Yokohama City General Business Information

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Population	3.61 million (Male: 1.82 million, Female: 1.79 million) (2007)
Labor force	1.78 million (2000)
Area	434.98km2 (2007)
GDP	12,938 billion yen (2004)
Major industries	Service industry, wholesale/retail, construction, electrical machinery and general machinery
Developing industries	IT, biotechnology, images, environment and health welfare
Transportation	About 1 hour and 30 minutes from Narita Airport, 20 minutes from Haneda Airport, and 25 minutes from Tokyo. Yokohama Port is one of Japan's most important international trading ports. From Shin-Yokohama Station, Shinkansen line provides easy access to Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe and other destinations in the Tokai and Kansai areas.
Education	10 universities of science and technology 9 schools for foreigners, including 11 international schools Yokohama's municipal elementary and middle schools are actively involved in education for international understanding and educational services for foreign children and Japanese children who have lived overseas.
Expanding foreign enterprises	As of December 31, 2005, 188 foreign companies had established their Japanese head offices in Yokohama, which has the second highest number of foreign enterprises of any city in Japan next to Tokyo. ARM K.K., Cadence Design Systems Japan, Tata Consultancy Services Japan Ltd., etc.
Consulate	Republic of Korea

Ever since Yokohama Port was opened in 1859, Yokohama has developed as an internationally open city in which exchange among people, cultures, and goods from all over the world has fostered a progressive, enterprising and open ethos. With a current population of 3.61 million, Yokohama continues to grow one of Japan's largest cities.
Yokohama boasts a leading international port, highly convenient transportation including excellent railroad and highway networks, and easy access to Haneda Airport. In addition, Yokohama provides everything that a business needs from an urban environment, including residential districts with plentiful greenery, outstanding human resources, and the vast market of the Tokyo area. Many visitors come to Yokohama from other countries and elsewhere in Japan for tourism and conventions, and the resulting human exchange contributes to the city's vitality.
Yokohama has developed a wide range of support programs, including a municipal ordinance promoting business establishment in Yokohama which incorporates the highest level of support measures in Japan, and which became the deciding factor in Nissan Motor Co.'s decision to relocate to Yokohama. I hope that you will read this website and learn about all that Yokohama has to offer and the advantages of establishing your business here. We sincerely welcome you to consider Yokohama as a new business base.

• Comments from companies located in Yokohama

<Samsung Yokohama Research Institute>
Yokohama is located at the center of the Keihin Industrial Belt. There are many leading Japanese companies and research institutes in the vicinity, so it is an excellent R&D environment.
<Bruker AXS K.K>
We have chosen Yokohama because the city government is supportive and actively engaged in creating new industries. Also Yokohama is a big city that attracts a large crowd, and its good access is important when we provide services for our customers.

• Outstanding support for businesses locating in Yokohama

The city of Yokohama actively supports businesses seeking to locate here and provides various kinds of information on business and living.

• ·Various grants and subsidies
• ·Press release support
• ·Information on laws, taxation, and translation services, etc.
• ·Arrangements for the creation of business opportunities with other companies in the city
• ·Information on office space and real estate
• ·Information on conventions and life in Yokohama

<Key infrastructure>

• Narita Airport can be reached in about 90 minutes via trains and limousine buses running directly from Yokohama.
• Frequent shuttle buses take passengers from Yokohama Station to Haneda Airport (about 25 minutes via the Metropolitan Expressway Wangan Route) and from Shin-Yokohama Station to Haneda Airport (about 40 minutes), and Yokohama thus offers greater convenience than many key business areas in Tokyo. Haneda Airport is expected to begin offering some international flights in 2009.
• The Shinkansen enables rapid travel to Nagoya, Osaka and the rest of the country.

International schools	11 schools for foreign students, including three international schools Language of instruction differs by school (English, German, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc.)
Health services catering to foreigners	Hospitals capable of dealing with patients in a foreign language Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, Yokohama Stroke & Brain Center, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, etc.
Other	Information provision/consultation in foreign languages Information on day-to-day living (Yokohama Association for International Communications and Exchanges [YOKE], International Lounges) Consultations on city government, laws, traffic accidents, etc. (Yokohama City Hall) Residential support (Kanagawa Housing Support Center for Foreign People [NPO])