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Industry Deep Dive: Innovation
by New York Office | Sep 18, 2020
An emerging innovation district with boundless potential The Yokohama bay area is in the midst of transforming itself into a next generation innovation district. The bay area, which stretches...
4 new startups chosen for CONNECT’s world-class mentoring Yokohama 2020 Springboard Program
by New York Office | Sep 10, 2020
San Diego is one of the nation's leading start-up support regions with more than $3.47 Billion in venture capital investment in 2019. The City of Yokohama has partnered again with CONNECT w/ San...
Making Yokohama a city where startups can thrive (Innovation Interviews, Ep. 9)
by New York Office | Aug 26, 2020
Shigeo Murata of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s Yokohama office has been working as a startup supporter since 2017, and is currently involved in the managing of YOXO BOX, Yokohama city’s very own...
Yokohama ranks top 5 globally in FDI Strategy according to new report
by New York Office | Aug 25, 2020
In a report titled “Tier 2 Cities of the Future 2020/21” published by fDi Intelligence, the City of Yokohama ranked in the top 10 secondary cities in the world in the FDI strategy category, claiming...
Company Spotlight: Risk Measurement Technologies
by New York Office | Aug 17, 2020
Appropriately managing employee stress levels, creating high quality services and goods, and increasing productivity are all important management issues for companies to balance. We spoke with Kanji...
‘Zero Carbon’ achieved at New Yokohama City Hall Building
by New York Office | Jul 23, 2020
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...
Yokohama selected as one of Japan’s ‘global startup cities’
by New York Office | Jul 16, 2020
Yokohama City, alongside and as part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Consortium, has been selected as one of four “Global Startup Cities” by the Japanese Government. The Tokyo Metropolitan Consortium is...
SDG Leadership Cities Third Convening: Toward recovery from COVID-19 through the perspective of SDGs
by New York Office | Jun 22, 2020
The Office of the City of Yokohama Rep. to the Americas participated as the representative of Yokohama city in the third convening of the SDG Leadership Cities Network hosted for the first time...
Japanese life science companies seek partnering opportunities as BIO International Convention goes Digital for 2020
by New York Office | May 26, 2020
The BIO International Convention (this year "BIO Digital 2020") is an annual convention held in the US that brings together life science companies of all sizes to network, discuss, and learn from...
YOXO BOX and Yokohama National University advancing collaborations
by New York Office | Apr 29, 2020
YOXO BOX, a startup growth center located in Yokohama’s Kannai area, started collaborations in April with Yokohama National University (YNU) through the university’s Co-Innovation Laboratory. The...
Award-winning designer Eisuke Tachikawa goes behind the scenes on Yokohama’s YOXO brand initiative (Innovation Interviews, Ep. 8)
by New York Office | Apr 21, 2020
Eisuke Tachikawa, NOSIGNER, Founder and Director When Yokohama announced its “Innovation City” initiative, that declaration came with the expectation that innovation would be created in networks...
Interlocal cooperation during the COVID-19 crisis
by New York Office | Apr 20, 2020
Like many other nations around the world currently, Japan has been experiencing a shortage of surgical masks due to the spread of COVID-19 throughout the country. In an attempt to remedy this...
Yokohama City University to open new satellite campus within Yokohama Landmark Tower in Minato Mirai 21
by New York Office | Mar 16, 2020
In April 1st, 2020, Yokohama City University will open its new satellite campus within Yokohama Landmark Tower in the city’s Minato Mirai business district. The campus will be located within NANA...
Why foreign businesses are choosing Yokohama over Tokyo when expanding into Japan
by New York Office | Mar 10, 2020
Yokohama City, as a historically international city and the second largest in the country, is one of the most popular locations for global companies seeking to expand their business and enter the...
New center will turn Yokohama into a testing ground for proofs of technology
by New York Office | Feb 18, 2020
A proposal by the local government of Yokohama City to establish a “one-stop center” to support the testing of new proofs of technology in the city was approved in December, 2019 by the Council of...
How to use IT to facilitate public-private partnerships (Innovation Interviews, Ep. 7)
by New York Office | Feb 17, 2020
Iwao Kobayashi, Code for YOKOHAMA, Joint Representative Iwao Kobayashi works with Code for YOKOHAMA, a local volunteer organization that promotes public IT initiatives. Kobayashi also provides...
Galvanize visits Yokohama, introduces cutting edge data science programs
by New York Office | Feb 12, 2020
50 participants gathered at YOXO BOX on February 6th in order to experience Galvanize’s state-of-the-art method of educating tech talent. Galvanize, a US-based software engineering and data science...
YOXO Accelerator Program and YOXO Innovation School kick off in Yokohama
by New York Office | Feb 4, 2020
Two programs supporting startups and entrepreneurs in Japan have been successfully initiated in Yokohama by the new startup center YOXO BOX which was established by the City in October of 2019....
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