Yokohama Life Science Promotion
Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan, with a population of 3.67 million people. It is located in the metropolitan Tokyo area, which is the center of business, politics, and information in Japan.
Yokohama aims to create new bio-related industries, make technical innovation, and form industrial clusters which may accelerate growth in the key industries, which may realize revitalization of regional economy, creation of job opportunities, and improvement of citizenfs quality of life through commercialization of results of research in the environmental field including drug or food discovery.
Yokohama is a mere 26 minutes from Tokyo. The Shinkansen bullet train makes traveling to major cities throughout Japan easy. Access to airports is also excellent.
Business Environment
Located within the metropolitan area, which has a huge market of 42 million people, Yokohama offers the advantage of outstanding human resources and good cost performance in terms of office and housing rents and land prices.
Outstanding Human Resources
Kanagawa Prefecture, including Yokohama, boasts the highest number of researchers and engineers in Japan - more than 340,000. More than 1,000 corporate and public research organizations are also located here.
Moreover, there are numerous science, engineering and medical universities in the City. Liaisons between industry and academia are also abundant.