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...
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Explore the beauty of Yokohama City at the New York Times Travel Show 2020!
The City of Yokohama will be exhibiting for the first time at this year’s New York Times Travel Show 2020 on Jan 24-26, 2020 alongside its home prefecture of Kanagawa to introduce trade experts and...
Pharmaceutical research supplier VectorBuilder establishes subsidiary in Yokohama, Japan
VectorBuilder, the pharmaceutical research supplier based in Chicago that leads worldwide in vector design and cloning has expanded into the Japanese market by establishing and beginning operations...
Springboard Program in Yokohama 2019 Demo Day
The City of Yokohama and Kihara Memorial Yokohama Foundation are collaborating with CONNECT with San Diego Venture Group to promote rising life science companies through the Springboard Program in...
How Location is Shaping the Future of (Open) Innovation in Japan (Innovation Interviews, Ep. 4)
The Minato Mirai (MM) area of Yokohama is currently transforming into a central hub for the headquarters of Japan’s large companies and R&D centers. It is the home of businesses such as Fuji...
Increasing entry of foreign companies into Yokohama
Since the beginning of this year, the City of Yokohama’s partnership with Kanagawa prefecture and JETRO has successfully helped three foreign companies to establish new bases in Yokohama. Two out of...
LIP. YOKOHAMA BIBLIO – New support center for life-science SMEs and startups opened within Yokohama City’s WeWork
SMEs and startups in the life-science field often have a need to search through theses, perform reviews of R&D information and results, and receive advice from specialists and experts, yet for...
Company Spotlight: CODE Meee
Interview with Kenji Ota, Founder and CEO of CODE Meee Inc., a startup from Yokohama that is exhibiting at Techday New York in May. Merging Aroma and Technology to present “Personalized...
Company Spotlight: M.I-Story
Interview with Ms. Hiromi Sakamoto, the founder and president of M.I-Story Co., Ltd., a Yokohama startup that will debut its first product, the “Hammock Pillow," internationally at TechDay New York...
Company Spotlight: ICON
This toy robot is teaching programming for kids through interactive and intuitive play. President and Representative Director Toshiko Tsuchiya introduced us to ICON, a Yokohama-based company...
Company Spotlight: Aperza Inc.
Makoto Ishihara, CEO, Aperza Inc. We interviewed Mr. Makoto Ishihara, the CEO of Aperza Inc., a Yokohama-based startup that participated in the startup convention “Slush Tokyo 2019” which took place...
Industry Deep Dive: Advanced Manufacturing
An advanced manufacturing hub ready for industry transformation The manufacturing industry is on the verge of a major transformation, with advanced technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT),...
Yokohama proposes a center to promote human resources development and networking for innovators
Following up on Mayor Fumiko Hayashi’s declaration of Yokohama as an Innovation City on January 7, the city has proposed the establishment of a new facility to promote human resources development...
Company Spotlight: MedVigilance Inc.
Interview with Mr. Geng Cong, President, MedVigilance Inc. Q. Please give us an overview of your company’s business and products.We are a startup venture launched here in Japan, and we are offering...
Industry Deep Dive: Life Science
The Yokohama life science cluster: established, and with growing potential In October 2018, BioJapan, Asia’s largest international convention in the biotechnology industry, celebrated its 20th...
Vietnamese ICT company RELIPA establishes Japanese subsidiary in Yokohama
RELIPA Co., Ltd., an ICT company headquartered in Vietnam, has established its Japanese subsidiary within the Industry & Trade Center building located in Naka-ward, Yokohama, and has started...
Company Spotlight: Falcon Denshi K.K.
Interview with Mr. Hiroaki Kinoshita, President, Falcon Denshi K.K. Q. Please give us an overview of your company’s business. Falcon Denshi K.K. was established in Yokohama on June 2, 2009, the day...
Company Spotlight: CommuniCloud Japan. Co., Ltd.
Interview with Mr. Takeshi Fukuda, President, CommuniCloud Japan. Co., Ltd. Q. Please give us an overview of your company’s business. CommuniCloud is an audio and video conferencing solutions...