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Promising Japanese startups from Yokohama to join TechDay Online
Featuring three innovative startups from Yokohama Japan that will be exhibiting at TechDay Online from Nov. 17-19, 2020. TechDay is a series of events held to promote entrepreneurship in the tech community and highlight startups and their innovative ideas. While...
Kanagawa prefecture’s natural flavors featured in new Japanese food box by Kokoro Care Packages
Kanagawa Prefecture’s natural foods are being featured by Kokoro Care Packages, a company which provides subscription services for people who live outside Japan but love Japanese food. Among the new limited-availability “Kanagawa Nourishing Essentials Care Package”...
Giant (59ft) robot Gundam officially opening in Yokohama, Japan this December
Gundam, the iconic, giant humanoid robots that exploded in popularity in the world of anime have now stepped from the screen into reality. It might seem like a dream for many anime fans, but it’s true: construction has finished on a 59ft (18m) tall, actual-size,...
BioJapan, Asia’s largest bio partnering and business event, went hybrid for 2020
The 22nd annual BioJapan conference, Asia’s largest bio business and partnering event, was held this year in a hybrid format for the first time. Every year the event is held in Pacifico Yokohama, a premier convention center in Yokohama, but this year online partnering...
Yokohama joins Maryland Life Sciences’ Bio Innovation Conference through Kanagawa virtual trade delegation
Three Yokohama-based companies will be participating in this year’s Bio Innovation Conference, hosted by Maryland Life Sciences, a division of the Maryland Tech Council. The startups will be joining through a trade mission sponsored by Kanagawa Prefecture and JETRO,...
4 new startups chosen for CONNECT’s world-class mentoring Yokohama Springboard Program
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 Diego Venture Group (CONNECT) to leverage the region’s expertise and...
Yokohama ranks top 5 globally in FDI Strategy according to new report
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 fifth place. The City of Yokohama is the only city in Asia to rank in...
‘Zero Carbon’ achieved at New Yokohama City Hall Building
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, the...
Yokohama selected as one of Japan’s ‘global startup cities’
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 comprised of Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Yokohama City, Kawasaki...
SDG Leadership Cities Third Convening: Toward recovery from COVID-19 through the perspective of SDGs
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 virtually by Brookings Institution from June 16th to 18th. The main topic of discussion during the conference was the relationship between upholding the SDGs and moving toward recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic. City representatives shared and discussed their challenges and efforts in the process of recovery and moving towards the new normal through the lenses of “Equity and Sustainability,” “Governance and Partnership,” and “Data and Financing.”