SUSTAINABLE CITY KORIYAMA reasons for choosing Koriyama Welcome to the city Yamagata Sendai Yamagata Shinkansen with the optimal Niigata Fukushima Niigata Port Ban- base for business Etsu West Line Koriyama Joetsu Shinkansen Ban-Etsu Ban-Etsu Expressway Aizu East Line Wakamatsu Hokuriku Shin-Shirakawa Expressway Iwaki Onahama Port Hokuriku Tohoku Expressway Joban Shinkansen Kan-Etsu Expressway Expressway Tohoku Shinkansen / Suigun Nagano Tohoku Main Line Line Kita-Kanto Expressway Kanazawa Takasaki Mito Kukishiraoka JCT Ken-O Road Omiya Chuo Expressway Kohoku JCT Gaikan Expressway Central Circular Route Tokyo Shin-Yokohama Tomei Tokaido Expressway Shinkansen Shizuoka Nagoya Shin-Tomei Expressway Hamamatsu Koriyama City Mascot Gakuto-kun’s Sister Koriyama City Gakuto-kun Onpu-chan The latest headlines from Koriyama Bring your business to Koriyama, a city of knowledge, combined with people, goods and information. Fukushima Prefecture's first Hydrogen Station opened Koriyama-Tomita Station Opened (April 1st, 2017) (June 8th, 2017) Koriyama Shinkin Kaiseizan pool Opened (Jul. 22, 2017) Mayor of Koriyama Masato Shinagawa At a mere 4 minutes from Koriyama Station, accessibility to the Hydrogen-fueled car purchase, running fully on This first municipally-owned indoor 50m pool in the nearby university and research facility is greatly improved. renewable energy from hydrogen cells. prefecture is suitable for official tournaments. ■Profile of Koriyama 1. Koriyama City is the crossing point of the Tohoku region, with the intersecting Tohoku and Ban-Etsu Expressways (the only major expressway connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan). 2. The Tohoku Shinkansen (bullet train) makes 96 stops per day at Koriyama Station. 3. As a hub for exchange between industry, academia, finance and government, Koriyama City ranks 3rd in the Tohoku region in population, production volume and the total sum of product sales. 4. Koriyama has strong medical facilities, with the number of hospitals and doctors far outnumbering the national MoU signed with Essen, Germany Collaboration with the Japanese Patent Attor- (Dec. 1, 2017) ney's Association (Feb. 8, 2018) Collaboration with Novo Nordisk (Feb. 13, 2018) average. Promoting collaboration in the fields of renewable Promoting and supporting the acquisition and use of Promoting anti-diabetes measures. 5. Koriyama has an ample supply of fresh ingredients such as vegetables, rice and sea foods for both Japanese and energy and medical equipment industries. intellectual property. Western cuisine. 6. Koriyama is rich in sports and recreation facilities, such as indoor pools, soccer fields and sports centers. 7. Koriyama is a great place for raising children safely in combination with work, thanks to child-rearing support facilities, such as the Child Support Center (Niko-Niko Kodomo Kan) and PEP Kids Koriyama. Inawashiro Koriyama City Atami Multi-Functional Community Otama Center (Hotto Atami) reasons for Motomiya The new facility will house a tourism & local products Lake center, soccer facility and a library among others choosing Inawashiro (scheduled to open in May 2018) № Tamura Koriyama Koriyama City, Koriyama Miharu 1 Sukagawa Koriyama City aims to develop into the hub of an Ten-ei the Crossing Point Kagamiishi Ono Shin-Aomori urban agglomeration of 600,000 people Tamakawa Hirata Although the population is decreasing and aging, Koriyama aims to revitalize the commu- Ishikawa nity and create an environment in which residents safely live their lives. Koriyama plans to collaborate closely with the 15 neighboring cities, towns and villages in order to create of East Japan Furudono this environment. Asakawa Population (of the region): approx. 594,000 (outnumbering the population of Tottori prefecture) For logistical convenience, distance is not the only factor Morioka Area size: approx. 2,968㎢. (1.4 times larger than of Tokyo) Koriyama has all the elements of a key transport hub, including the Shinkansen Companies located in the region include: (bullet train), expressways, air routes, and sea routes via Iwaki and Niigata. Tohoku Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Koriyama), Clarion Manufacturing and Service It is only 77 minutes from Tokyo on the Shinkansen. Being situated at an Co. Ltd. (Koriyama), Panasonic Co. (Koriyama), AGC Electronics Co., Ltd. (Koriyama), H-One Co., Ltd. (Koriyama), Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. (Koriyama, Miharu), intersection of expressways and railways, Koriyama garners attention for its Port freight handling excellent location in terms of risk spreading and Business Continuity Planning (BCP). volume Asahi Breweries Ltd. (Motomiya), DENSO FUKUSHIMA Co. (Tamura), Johnson and 32,200,000 tons (2015) Johnson Co. (Sukagawa), Nipro Co. (Kagamiishi), TBK Co., Ltd. (Tamakawa) Furthermore, the Ban-Etsu Expressway offers a great number of companies along Commissioned to South the road, in addition to medical companies. Korea, China, and Russia Sendai 80mins Niigata Sapporo Ban- Fukushima Overview of Koriyama City Niigata Port Etsu Expressway Sendai 35mins Area: 757.20㎢ Aizu Wakamatsu Koriyama Population: 334,324 (as of February 1, 2018) 120mins 60mins Travel time Shin-Shirakawa Niigata Koriyama Iwaki Various access routes Iwaki from Koriyama No. of Households: 140,945 (as of February 1, 2018) Joban Onahama Port Tohoku 70mins 77mins available from the Kansai area Hokuriku Expressway Expressway Working-age population: 202,559 (62.2%) (as of January 2018) Expressway 30mins Kan-Etsu Osaka Tokyo Expressways Market area population: 578,000 Expressway Shikoku 60mins Tohoku Port freight handling (Fukushima prefecture survey on consumer purchasing trend 2016) Shinkansen volume 90mins Ban-Etsu, Hokuriku, Meishin Expressway route 730km 9 hours 16,740,000 thousand tons Kyushu (2015) 120mins No. of Manufacturing Businesses: 457 (Economic census 2016) Omiya Commissioned to South Okinawa Kikuta km hours Korea and China No. of Employees in manufacturing Industry: 17,640 ( 〃 ) Tohoku, Tomei, Meishin Expressway route 780 10 Station Ban-Etsu West Line Tokyo Shin-Tomei Koriyama IC Value of Shipments of Manufactured Goods: 681 billion yen Expressway Via Plane Tomei Expressway Shin-Yokohama (3rd in Tohoku area / 2nd in Fukushima pref.)( 〃 ) Shizuoka 6.8 km to Koriyama Station (17mins) Koriyama-Chuo Koriyamatomita Smart IC Station Osaka (Itami) ̶ Fukushima min （provisional name） Commercial Sales: 1,225.5 billion yen 70 Sakura-dori Nagoya Tokaido Shinkansen (2nd in Tohoku area / 1st in Fukushima pref.) (Commercial statistics survey 2014) Koriyama Meishin Expressway Station Via Shinkansen Rice Production: 44,000 tons (16th nationally / 1st in Fukushima pref.) Osaka Hamamatsu Koriyama-Chuo (2016 rice production by rice producing areas (Fukushima)) Hamamatsu Station ̶90min Smart IC Tokyo Koriyama No. of contractors: Lawyer 69, Judicial Scrivener 54, Administrative Scrivener 173, Nagoya Station ̶ ̶ The Koriyama-Chuo Smart IC (provisional name) is planned to be open 100min Station 77 min Station Patent Attorneys 6, Tax Accountants 136, Labor & Social Security Attorneys 73 to the public starting March 2019, as the 5th of its kind in Koriyama. Shin-Osaka Station ̶150min Source: Port Freight Handling Volume Ranking (2015 Top 200) (as of January 2018) 1 2 Aerial View of FREA Smart System Research Facility reasons for choosing Energy Koriyama № Control Building 2 Experiment Building Demonstration Field Leading City in Renewable Main Building 【Overview of Main Research Facilities】 ●Total Site Area：78,000㎡ ●Main Building：7,200㎡ ●Experiment Building：4,700㎡ Energy ●Demonstration field：30,000㎡ ●Smart System Research Facility：5,700㎡ Primary Reserch Themes of FREA Suitability Research and High- assessment of Fukushima Renewable verification of Hydrogen energy performance PV ground-source advanced system and heat modules based on heat pump systems integration of utilization thin crystalline and system Energy Institute, AIST（FREA） renewable technology silicon solar optimization energy sources Production and cells Technology for Advanced technology utilization the effective Map No. A technology for technology of and sustainable use wind power hydrogen energy of geothermal The Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute (FREA) of the generation carrier resources National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) was opened in April of 2014 at the Koriyama West Industrial Park 2. A place where industry, academia and government come together, FREA provides Koriyama City, College of Engineering Nihon University, Renewable top class technological support for both innovation and ― Becoming a 'Test Bed City' ― business management relating to renewable energy. Energy Collaborative Research Facility FREA is supporting the work of many business towards Map No. B technological development and the creation of new business using the most cutting-edge research technolo- FREA is conducting empirical research gy, e.g. by supporting the commercialization of renew- regarding a shallow-geothermal energy able energy technology owned by companies in the utilization system, in collaboration with region that suffered great damage by the Great East the Nihon University College of Engi- Japan Disaster. neering, using a closed school facility. reasons for Supporting the development choosing № Koriyama and commercialization of 3 medical equipment. The Fukushima Medical Device Development Support Center was set up in Tomita-machi, Koriyama City in November 2016. The facility - set up by Fukushima Fukushima Medical Device Development Support Center