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...
Why Yokohama
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...
Industry Deep Dive: Innovation
An emerging innovation district with boundless potential The Yokohama bay area is in the midst of transforming itself into a next generation innovation district. The bay area, which stretches...
Making Yokohama a city where startups can thrive (Innovation Interviews, Ep. 9)
Shigeo Murata of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s Yokohama office has been working as a startup supporter since 2017, and is currently involved in the managing of YOXO BOX, Yokohama city’s very own...
Yokohama ranks top 5 globally in FDI Strategy according to new report
In a report titled “Tier 2 Cities of the Future 2020/21” published by fDi Intelligence, the City of Yokohama ranked in the top 10 secondary cities in the world in the FDI strategy category, claiming...
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...
‘Zero Carbon’ achieved at New Yokohama City Hall Building
In one of its largest city-wide projects ever, Yokohama City has taken the initiative to replace all power consumed within city-owned facilities with renewable energy by 2050 as part of its new...
Yokohama selected as one of Japan’s ‘global startup cities’
Yokohama City, alongside and as part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Consortium, has been selected as one of four “Global Startup Cities” by the Japanese Government. The Tokyo Metropolitan Consortium is...
SDG Leadership Cities Third Convening: Toward recovery from COVID-19 through the perspective of SDGs
The Office of the City of Yokohama Rep. to the Americas participated as the representative of Yokohama city in the third convening of the SDG Leadership Cities Network hosted for the first time...
YOXO BOX and Yokohama National University advancing collaborations
YOXO BOX, a startup growth center located in Yokohama’s Kannai area, started collaborations in April with Yokohama National University (YNU) through the university’s Co-Innovation Laboratory. The...
Yokohama City University to open new satellite campus within Yokohama Landmark Tower in Minato Mirai 21
In April 1st, 2020, Yokohama City University will open its new satellite campus within Yokohama Landmark Tower in the city’s Minato Mirai business district. The campus will be located within NANA...
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...
New center will turn Yokohama into a testing ground for proofs of technology
A proposal by the local government of Yokohama City to establish a “one-stop center” to support the testing of new proofs of technology in the city was approved in December, 2019 by the Council of...
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...