The City of Yokohama Europe Representative Office
Your bridge between Europe and Yokohama
The Yokohama City Europe Office was established in 1997. For more than 20 years, the office has been supporting the business activities of Yokohama companies in the European region, attracting European companies to locate in Yokohama, and promoting exchanges between European cities and Yokohama.
Amid the unstable global situation, we will strive to be a bridge between Europe and Yokohama from our location in Germany.
If you need any information or have any questions about the Europe region or Yokohama, please contact us at any time.
April 2025
Kentaro Kanebako
Chief Representative of the City of Yokohama Europe Office in Frankfurt
Our Mission
Encourage economic cooperation, be it on the administrative level or between companies.
Attract European investment and business interests to Yokohama.
Support Yokohama businesses to become more active in the European market.
Conduct information exchange between Yokohama and Europe.
On a day to day basis we:
- Provide detailed information on Yokohama and the Japanese market in general to interested European companies and administrations: market research, feasibility studies, Yokohama land and rent prices, office and production site locations, etc.
- Introduce European companies to potential business partners or distributors in Yokohama
- Coordinate business missions to Yokohama, tailored to specific interests and including tours of business facilities, project sites, and government offices
- Assist European companies who plan to invest in Yokohama in obtaining financial support from the Yokohama City Government
Latest News & Events
Yokohama City Presents Initiatives as an Environmentally Advanced City in Asia at the 5th UN Forum of Mayors
The Director of the European Office attended the Fifth United Nations Forum of Mayors, held in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 6 to 7, 2025, as a representative of Yokohama Mayor Takeharu...
Taiwan Design Research Institute and Circular Economy-Focused Companies Visit Yokohama to Explore Circular Economy Initiatives
In August 2025, a delegation of about 20 members from the Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI), along with companies and startups working on circular economy and circular design, visited Japan to...
Gaining inspiration from Europe for advancing Yokohama’s circular economy
On August 21, the City of Yokohama Europe Representative Office visited the ICLEI European Secretariat in Freiburg to meet with Regional Director Wolfgang Teubner and ICLEI’s Circular Economy team...
Yokohama Mayor Meets UN Secretary-General Guterres at TICAD9 to Deepen Global Cooperation
On Thursday, August 21, Mayor of Yokohama, Japan, Takeharu Yamanaka held talks with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, who was visiting Yokohama to attend the 9th Tokyo International...
Yokohama presents its green initiatives at the World Cities Summit Mayors Forum 2025
Ryoichiro Orii, Director of the International Bureau of the City of Yokohama, spoke at the World Cities Summit Mayor's Forum 2025, which took place in Vienna, Austria, from 2-4 July 2025. He...
Yokohama, the host city of TICAD9 – Mayor Yamanaka’s interview published in African business magazine “African Business”
With the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) approaching in August 2025, Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka of Yokohama, the host city of the conference, was interviewed by...