also provides...
Galvanize visits Yokohama, introduces cutting edge data science programs
50 participants gathered at YOXO BOX on February 6th in order to experience Galvanize’s state-of-the-art method of educating tech talent. Galvanize, a US-based software engineering and data science...
Isuzu Motors Limited relocating to Yokohama to join city’s strong automotive industry base
After having just announced last month that 7 global automotive companies established their bases in Yokohama in 2019, we are happy to announce that they will be joined by another. Isuzu Motors will...
Automotive companies flock to Yokohama – 7 global companies (incl. Ducati, Polaris) establish local bases
Yokohama City’s unique qualities and location make it an extremely attractive destination for doing business in Japan, leading to many domestic and international companies taking notice and...
Japan’s Emerging R&D Hub: CBRE Report highlights Yokohama’s advantages
In a recent report, real estate and investment firm CBRE labeled Yokohama City as “Japan’s Emerging R&D Hub.” Reasons for this finding included the continuing emergence of large buildings...
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...