Business Center

Located within the metropolitan area, which has a huge market of 40 million people, Yokohama offers the advantage over Tokyo of outstanding human resources and much better cost performance in terms of cheaper office and housing rents and land prices. Average land values are less than half of what Tokyo’s prices, making it the perfect choice for real estate investment and development.

Information Infrastructure
Yokohama's business district is served entirely by optical fiber trunk lines. Furthermore, various high-speed communications infrastructure can be used, such as wireless, xDSL, and cable networks, and it is possible to make various choices depending on needs.

Outstanding Human Resources
The number of researchers* and engineers stationed in Kanagawa Prefecture, where Yokohama is located (Yokohama accounts for 40% of the prefecture's population), is approximately 320,000, which ranks Kanagawa number one in Japan in this respect. Together with second-placed Tokyo, the number rises to approximately 630,000. This shows that Yokohama is an excellent place for acquiring outstanding human resources. (*Researchers in the natural sciences only; excludes researchers in humanities and social science.)

Call Center
In Yokohama there is an abundance of human resources capable of handling foreign languages and advanced technologies, such as computer telephony integration (CTI). There are many call centers in the city, including those of WOWOW Communications, GE Edison Life, SKY PerfecTV, and Tokyo Disneyland.