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Yokohama and LINK-J launch first webinar from new Life Science Lounge@NYC: US Drug Discovery Market Trends and NY’s Life Science Ecosystem
After establishing the new “Yokohama LINK-J Life Science Lounge @NYC” in Yokohama’s Representative Office to the Americas located in New York City, Yokohama City and LINK-J are leveraging their...
4 new Yokohama life science companies that are entering the US market, and how they’re developing a strategy
With the support of a newly-launched market entry program formed through collaboration between the City of Yokohama and Kievit Scientific, 4 new Japanese companies based in Yokohama are gearing up...
In Yokohama, Japan you can now recycle your empty medicine blister packs
Terracycle Japan is launching a new demonstration experiment in its hometown of Yokohama, just months after their last project reached Yokohama convenience stores. This time they’ve teamed up with...
4 Yokohama City startups chosen for JETRO’s SCAP (Startup City Acceleration Program)
JETRO's Startup City Acceleration Program (SCAP) aims to support Japanese companies looking to expand into overseas markets, and when the 2022 program began in the middle of September 2022, it was...
Ukraine’s water supply disruptions alleviated with water purifiers from Yokohama
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the City of Yokohama, Japan has been in close contact with its sister city of Odesa, having held multiple online meetings between their respective mayors, and has...
Yokohama City and LINK-J partner on new Life Science Lounge@NYC
Yokohama City has begun a new partner project with Life Science Innovation Network Japan (LINK-J) that aims to strengthen and connect life science networks in the USA and Japan. In August of 2019,...