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Yokohama’s environmental action efforts to be featured in NHK World-Japan / jibtv TV program “Trailblazers”
Climate change and other environmental issues are urgent global challenges. The City of Yokohama, Japan is now trying to lead the world with its unique approach to climate change and other...
The Drivery, Global Innovation Ecosystem for mobility, opens a new base in Yokohama
The Drivery expanded to Yokohama and opened a new location as ‘The Drivery Japan’ on November 11 in conjunction with the opening of ‘TECH HUB YOKOHAMA’, the City's tech startup support center. It is...
Introducing Tech Hub Yokohama, Yokohama City’s new innovation center for startups from around the world
On November 11, Yokohama, Japan officially opened a new innovation center for startups and entrepreneurs, titled Tech Hub Yokohama, centrally located in the downtown waterfront Minato Mirai 21...
The “EU-Japan Subnational Climate Action Workshop: Exchanges between Cities in Europe and Japan – Opportunities for a Resilient Future” was held under the co-sponsorship of the City of Yokohama
On May 29th and 30th, the City of Yokohama co-sponsored the “EU-Japan Subnational Climate Action Workshop: Exchanges between Cities in Europe and Japan – Opportunities for a Resilient Future”...
Yokohama attends international conference on decarbonization and climate change in Paris
Mayor Yamanaka was represented by Global Networks Department and Zero Carbon Society Promotion Department at the Capital Conference of Mayors for Climate Action and GCoM (Global Covenant of Mayors...
Yokohama and UNDP partner to support restoration of kindergarten in Odesa, Ukraine
Monday, July 1, 2024, Yokohama City and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an cooperation agreement for supporting reconstruction in Ukraine, centered on Odesa City and starting...
Yokohama’s new PoC Support Program is a chance for international startups to hit the ground running in Japan
*Applications open now through August 15, 2024* Entering a new international market and accessing its many benefits can be a daunting proposition, both for large companies and especially for...
The Director of the International Bureau held discussions with the Mayor of Odesa on reconstruction and other topics
Yokohama's International Affairs Bureau Director, Mr. Saegusa, and other officials visited Berlin to hold discussions on reconstruction and other issues with Mayor Trukhanov of the sister city in...
Yokohama startup to exhibit at SLUSH 2023, the largest startup event in Scandinavia
SLUSH, the largest startup event in the Nordic region, started in Helsinki in 2008. This year's event was expected to attract about 13,000 visitors, including about 5,000 startups and 3,000...
After a break due to the pandemic, the student exchange between Frankfurt and Yokohama continues
After the partnership between the Frankfurt comprehensive school Schule Am Ried and Sakuragaoka Municipal High School in Yokohama was established in 2017, the first visit by Schule am Ried to its...
Yokohama City and The Drivery, a German innovation support organisation specialising in the mobility sector, have signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding)
The City of Yokohama has set up the Mobility Innovation Hub YOKOHAMA concept, aiming to become a city that attracts mobility startups from Japan and abroad, and is promoting support for the...
43 Cities and Organizations Join Forces in Landmark Declaration, “Asian Cities Together Towards Zero Carbon”, led by Yokohama and Bangkok
On November 15, 2023, an important step towards reducing worldwide carbon emissions was made at the 12th Asia Smart City Conference as the joint declaration, “Yokohama Declaration: Asian Cities...