IT-related Industry Industrial Support Services Industry

IT-related Industries Concentrated in “Sapporo Valley” Becoming A Growing Industrial Support Services Industry Major Industry in Hokkaido IT Becoming a Major Industry Engineering and Information Universities Ideal Conditions Such as Lower Office Rent and Easier Recruitment than Major Japanese Cities Supporting IT-Related Industry According to “Hokkaido IT Report 2018, ” published by the Hokkaido Information An increasing number of companies have been establishing call centers or offices for some head office functions in Hokkaido in recent years, particularly in Sapporo. Wages and and Communication Technology Association, Hokkaido’s IT industry’s sales for that office rent are lower than in major Japanese cities and there is a low risk of a disaster occurring in both Hokkaido and regions such as the Tokyo metropolitan area at the same time, Hokkaido has 10 universities, 1 junior college, and 4 technical high schools with year totaled 439.1 billion yen, marking 5 consecutive years of sales exceeding 400 making it an ideal location. Hokkaido is also ideal for companies considering a location for a call center, as the Japanese spoken in Hokkaido is similar to standard Japanese, with no engineering or informatics departments in 11 municipalities (10 cities and 1 town). billion yen. It is Hokkaido’ s second largest source of manufacturing employment strong dialect. There are now 96 call centers and backup offices in Sapporo, with 33,900 employees. The enrollment capacity is around 5,600 people, with many highly skilled after the food production industry, accounting for 12.6% of all manufacturing jobs personnel graduating from these courses each year. in Hokkaido. ■Comparison of Office Rent ■Employment in Call Centers and Backup Offices ■Number of Call Centers (as of July 2018) (as of end of January 2019) (persons) No. of companies ■IT Becoming a Major Industry ■Universities, etc. in Hokkaido with an engineering 1 Hokkaido 99 (unit: yen per 3.3m2) 35,000 33,900 110 or informatics department (FY2018) 42,000 41,038 Sales Sales Number of employees Employees 29,900 2 Okinawa 98 20,808 21,156 30,000 100 (hundred million yen) 19,950 19,865 20,234 20,306 20,521 (persons) 26,500 27,100 19,138 19,561 19,656 19,674 (Private) Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University Department of Information Media 50 people 19,740 5,000 19,053 20,000 20,000 18,780 24,900 3 Fukuoka 74 25,000 96 90 4,391 18,000 16,479 22,000 22,000 93 4 Miyazaki 51 16,476 4,152 4,187 4,213 4,306 15,581 4,093 4,117 16,000 14,413 86 4,000 17,348 17,346 3,823 3,956 3,852 3,909 20,000 84 80 16,923 3,791 (National) National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College 160 people 14,000 17,100 5 Miyagi 44 Wakkanai 12,000 3,243 13,600 76 76 3,014 3,172 10,000 15,000 70 6 Aomori 38 3,000 2,886 (National) Hokkaido University Department of Engineering 670 people (Private) Hokkaido Information University Department of Information Media 220 people 70 Graduate School Graduate School of Information Science 219 people Department of Management Information 120 people 8,000 10,000 Department of Engineering 395 people Department of Medical Information 80 people 6,000 10,000 60 7 Niigata 17 (Private) Hokkai Gakuen University Department of Engineering 260 people Graduate School Graduate School of Management Information 15 people 4,000 60 2,000 Graduate School Graduate School of Engineering 16 people 58 8 Kumamoto 16 (Private) Hokkaido University of Science Department of Engineering 392 people 2,000 5,000 50 Graduate School Graduate School of Engineering 27 people (National) Kitami Institute of Technology Department of Engineering 410 people 0 (Private) Hokkaido University of Science Junior College 150 people Graduate school Graduate School of Engineering 120 people 0 40 9 Nagasaki 15 1,000 Asahikawa 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 10 Saga 15 Tokyo Osaka （H22）（H23）（H24）（H25）（H26）（H27）（H28）（H29）（H30）

Kitami Sendai (Tenjin) Nagoya (Meieki) 0 (Private) Tokyo University of Science Graduate Fukuoka *Excludes Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Saitama and Aichi 0 School of Engineering 360 people Ebetsu (National) National Institute of Technology, Kushiro College 160 people Sapporo Number of full-time employees Number of companies 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 (FY) Nakanoshima) (RIC TELECOM: Call Centers White Paper 2018) (Umeda, Dojima,

(Marunouchi) ●Full-time employee refers to an employee receiving employment （H25）（H26）（H27）（H28）（H29） Sapporo （H14）（H15）（H16）（H17）（H18）（H19）（H20）（H21）（H22）（H23）（H24） Kushiro insurance, health insurance and pension (short-term part-time

(Minamiguchi) (Source: Sanko Estate) (Ekimae Honcho) Chitose (Private) Chitose Institute of Science and Technology Faculty of Science and Technology 240 people employees are excluded from the number of employees). Graduate School Graduate School of Light Science 23 people Comparison of number of employees in Hokkaido's information industry and number of Oshamambe Muroran Map of underground network (Source: Sapporo City Government) employees in Hokkaido's manufacturing industries Tomakomai (National) Muroran Institute of Technology 0 8,000 16,000 75,000 100,000 Department of Engineering (National) National Institute of Technology, Tomakomai College 200 people (persons) JR Sapporo Station Food manufacturing industry 76,851 600 people An Easy Commute and a Comfortable Office Hakodate (Reference) Information industry 21,156（12.6％） Graduate School (Public) Future University Hakodate Department of Systems Information Science 240 people Environment in Sapporo Metal product manufacturing industry 10,744 Graduate School of Engineering Graduate School Graduate School of Systems Information Science 60 people 239 people (National) National Institute of Technology, Hakodate College 200 people Transportation machinery equipment manufacturing industry 8,675 *The number of people shown is the enrollment capacity Number of Subway Wood and wood product manufacturing 6,862 There are various forms of convenient public transport to Other public industry (excluding furniture) *The figure for the Oshamambe Campus of the Tokyo University of Science is for the first year only. Services Printing and related industries 6,861 (Source: Private Schools Division, Legal Affairs and Corporations Bureau, Department of General Affairs, Hokkaido Government) Sapporo Station from the outlying suburbs. There is also (per day on weekdays) transport Electronic parts, device and electronic circuit manufacturing industry 6,349 a 1,700m underground passage running north to south Trains (JR), buses, Iron and steel industry 6,210 Subway Station Sapporo 994 services Pulp, paper and paper product streetcars manufacturing industry 6,094 Sapporo Station from the office district around Sapporo Station to Ceramic, stone and clay products 5,981 manufacturing industry Susukino, allowing door-to-door commuting that will not Sendai 634 services Trains (JR), buses Production machinery equipment manufacturing industry 4,856 Plastic product manufacturing industry be affected by weather. (excluding those listed elsewhere) 4,592 Beverage, tobacco and livestock feed Fukuoka 825 services Trains (JR), buses manufacturing industries 3,587 The winter room temperature is the warmest in Japan Chemical industry 3,424 Manufacturing industry total and summer temperatures are cool. Your employees will Furniture and accessory 3,253 manufacturing industry 167,770 Textile industry 2,780 be able to work in a warm and comfortable workplace Source: 2017 Report on Confirmed Industrial Statistics (Hokkaido Report) (Hokkaido Government) even in winter. ■Winter Room Temperatures Subway Station Subway Station Odori Station Bus Center Mae Hokkaido 20.73 Station An Account of Business and Life in Hokkaido from a Company that Relocated for Miyagi 18.44 No.1 nationwide HR and Risk Diversification Reasons Tokyo 19.27 INTAGE Inc. (Sapporo Branch) Aichi 18.92 The INTAGE group is Japan's leading market research company. It has the world's 10th Osaka 19 greatest sales in the market research field, and has offices in the USA, China, Hong Kong, Subway Station Fukuoka 19.33 South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Singapore and Indonesia. Susukino Station Okinawa 20.64 INTAGE, the backbone of the group, opened an Internet-based market research office in 17.0 18.0 19.0 20.0 21.0（℃） Underground walkway (Source: Weather News, Inc.) Underground walkway opened in March 2011 Sapporo, Hokkaido in July 2015 for the following reasons: 1. The pool of information-industry personnel in Sapporo 2. To diversify risk in case of natural disasters The office was relocated in July 2018 to expand INTAGE's business in Sapporo. Hokkaido Attracting Attention as a Backup Base for The floor space has been increased and more workers are being hired. Head Office Functions Aflac (Sapporo) Local staff are accompanied by transfers from Tokyo and people who are making a "U-turn" After the Great East Japan Earthquake, AFLAC reviewed their business continuity plan and decided to diversify risk by (return to their hometown from major cities), "I-turn" (move to Hokkaido from elsewhere in dispersing their operations, setting up a new office in Sapporo for part of their system development department (contract Japan) or "J-turn" (return to Hokkaido from elsewhere), providing new perspectives and management, sales support, corporate functions, contact center, etc.) They decided to set up a Sapporo System synergistic effects. Development Office after various location promotion efforts by the Hokkaido Prefectural Government and Sapporo City Despite the cold winters, workers have experienced no discomfort, reporting that the offices Government, who worked with agencies such as Hello Work to provide information on life in Hokkaido and the personnel are warmer than those they left behind in Tokyo thanks to excellent heating and insulation, that the company could hope to employ. The Sapporo System Development Office was opened on April 1, 2016. It is staffed and that road heating has made many of Sapporo's sidewalks easy to walk on. with a combination of existing employees transferred from Tokyo and new employees hired locally, and is designed so that AFLAC can continue to carry out the system development operations necessary for continuity of the business in the event that the system development department in the Tokyo area cannot function due to situations such as natural disasters.

22 BUSINESS LOCATION GUIDEBOOK HOKKAIDO BUSINESS LOCATION GUIDEBOOK HOKKAIDO 23 Health and Longevity-related Industries Industrial Base

Increasing Cluster of Health and Longevity-related Industrial Complexes for New Business Activities Businesses as a Result of Hokkaido's Favorable Conditions Pharmaceutical, Medical Equipment and Bio-Related Companies Expanding into Hokkaido Draw cards include low costs and diverse industrial complexes

An increasing number of health and longevity-related companies from other prefectures have chosen Hokkaido as a business location in recent years for reasons such as the Hokkaido's industrial land prices are extremely low, among the lowest in Japan. Land is for sale in 102 industrial complexes in Hokkaido. increasing concentration of medical universities, the low risk of a disaster occurring in both Hokkaido and regions such as the Tokyo metropolitan area at the same time, and the There are industrial complexes in various locations throughout Hokkaido. A total of 14,876ha of land is used for purposes such as factories, with 5,837ha for sale. (As of May 2018) abundance of agricultural, forestry and marine products that are expected to be used as functional ingredients. Hokkaido is aiming to create an industry cluster from core industries such as food-related industries and the tourism industry, along with the health and longevity field, a growing manufacturing industry in Hokkaido. To encourage ■Average price of industrial land (2018, yen per ㎡) Hokkaido companies to enter these industries and encourage relevant companies outside Hokkaido to set up business facilities here, we are providing information on promising research by Hokkaido medical universities and promoting the technical capabilities of Hokkaido manufacturers that have entered health and longevity-related industries. National Hokkaido Miyagi Gunma Niigata Shizuoka Aichi Hyogo Fukuoka average ■Health and Longevity-related Companies that Have ■Basic Principles for Promoting Hokkaido's Expanded into Hokkaido in Recent Years Health and Longevity Industry 33,436 11,600 19,300 21,100 17,700 47,200 57,600 48,400 27,000 Growing cluster of automobile manufacturers, particularly in the 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Years in operation Company Field Head office Location (municipality) ○ Promotion of Hokkaido as a business Manufacturing Industry area around New Chitose Airport yen per m yen per m yen per m yen per m yen per m yen per m yen per m yen per m yen per m location ○ Encouragement of local businesses to 2008（H20） Shionogi & Co., Ltd Pharmaceutical Osaka Sapporo enter the industry Pharmaceutical and ○ Promotion of ventures into the industry Medical Equipment (Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) 2010（H22） TSUMURA & CO. Pharmaceutical Tokyo Yubari Manufacturing ■Industrial Complexes to Meet a Variety of Needs 2013（H25） Hamari Chemicals, Ltd. Pharmaceutical Osaka Chitose Core Industries Core Industries in Hokkaido Aims in Hokkaido ○ To revitalize the local economy 2013（H25） NSK Functional Foods Aichi Kitami through a health and longevity industry cluster Food-related Manufacturing ○ To contribute to improving the Tourism and services-related industry 2014（H26） Cokey Co., Ltd. Functional Foods Tokyo Hakodate health of people in Hokkaido Functional foods 2015（H27） Nihon Unisys, Ltd. Medical equipment Tokyo Kitahiroshima and biotechnology-related Health services-related industry industry 2016（H28） Nakakita Yakuhin Co., Ltd. Pharmaceutical Aichi Kitahiroshima 2016（H28） Nipro Corporation Pharmaceutical Osaka Sapporo ○ Promotion of Hokkaido as a business ○ Development and promotion of new location services Ishikari Bay New Port Area Central Hokkaido Sunagawauna Sorachi Industrial Complex ○ Use of Hokkaido ingredients and materials ○ Expansion of services throughout the area 2017（H29） Natural Science Co., Ltd. Cosmetics Tokyo Shiraoi Industrial Complexx Support the expansion of these three fields through ■Example of a Health and Longevity-related Company research and development, market expansion, etc. Located in Hokkaido (Nakakita Yakuhin Co., Ltd.) ○ Promotion of research, development and commercialization ○ Market expansion and creation of demand Nakakita Yakuhin Co., Ltd. (head office: Aichi) is a general pharmaceutical company with a history spanning 290 years. They carry out a wide range of operations related to medical and medicinal products, from production to wholesale, distribution and customer support. ■Wide range of functional materials and research opportunities They built a new factory in Kitahiroshima, a city located between downtown Sapporo and ・Functional materials dictionary (pictured left) New Chitose Airport, due to a need for risk diversification and the abundant, high-quality This resource details the characteristics of Hokkai- Chitose Airport Industrial Complex Nishiko Waterfront Industrial Complex groundwater in the area. The factory do's abundant food materials and medicinal plants. mainly produces oral liquid medicine. Their ・Collection of Health and Medical Research Opportu- corporate activities are closely linked to the nities (pictured right) community, including recruitment at Hokkaido's universities and technical This resource describes research opportunities in See“INDUSTRIAL PARKS IN HOKKAIDO” colleges and production of medicinal wine fields related to health and medicine, from pharma- for more details. ceutics and medical devices to functional materials, with Hokkaido wine as the main Search for INDUSTRIAL PARKS IN HOKKAIDO. ingredient. at institutes such as Hokkaido's medical universities. Tomakomai Western Industrial Zone Tomakomai Tobu Area Toyosawa Industrial Complex Backing Steady Growth of Bio Industries Using Hokkaido Ingredients and Materials ■Main industrial complexes where ■Main Industrial Complexes in Hokkaido (*complexes with over 20ha of land for sale) (As of May 2018) groundwater can be supplied (unit: ㎥/day) According to the Hokkaido Bio Report 2017 from the Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI Hokkaido), Hokkaido's bio industry achieved sales of 63.8 billion yen in the Size of Potential Industrial Sale Price (yen/ ㎡ ) Volume of 2016 fiscal year - an increase of 8.1% on the previous year and over six times greater than sales 17 years ago. Its employment numbers have also more than quadrupled in that time, with Industrial Complex Location Municipality Industrial Complex Accessible Sites (ha) For Sale Lowest Highest Groundwater 2,276 employees today (an increase of 3.5% on the previous year). The industry has thus become a major source of employment and support for the local economy. It offers particularly great possibilities for the functional food industry thanks to Hokkaido's abundant agricultural and marine resources and food research cluster. Much high-profile research and Tomakomai Tobu Area Tomakomai, Abira, Atsuma 5,500.0 4,478.0 9,000 15,500 Memuro No. 5 Industrial Complex 8,800 development is being carried out by Hokkaido's companies and other relevant organizations for purposes such as utilization of Hokkaido's original food function display system. Ishikari Bay New Port Area Ishikari, Otaru 1,210.6 145.8 12,000 15,000 Ebetsu RTN Park 8,000 Created in 2013 and known affectionately as "Healthy Do," the system is the only food function certification system in Japan and is used by local government bodies nationwide. Sorachi Industrial Complex Bibai, Naie 247.3 109.9 690 (*420 for large lots) 1,070 (*630 for large lots) Chitose Chitose Airport Industrial Complex 8,000 ■Sales Trends of Hokkaido’s Biotechnology Companies (by category) Chitose Vivi World Chitose 108.4 80.9 9,000 Chitose Chitose Delivery Complex 4,000 (hundred million yen) (persons) ■The Clinical Study of Food: Ebetsu Model 700 2,276 2,400 Akenokita Industrial Complex Tomakomai 131.1 65.5 10,300 (average unit price) Chitose No. 4 Industrial Complex 3,500 Others 2,199 (Hokkaido Information University) 650 2,096 6 2,200 Agri-bio 1,757 The Clinical Study of Food: Ebetsu Model operated by Hokkaido Information University is a system Utonai Housing/Commercial Complex Tomakomai 65.8 58.8 15,500～ Date Nagawa Industrial Complex 2,500 600 1,544 7 6 83 Research support 1,574 2,000 unmatched by almost any other system in the world. Scientific intervention testing on food safety Tomakomai Western Industrial Zone Tomakomai 1,155.8 9,300～ 550 1,543 5 81 55.7 Chitose Vivi World 2,000 Medical & pharmaceutical 1,527 6 73 1,424 6 6 5 1,800 and functionality is conducted in cooperation with the community, enabling efficient, low-cost 500 69 73 Chitose Airport Industrial Complex Chitose 214.4 45.1 9,000 Kitami Kitami Industrial Complex 1,500 Functional food 1,324 7 73 70 78 139 1,600 testing. Ebetsu has a prolific crop and livestock farming industry and is designated as a food zone 450 and cosmetics 74 138 136 6 due to its agglomeration of testing and New Chitose Airport Logistics Center Chitose 33.6 33.6 14,000～21,000 Shibetsu Ekinan Industrial Complex 1,440 400 144 1,400 Employees 1,221 144 76 148 140 research institutes and universities, providing Central Hokkaido Sunagawa 350 9 152 124 1,200 Central Hokkaido Sunagawa Industrial Complex Sunagawa 74.8 26.9 2,000～ Sunagawa Industrial Complex 1,226 142 113 111 300 907 69 1,000 the ideal conditions for research and 848 871 114 Minami Sorachi Distribution Complex Iwamizawa 35.1 24.6 11,500 (average unit price) Kitami High-Tech Park 1,200 11 106 117 development of functional foods. An 250 746 5 10 105 89 114 800 200 584 50 51 72 118 ongoing testing framework has been put in Hirosato Industrial Complex Fukagawa 49.2 24.3 Consultation available Chitose Science Park 1,000 510 3 112 2 44 99 600 150 457 34 50 place and is maintained by volunteers, 1 93 91 85 256 264 285 1 14 57 400 Chitose Delivery Complex Chitose 30.2 23.9 15,000 20,000 Chitose Neshikoshi Business Complex 1,000 100 18 50 191 201 205 including members of the community. The 41 18 20 21 18 150 164 15 15 17 125 130 136 200 (Extracted from complexes for sale where over 1,000 ㎥ of groundwater per day can be obtained) 50 32 69 71 73 72 system is also designed so that it can be 39 54 63 0 0 used by small and medium companies. 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (FY) （H11）（H12）（H13）（H14）（H15）（H16）（H17）（H18）（H19）（H20）（H21）（H22）（H23）（H24）（H25）（H26）（H27）（H28） (Source: Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI Hokkaido)) (Note: The figures for 2016 are projections. The figures for 2015 and earlier are actual results.)

24 BUSINESS LOCATION GUIDEBOOK HOKKAIDO BUSINESS LOCATION GUIDEBOOK HOKKAIDO 25 Tomakomai Ishikari Bay Industrial Base with “Double Ports” Connecting it to the World Tobu Area The Largest Production and Logistics Base in the Sapporo Area New Port Area

Expansive Areas and Low Costs: The Best Site for Large-Scale Industry Over 700 Emerging Businesses

One of the Largest Industrial Bases in Japan Excellent Location: Just 15km or a 30-minute Drive from Abira New Central Sapporo The Tomakomai Tobu Area, or Tomatoh, is a vast industrial base with a total area of 10,700ha, located in the Sapporo Chitose industrial hub of central Hokkaido. Airport The largest industrial complex in the Sapporo area, the “Ishikari Bay New Port Area” is just 15km or a 30-minute The area has excellent land, sea and air access, including New Chitose Airport, the Port of Tomakomai and major Tomakomai Atsuma drive from central Sapporo. It boasts a total area of approximately 3,000ha and centers on Ishikari Bay New Port, highways and railways. It also has an abundant natural environment with a favorable climate. Tomakomai an international trading port that serves as the sea gateway to Sapporo. The total area of land for sale is 5,500ha, including large-scale lots of over 100ha. Tobu Area Powered by Sapporo’s Metropolitan Area “Double Ports” Provide Great Domestic and The Sapporo area has a population of around 2.5 million. Around 1.15 million of these people are of working International Access Regular More Regular Ship age, and there is an abundance of highly skilled young full-time and part-time workers. Tomakomai Cargo Routes than Almost The port area is also fully equipped with a prefecturally-managed wastewater treatment plant and private Routes Anywhere in Japan Port Located near the “double ports” of the Port of Tomakomai and New Chitose Airport, the Tomatoh Area is (Coastal) industrial waste disposal facility, and lies on the New Hokkaido Expressway (Route 337), which is currently Japan’ s largest industrial base, with great domestic and overseas access. It is also an optimal backup base for View of Ishikari Bay New Port area from central Sapporo Hachinohe under construction. When the expressway is completed, it will provide a direct link to New Chitose Airport and large plant factories and data centers. Akita Miyako major cities in Hokkaido. ■Sapporo Area Access Map Sendai-Shiogama Niigata ■Airports Hitachinaka Tsuruga Oarai Nagoya Tomatoh is located 10km from New Chitose Airport, Japan's first 24-hour international airport. The airport has Shimizu Osaka Ishikari Bay Ishikari Oppama two 3,000m runways, offers flights to and from 23 major cities in Japan and is served by 20 international routes, New Port Area Keihin with regular passenger flights to and from Shanghai, Taipei and Seoul. Sapporo ■Harbor Okadama Under Otaru Airport development Tomakomai Port is an international hub handling over half of Hokkaido's harbor freight and the largest volume of More Regular Ship Routes than Almost Anywhere domestic freight in Japan from 2001 - 2018, a consecutive 17 years. It is serviced by seven regular ferry routes across in Japan (Ocean) Sapporo bodies of water such as the Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan (60 services per week). It is also serviced by 14 coastal JR Tomakomai Port Chitose Dalian roll-on/roll-off container ship routes (48 services per week) and 8 ocean container ship routes (8.5 services per week). Vancouver Route 36 Line Qingdao Ulsan Tacoma Legend ■National Motorways Busan New Port Shanghai Busan New There are three national motorway interchanges in Tomatoh. It takes about 60 minutes to reach Sapporo. Ningbo Gwangyang HOKKAIDO New Hokkaido Hokkaido Expressway Expressway ■Railway EXPRESSWAY (Route 337) National Tomakomai Station is serviced by three passenger railway lines. It is about 19 hours by train from the Tomakomai Manila South Port Motorways New Chitose Airport Cargo Terminal to Tokyo. Highway Railway Accumulation of a Diverse Range of Energy-Related Facilities JR Ishikari Bay New Port: a huge industrial area around the“Port of Sapporo” ⇒60 minutes from New Chitose Airport Ishikari Bay New Port Area ⇒30 minutes from JR Sapporo Station ■Number of Locations and Operating Companies High Potential as an Industrial Area (Area unit: ha) Thus far, over 700 companies have decided to expand into the Ishikari Bay New Established companies Operating companies Number of Number of Port Area. It serves as a base for a wide range of Sapporo business activities companies Area companies Area including production such as food products, machinery and metals, along with Industrial Area 489 551.0 424 476.0 Hokkaido's largest concentration of frozen and refrigerated warehouses and Distribution Area 215 233.0 204 209.4 Tomakomai Biomass Power Station logistics fields such as wholesale, storage and transportation. Recent Management Support Area 15 31.4 13 18.4 Mega Solar site developments include the current construction of Japan's largest LNG terminal Harbor Area 19 84.9 17 55.5 along with an environmentally-friendly data center that makes use of the region's Total 738 900.3 658 759.3 TOYO SUISAN KAISHA, LTD. Tomakomai Thermal cold climate. These highlight the Sapporo area's steady expansion as an industrial As of the end of December 2018 (Industrial District) Electric Power Station Plant factory using area. Note 1) Including public offices such as the Hokkaido Government and Otaru and Ishikari City Governments trigeneration Note 2) Numbers of companies and areas include sites for cooperatives (6 cooperatives with a total of 146 companies) CCS verification testing facility An energy supply base for a A Gateway to the World Tomatoh-Atsuma Electric Power Station wide range of energy sources Ishikari Bay New Port is serviced by regular direct ocean container routes to and from South Korea, China LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) terminals are being built in the Ishikari and the Philippines, and is part Bay New Port area to receive LNG from overseas and supply it of a global network that ■A Network Linking Japan to the Global Community throughout Hokkaido. The area also receives and supplies oil connects it with regions such as An Industrial Complex that Co-exists with Nature…Cool, Stable Climate Means Less Air-Conditioning Russia products such as kerosene, light oil and gasoline. China, Southeast Asia, North China Europe The Ishikari Bay New Port area is also becoming a Hokkaido energy America and Europe. ■Approximately 30% of the Tomatoh area (3,200ha) has been set aside as green spaces, complementing the rivers, mountain supply hub. LNG thermal power stations and wind power stations are The foreign trade container Ishikari Bay New Port forests and living areas for wild birds to create an abundant natural environment around the industrial complex. Tianjin New Port being built in the area, services mainly import wood Dalian Qingdao ■Tomakomai City has a comfortable climate: it has lighter snowfall than other places in Hokkaido and rarely sees temperatures Vladivostok Lianyungang Vanino and energy-related products, industrial chemicals Nakhodka above 25°C or below -10°C. This keeps air conditioning costs low throughout the year, making the city an ideal site for facilities South Korea industries are expected such as dyes, paint and synthetic Shanghai Korsakov such as large-scale factories or data centers. Busan to be concentrated resin and other industrial Ningbo Hong Kong (1) Snow Accumulation: Around 1/4 of that in Sapporo Sapporo there in future. chemical products, and export Tomakomai (2) Average Temperature: Around the same as that in Karuizawa recycled materials, fishery Kaohsiung products and automobile parts. Manila Southeast Asia, Oceania, etc. North America, etc. A winning entry from the photo contest sponsored by Tomatoh Inc. LNG ship (Chuofuto) Regular Foreign Trade Container Shipping Routes

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