The Bosch Group, the worldwide leading supplier of automotive equipment and provider of innovative technology and services on a global scale, has decided to move its Japan headquarters to Yokohama....
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Canadian Technology Accelerator Japan smart city program introduces startups to Japanese market and Yokohama
The Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) Japan has organized a business development program that aims to help selected Canadian companies new to the Japanese market. The theme for this new Japan...
What cities like Yokohama are doing locally to make sure they’re improving the world
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are global goals set forth with the vision of improving life for all of us. Launched by the United Nations, the 17 SDGs and include ending poverty, reducing...
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...
Yokohama City partners with SmartCityX 2021 startup program
Scrum Studio’s SmartCityX program has just begun recruitment through the end of 2021. The program, started last year, is described as an immersive year-long startup program aimed at helping seed- to...
Yokohama City releases Voluntary Local Review of Sustainable Development Goal progress
At the 10th Annual Smart City Conference held from October 26-28, Yokohama City released a Voluntary Local Review (VLR), a report voluntarily published by local governments to review the area’s...
10th Asia Smart City Conference Panel Discussion: How Connecting with Startups Will Advance Your Smart Cities and Sustainability
View Recording Here This year marks the 10th year of the annual Asia Smart City Conference (ASCC), and one of the main sessions this year will be an online panel discussion titled "How Connecting...
German Start-up support company CROSSBIE UG opens subsidy in Yokohama!
We are pleased to announce, that the Berlin-based entrepreneurial company CROSSBIE UG has expanded to Japan and established a Japanese subsidiary called CROSSBIE JAPAN K.K., in Yokohama. CROSSBIE...
4 US-based companies that chose Yokohama when opening an office in Japan over the last year
US-based companies have continued to choose Yokohama as the location for opening an office in Japan for their entry into the Japanese market, despite the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic having...
YOXO and the Yokohama Future Organization – How Yokohama City is creating a strong innovation ecosystem
Introducing YOXO and the Yokohama Future Organization, Yokohama City’s newest initiatives to foster innovation, build a strong startup ecosystem, and promote inter-company collaboration. Since...
Online Showcase at ITB 2021
ITB 2021, Europe's largest business-to-business travel trade show, took place from 9 to 12 March. Normally held on-site at the Berlin Exhibition Centre around this time every year, this year was the...
Y-SDGs certification system launched by Yokohama city and financial institutions to support SDG promotion
The City of Yokohama has established the Yokohama City SDGs Certification System (Y-SDGs) to support small and medium-sized enterprises and organizations that promote SDGs, with the goal that...
Wondering where to live in Japan? Yokohama City area rated #1 in desirability polls four years in a row
The area around Yokohama Station was selected again as #1 most desirable location to live in Japan in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area (including Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki), a position it...
DX Online Seminar for Japanese (Yokohama) Companies powered by Galvanize
More and more companies, regardless of the difference of their size and industry, are turning toward Digital Transformation (DX) to improve people’s lives and businesses through utilizing data and...
Yokohama ranked top 3 “Global Cities of the Future” in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Strategy in Large City ranking
Yokohama has secured third in city ranking for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Strategy, Large Cities category in the 2021/2022 edition of fDi’s Global Cities of the Future following Greater...
Visiting Japan from India? Come to Yokohama!
Yokohama is a leading tourism and leisure destination of Japan. Known for its exotic ambience, with an amalgamation of the historic and the contemporary, this photogenic city attracts people of all...
Promising Japanese startups from Yokohama to join TechDay Online
Featuring three innovative startups from Yokohama Japan that will be exhibiting at TechDay Online from Nov. 17-19, 2020. TechDay is a series of events held to promote entrepreneurship in the tech...
Giant (59ft) robot Gundam on display in Yokohama, Japan
10/11/2022 Travel Update As of today, October 11th 2022, Japan has fully re-opened its borders to international travelers and relaxed its visa requirements to pre-COVID-19 status! We hope this will...