KITAKYUSHU

- In 2018, OECD selected Kitakyushu as a model city for promoting the Sustainable Development Goals, a first in Asia.
- With its strong history of development as an industrial hub in Japan, a wide range of steel, chemical, automotive, and semiconductor-related industries continue to call Kitakyushu home.
- Major industrial companies located in Kitakyushu include Yaskawa Electric Corporation, TOTO, and other global players with unique technologies.

ACCESS

Kitakyushu Airport

35min by Airport bus from Kokura Station

POPULATION

0.9 million

UNIVERSITY

- Kyushu Institute of Technology
- The University of Kitakyushu
- National Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu College

ECONOMY

- YASKAWA Electric Corporation
- TOTO LTD.
- ZENRIN CO., LTD.
- DAIICHI KOUTSU SANGYO Co.,Ltd

SUPPORT

The “SDGs Innovation Trial Project” provides partial subsidies to startups for the cost of demonstrations and coordination of demonstration fields in Kitakyushu.

“COMPASS Kokura” was established by Kitakyushu as temporary office space to help businesses succeed. It supports companies just getting started in Kitakyushu by providing small offices and implementing a unique acceleration program.

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KITAKYUSHU - Startups