What's Y-PORT?

The Y-PORT Project is a project for international technical cooperation based on public-private partnership through the utilization of Yokohama's resources and technologies. In emerging countries in Asia, etc., urban development issues have occurred such as population increase and disorderly การขยายตัว of urban areas brought about by rapid urbanization, and deterioration of the living and natural สภาพแวดล้อม associated with the underdevelopment of infrastructure and housing. The Y-PORT Project is meant to cope with these issues and strengthen partnership for the promotion of international technical cooperation by taking advantage of know-hows on urban development that Yokohama has so far cultivated and environmental technologies that เอกชน enterprises in Yokohama have. In doing so, the project aims to raise the brand value of Yokohama, a cosmopolitan city, and to promote the overseas การขยายตัว of เอกชน enterprises in the city.

The City of Yokohama and three partner companies that have concluded comprehensive partnership agreements ( JGC Corporation, JFE Engineering Corporation and Chiyoda Corporation ) invited the Minister of Construction of Myanmar to hold an opinion การแลกเปลี่ยน session, etc. ( February 25 2013 )

The City of Yokohama offers know-hows to cities overseas and gives advice to enterprises including SMEs in Yokohama regarding overseas การขยายตัว of infrastructure business.

The City of Yokohama concluded with Cebu City in the Philippines, the "Memorandum of Understanding on Technical Cooperation for Sustainable Urban Development" and has promoted participation of เอกชน and academic organizations. In เดือนกรกฎาคม 2012 Yokohama conducted a joint survey with เอกชน enterprises, which resulted in formation of projects of SMEs in Yokohama. Yokohama is also working with Da Nang People's Committee in Vietnam and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration in Thailand.

The City of Yokohama is trying to come up with solutions to problems in cities overseas by taking advantage of technologies of SMEs in the city through dialogues with those enterprises. The city has also concluded comprehensive partnership agreements with JGC Corporation, JFE Engineering Corporation, Chiyoda Corporation, and Hitachi, Ltd. regarding international technical cooperation and has conducted joint surveys on urban development. The city has also been promoting the participation of other SMEs in joint projects with these partner companies.

The 3rd Asia Smart City Conference ( October 30 2014 )

overseas. The City of Yokohama is extensively, domestically and internationally, promoting know-hows on urban development and infrastructure technologies that the city, เอกชน enterprises and universities in the city possess by organizing and participating in international conferences and receiving observers and trainees แบบ
These achievements were highly appreciated and in 2014 the City of Yokohama was awarded the Special Mention in the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2014
Also since 2012 การประชุม the City of Yokohama has organized an international the Asia Smart City Conference (เว็บไซต์ภายนอก) with the participation of mayors in Asian cities and representatives of international organizations.　
In the third การประชุม held in 2014 mayors of 22 Asian cities, which is a record number, participated and shared visions and efforts for the development of sustainable cities, and they proposed to establish the Asia Smart City Network.

Yokohama Day ( October 29 2014 )

The City introduces support measures for เอกชน enterprises by the national การบริหารประเทศ or the ญี่ปุ่น International Cooperation Agency ( JICA ) with which the city was the first local การบริหารประเทศ to conclude a comprehensive partnership agreement in 2011 and offers ข่าวสาร on how to take advantage of those measures. การบริหารประเทศ The city promotes exchanges of opinions and ข่าวสาร between the city, เอกชน enterprises, the national enterprises. international organizations and other parties concerned in order to support the overseas การขยายตัว of เอกชน