Kawasaki City General Business Information

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Population	1.36 million (Male: 0.7 million, Female: 0.66 million) (May 2007)
Labor force	0.68 million (2004)
Area	144.35km2 (2005)
GDP	4,704 billion yen (2003)
Major industries	Manufacturing (electronics and communications, precision machinery, petrochemicals), information services
Developing industries	New manufacturing technologies, information and communications, environment, welfare/life science and lifestyle/fashion
Transportation	Kawasaki has a port, a railway network and a highway network (including the Tomei Expressway and Tokyo Wan Aqua Line), providing outstanding convenience with close access to Tokyo, Yokohama, Haneda Airport and Narita Airport.
Education	Kawasaki has been designated by the national Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as a model region for education support systems catering for foreign and returned expatriate pupils. There are special schools known as "center schools" designed to cater for the needs of this community, and Kawasaki maintains two center schools at the elementary school level and one at the junior high school level. There is also a city high school offering a curriculum with an international focus.
Expanding foreign enterprises	Approx. 115 foreign firms, including venture businesses, have located in Kawasaki (No. 5 nationwide in scale), of which about 60 maintain head office functions. Includes Dell, Tyco Electronics AMP, TOYS "R" US,, Minit Asia Pacific, etc.

In addition to major Japanese companies, Kawasaki also calls home to many unique, technologically advanced small businesses involved in such dynamic fields as machinery, electronics, and metal part manufacturing.
Traditionally, Kawasaki has been seen primarily as an industrial city because of its development as a renowned manufacturing center. Over the years, however, many small and large businesses have come to develop their own research and development facilities in the city. Consequently, by combining the number of private companies with research and development institutions (183) with the number of university-related and other locations (21), and the city has amassed a total of 204 (1999 Kanagawa Prefectural Study of Research and Development Institutions), making Kawasaki widely known overseas for its in-depth experience in this field.
Since the percentage of workers employed in both scientific-related research and development institutions and Information Technology related jobs is number one in Japan, it can be said that Kawasaki is the "gathering place for Japan's brainpower".

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• Airports

Narita International Airport—the gateway to Japan—is located approximately 90 minutes away via rail or automobile. Being an officially recognized international hub, Narita offers direct flights to major cities around the world. Additionally, Haneda International Airport, which provides domestic connections to every region in Japan, can be accessed in only 13 minutes from Kawasaki-Keikyu station. Through future expansion Haneda will be able to accommodate more international flights, further shortening the distance between Kawasaki and major cities in Asia by 2009. As a result, future development of commercial ventures, hotels, and research and development facilities in the vicinity will further improve the city's already outstanding convenience and potential.

• Rail network

Kawasaki station is only 18 minutes from Tokyo station—the center of country's national rail network—allowing for easy and smooth connections to and from any of the major urban areas in Japan via the Shinkansen ("Bullet Train"). Thus, the city's location in relation to various rail lines and national highways provides links to domestic locations more easily and smoothly when compared to other cities in Japan.

• Port

The Port of Kawasaki, with its combined industrial and commercial functions, maintains regular shipping lines with major ports around the world. Furthermore, because of its central location on Tokyo Bay, the port is highly accessible from Japan's network of highways, as well as the ports of Yokohama and Tokyo, resulting in an ideal environment for distribution and shipping.

Health services catering to foreigners

The following page from the Kawasaki City website provides information on all hospitals and clinics that offering services in foreign languages in Kawasaki: http://www.qq.city.kawasaki.jp/qq/qq14130tpmn_lt.asp

Other

Kawasaki City takes every possible measure to support the 26,508 foreign residents (figure as at end March 2006) who live there. [Education] Kawasaki has been designated by the national Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as a model region for education support systems catering for foreign and returned expatriate pupils. There are special schools known as 'center schools' designed to cater for the needs of this community, and Kawasaki maintains two center schools at the elementary school level and one at the junior high school level. There is also a city high school offering a curriculum with an international focus. In addition, the Kawasaki Integrated Education Center provides a general educational advice service to foreign and returned expatriate pupils on matters such as transmission studies, Japanese language coaching, and adapting to student life. [Housing Assistance] A new housing assistance system was established in Kawasaki in 2000 as the first of its kind in Japan. Regardless of the capacity to pay rent, should any person be unable to find a guarantor for housing purposes, Kawasaki City will assist by designating a guarantor organization so that the person can access rental housing in the private sector. The city government or support organizations will also dispatch interpreters should residents experience trouble due to language differences. [Security] The Kawasaki International Association, which provides advice to foreign residents in six languages, also contributes to the provision of a safe living environment for foreign residents by, for example, publishing Emergency Evacuation Maps in March 2006. [Multicultural Living] In 1996, to reflect the voices of foreign residents in the city government, Kawasaki established the Kawasaki City Representative Assembly for Foreign Residents. And in March 2005 the city issued the Kawasaki Multicultural Symbiotic Society Promotion Plan, aiming at a multicultural society in which people of all backgrounds can live together as empowered citizens.