by openyokohama | Oct 15, 2019 | News
On October 31 an opening event will be held to celebrate the establishment of Yokohama’s new startup growth center—YOXO BOX. YOXO BOX will be located in Kannai, one of Yokohama’s major business districts, and will offer mentoring, individual consultation with...
by openyokohama | Sep 11, 2019 | News
Yokohama City Hall is scheduled to relocate to Minato-Mirai district from Kannai district in 2020, and the city recently announced that it would be redeveloping the former building and surrounding site in Kannai. A committee comprised of Mitsui Fudosan and seven other...
by openyokohama | Aug 21, 2019 | News
The City of Yokohama signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on August 14th, 2019 with WeWork Japan, the Japanese division of a leading office space-sharing company headquartered in NYC, pledging to collaborate and cooperate to promote startups, support SMEs and...
by openyokohama | Aug 19, 2019 | Industry Deep Dive
(Right) Shingo Nagai, Executive Manager and Head of Area Management, Sotetsu Building Management Co., Ltd. (Left) Yuta Hashimoto, Assistant Section Chief, Keikyu Corporation Business Creation Department Mr. Nagai and Mr. Hashimoto both work with large Japanese...
by openyokohama | Jul 10, 2019 | Industry Deep Dive
The Minato Mirai (MM) area of Yokohama is currently transforming into a central hub for the headquarters of Japan’s large companies and R&D centers. It is the home of businesses such as Fuji Xerox, which has been pioneering Japanese-American business partnerships;...
