Sapporo Reasons for choosing +1 7 Koriyama Selected as an Aomori SDGs Future City Akita Shinkansen Akita Morioka Tohoku Shinkansen To Sapporo (by Air) Yamagata Sendai Yamagata MiigataNiigata Shinkansen Koriyama Ban-Etsu Fukushima Expressway Joetsu Shinkansen Iwaki Kan-Etsu Tohoku Expressway Expressway Nagano Hokuriku Utsunomiya Joban Shinkansen Expressway Kanazawa Kita-Kanto Expressway Ken-O Road Central Tokyo Circular Route To Osaka (by Air) Yokohama Tomei Nagoya Expressway Kyoto Shizuoka Osaka Tokaido Shinkansen Koriyama City Mascot Koriyama City Gakuto-kun & Onpu-chan Bring your business to Koriyama, a city of knowledge, combined with people, goods and information. 札幌 Mayor of Koriyama SHINAGAWA Masato 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 medical workers outnumbering the national average. 5. Koriyama has an ample supply of fresh ingredients such as vegetables, rice and sea foods for both Japanese and Western cuisine. 青森 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. Reasons for Koriyama City, the Crossing choosing No. 7 Koriyama 1 Point of East Japan To Sapporo (by Air) (by Sapporo To For logistical convenience, Niigata Port distance is not the only factor. Sendai 32,300,000t (2018) Yamagata Koriyama has many factors that make it an Commissioned to important transportation hub, such as land South Korea, Yamagata China, and Russia Shinkansen Fukushima routes in the form of the Shinkansen and Niigata expressways, air routes via Fukushima Ban-Etsu Airport, and sea routes via Iwaki and Niigata. Expressway Koriyama It is only 76 minutes from Tokyo on the Shinkansen. Joetsu Tohoku Being situated at an intersection of express- Shinkansen Iwaki Shinkansen ways and railways, Koriyama garners atten- Joban tion for its excellent location in terms of risk Nagano Kan-Etsu Expressway Expressway Tohoku Onahama Port spreading and Business Continuity Planning Hokuriku Utsunomiya Kanazawa Expressway 16,240,000t (2018) (BCP). Shinkansen Commissioned to Furthermore, a great number of companies Maebashi Kita-Kanto Expressway South Korea as well as medical institutions are located and China along the Ban-Etsu Expressway. Central To Osaka (by Air) Tokyo Circular Route Tomei Expressway Yokohama Various access routes Kyoto Nagoya Shizuoka Source : Port Freight Handling Volume available from the Kansai area Ranking (2018 Top 200) Osaka Expressways Tokaido Ban-Etsu, Hokuriku, Meishin Shinkansen Expressway route 730km 9hours 80mins Sapporo Tohoku, Tomei, Meishin Expressway route 780km 10hours Sendai 35mins Via Plane 120mins 60mins Osaka (Itami) Fukushima 70mins Travel time Niigata Koriyama Iwaki Via Shinkansen from Koriyama 70mins 76mins Osaka 30mins Tokyo Hamamatsu 90mins- Shikoku 60mins Nagoya 100mins Tokyo 76mins Koriyama Kyusyu 90mins Shin-Osaka 150mins- Okinawa 120mins Reasons for Sustainable community choosing +1 development in cooperation 7 Koriyama with neighboring municipalities Koriyama Collaborative Core Urban Area Broaden, strengthen and cooperate each other -For the creation of a sustainable urban area for the next generations- Although the population is decreasing and aging, Koriyama aims to revitalize the community and create an environment in which residents Inawashiro safely live their lives. Koriyama plans to collaborate closely with the 16 Nihonmatsu Otama neighboring cities, towns and villages in order to create a sustainable Motomiya community for the future. Tamura Small start support project Koriyama Miharu Koriyama promotes new efforts in tackling challenges and supports startups to revitalize local communities through public-private sukagawa partnerships. Ten-ei Ono Kagamiishi Tamakawa Hirata Population (of the region): approx. 650,000 (outnumbering the population of Tottori Prefecture) Ishikawa Area size: approx. 3,313km2 (1.5 times larger than of Tokyo) Furudono Companies located in the region include: Asakawa Tohoku Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Koriyama, Motomiya), Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd. (Koriyama), Panasonic Co. (Koriyama), AGC Electronics Co., Ltd. (Koriyama, Motomiya), H-One Co., Ltd. (Koriyama), Nippon Denko Co., Ltd. (Koriyama), Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. (Koriyama, Miharu), Asahi Brewer- ies Ltd. (Motomiya), DENSO FUKUSHIMA Co. (Tamura), Johnson and Johnson Co. (Sukagawa), Nipro Co. (Kagamiishi), TBK Co., Ltd.(Tamakawa) Selected as an SDGs Future City Economy A city that promotes achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SDGs stands for “Sustainable Development Goals”. Adopt- Industry Agriculture ed by the United Nations in 2015, these are goals to be solved through the involvement of all countries in order to realize a society that leaves no one behind. ‘Knowledge Hub’ Koriyama Koriyama is working to build a sustainable city based on the ‘All-Generation Healthy Urban Area’ keyword health through accumulating and promoting the Creation Project medical care and health industries, extending the healthy life expectancy and reducing medical expenses, and ensuring a Analysis of wide-area Measures to extend medical care healthy life expectancy comfortable living environment with a small environmental utilizing open data utilizing ICT impact. Environment EBPM EBM Society Global warming Energy Sports Environmental learning Medical / Health A certified International Safe Community A safe and secure city by global standards In order to prevent injuries or accidents and to create a more safe and comfort- able environment, the World Health Organization acknowledged Koriyama City with the international safe communities-certification, as the first city in Fukushi- ma Prefecture. As of Feb.2018, Koriyama was the 391st in the world and 15th city in Japan to recieve this certificate. Smart System Research Facility Reasons for Energy Control Experiment Building choosing No. Building Koriyama 7 2 Main Building Demonstration Field Leading city in renewable energy Courtesy: the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Map No. Primary Reserch Themes of FREA Research and verification Production and utilization Hydrogen energy system Fukushima Renewable of advanced integration of technology for hydrogen and heat utilization renewable distributed energy carrier technology Energy Institute, AIST (FREA) energy resources Advanced technology for High-performance PV Study on a stable The Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute of the National wind power generation modules based on thin long-term energy source crystalline silicon solar of photovoltaic systems Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology cells (AIST) was opened in April of 2014 at the Koriyama West Industrial Park 2. A place where industry, academia and Advanced performance Technologies for effective Suitability assessment of government come together, FREA provides top class characterization and sustainable use of ground-source heat technology for geothermal resources pump system and its technological support for both innovation and business photovoltaic cells & system optimization modules and calibration management relating to renewable energy. technology on reference technology FREA provides technical support for the seeds of renew- photovoltaic devices able energy-related technologies owned by companies in the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, Concluded a memorandum of and aims to create new industries in the affected areas understanding with Essen using cutting-edge research technologies by promoting the commercialization of these technologies by companies Koriyama signed a memorandum of under- in the city and many other companies. standing with the city of Essen in Germany to promote cooperation in the renewable energy and medical device industries. Reasons for Supporting the development choosing No. and commercialization of 7 Koriyama 3 medical equipment The Fukushima Medical Device Development Support Center was set Map No. up in Tomita-machi, Koriyama City in November 2016. Fukushima Medical Device The facility - set up by Fukushima Prefecture as the first of its kind in Japan -offers one-stop support for innovation of new medical technol- Development Support Center ogy and consulting regarding commercialization and expansion. The center provides consulting and business matching for companies, medical equipment safety evaluation and training for workers in the medical field. The Fukushima Medical Device Development Support Center promotes efforts in matching the needs of medical institutions with the needs of manufactures. Primary functions ■Safety assessment ■Human resource devlopment / Training Biological safety testing area ■Consulting / Information / Communication support Electrical, physical and ■Business matching chemical safety testing area Public Qualifications / Certifications: ■