Business Support
Business Development
Biotechnology and IT in Yokohama
Image of IT Information technology and biotechnology are expected to develop as leading industries steering the Japanese economy from now on. Yokohama is in the comfortable position to harbor already a great number of high-tech companies of both technology fields. In fact, in case of biotechnology, the whole area of Tokyo Bay with Yokohama in its very center, is beyond dispute the most advanced area with the highest companies concentration all over Japan. In IT, Yokohama as a business location is playing a dominant role in Japan all times long (look at " Prominent Companies in Yokohama" for a short overview of high-tech companies in Yokohama) . Nevertheless, Yokohama is making efforts to further foster these two key industries.

To create a big biotechnology-cluster in Yokohama, the city set up in the Keihin Waterfront Area the Yokohama Science Frontier, which is centered on the world-famous RIKEN Yokohama Institute and the Yokohama City University Graduate School of Integrated Science (despite of its misleading name, the Graduate School of Integrated Science is doing research in biological supramolecular systems), situated next to each other and cooperating closely. The area features also facilities to enhance the exchange between industry and researchers, like the Yokohama Joint Research Center.

In order to further nurture IT and biotech business and research in Yokohama, the city also released a special incentive, the Targeted Industries Program ; for companies, which plan to locate their business in Yokohama Science Frontier itself or in the surrounding Keihin Waterfront Area, the Business Location Incentives Program may also be of interest.

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point Yokohama World Business Support Center (WBC)
Yokohama World Business Support Center (WBC), located in the Minato Mirai area, provides business support to foreign-affiliated firms.

Provision of advice / information
Consultations with advisors on trade procedures and on how to establish a company in Japan. Various forms of business support, including information on companies in Yokohama.

Business Inquiries
Publishing of foreign-affiliated firms' product references and other information on WBC's website, and provision of this information to Japanese companies.

Provision of office space
Office space designed for foreign-affiliated firms and foreign economic organizations.

Hosting of business missions and business discussions
Arrangement of business discussions and receptions with Yokohama companies for overseas business delegations.

Sponsoring of trade fairs and seminars
Country-specific trade fairs and regional/sectoral information seminars in cooperation with overseas economic agencies.

For further information about the WBC please contact us or have a look at the joint website of WBC