by openyokohama | Jul 23, 2020 | News
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 goal: “Zero Carbon Yokohama.” As the first step towards this goal,...
by openyokohama | Oct 2, 2019 | News
The UN Climate Change Summit, SDG Summit, and other related events were held in New York surrounding the UN General Assembly in late September. During the “Summits Week 2019,” Yokohama City participated as a member of Japan Climate Initiative (JCI), a network composed...
by openyokohama | Mar 1, 2019 | News
Yokohama has pledged to become a leader in city-led sustainability efforts. The city was designated by the Japanese government as one of the twenty-nine “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Future Cities” in the country in June 2018 and was also selected as one of...
by openyokohama | Feb 26, 2019 | News
On February 15-17, the City of Yokohama and WHILL, Inc., a Yokohama-based startup known for its high-tech, sleek looking personal mobility devices, partnered to host the Yokohama Future Mobility Showcase, a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) pilot carried out as part of the...
by openyokohama | Feb 22, 2019 | News
NISSAN MOTOR and DeNA Co., Ltd, as part of an ITOP Yokohama initiative, are launching the second field test of Easy Ride, a smart mobility ride-hailing service that involves a fleet of self-driving cabs that carry passengers around the City of Yokohama. The experiment...
