Keihin Waterfront Area
The Keihin Waterfront Area (the waterfront area along Yokohama Tsurumi Ward and Kanagawa Ward), where many manufacturing plants are clustered, played a major role in the nation's dramatic growth during the post-World War II years. In recent years, however, changes in the industrial structure and economic globalization have led to a change in its role from a mass-production site into high-tech plants and R&D centers. The City of Yokohama is moving forward with the industrial and infrastructure development of this area in order to strengthen its international competitiveness.
Yokohama Science Frontier
As part of its efforts to turn the city into a life science hub, Yokohama is moving forward with the development of Yokohama Science Frontier (Suehiro Area, Tsurumi Ward), a research center for advanced R&D. A number of research organizations (ex.RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama City University Joint Graduate School, Yokohama Joint Research Center, Leading Venture Plaza) and companies are accumulated in this area, making it into a life schence hub.
The Keihin Waterfront Area in the city of Yokohama is an industrial area having 1,600 hectares over the Tsurumi and Kanagawa Wards, where big-scaled manufacturing plants of diversified industries (including, but not limited to, petroleum, petroleum chemistry, steel, shipbuilding, electricity and automobile) are located. The vicinity of the Keihin Waterfront Area has many factories and warehouses, Riken Yokohama Institute conducting a world-class state of the art genomic sciences research, and other private research institutes.
The Keihin Waterfront Area adjoins Haneda Airport, the main airport for domestic airlines, and also includes the Port of Yokohama equipped with the most advanced facilities which functions as Japan's major international gateway. Furthermore, the Keihin Waterfront Area provides easy access to the enormous metropolitan market by railroad transportation such as Keihin-tohoku Line, and Keikyu Line, or express highway.