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Aiming to advance and revitalize industry and increase employment opportunities,
the Committee for the Promotion of Investment in Hokkaido is playing a
central role in making every possible effort to create industrial base
areas through government-industry-university collaboration, by capitalizing
on the advantages and characteristics of Hokkaido. These industrial base
areas are not limited to IT and biotechnology industries, and are wide-ranging
to include recycling, light industry, energy and so on. Numerous base areas
filled with individuality based on the Special Zone authorization are also
being formed. Incentives have also been introduced steadily to attract
enterprises to these industrial base areas, including R&D support facilities
and subsidies with 3.7 billion yen as the maximum limitation. We will introduce
the current situation of industrial base areas in Hokkaido, where the formation
of industrial bases has been in progress by taking advantage of various
characteristics in a wide expanse of Hokkaido.
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The Ishikari Bay New Port Area is a large-scale industrial base that has
the Ishikari Bay New Port, which serves as the marine gateway to Sapporo,
as its core. This area boasts of one of the greatest areas of corporate
concentration in Japan: already 700 companies are located in this area,
with the number of employees exceeding 14,000. Authorized as the Special
Zone for Structural Reform, this area is eligible for the deregulation
of gross vehicle mass. Therefore, cost reduction is possible through the
enhancement of transportation efficiency. Furthermore, since it is also
designated as a "grecycle port," hit is attracting interest as
the physical distribution base for recycling-oriented resources.
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| Address |
West 1-chome~ South
3-chome, Shinko, Ishikari City; 5-chome, Zenibako,
Otaru City, etc. |
| Area of land for sale in lots |
1,208ha |
| Price of land for sale in lots |
Industrial Zone, Distribution Zone:12,000 yen/m2 (39,600 yen/tsubo)
Administration & Support Zone:13,000 yen/m2~15,000
yen/m2 |
| Lease |
Available (lease in the form of tenant right for business purposes)
Industrial Zone, Distribution Zone:42 yen/m2 monthly
Administration & Support Zone:50 yen/m2 monthly |
| Major companies sited |
Kao Corporation, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd., YKK Corporation, Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd., SSP Co., Ltd., Air Water Inc., etc. |
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Inquiries
Ishikari Development Co., Ltd.
Support Center Plaza
202, Chuo 1-chome, Shinko, Ishikari City 061-3242
Tel: (0133) 64-1111 Fax: (0133) 64-2124
E-mail: kikaku@ishikari-dev.co.jp
URL: http://www.ishikari-dev.co.jp
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Situated in the proximity of New Chitose Airport and having Tomakomai Port,
Tomakomai Tohbu Area is blessed with location features. It is an industrial
base with ideal transportation accessibility, including a nearby expressway.
Since it includes Tomakomai East Port, which was designated as the primary
recycling port, it has also attracted interest as the base for the recycling
industry. Currently, the area is rigorously promoting the start-up of recycling-related
industries, i.e. secondhand automobiles, waste consumer electronics and
waste plastic.
This is a new concentration area for the environment
industry, where the world's first power plant with
waste plastic as the fuel is in operation.
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| Outline |
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Hayakita Town &
Atsuma Town, Tomakomai City |
| Area of land for
sale in lots |
5,500ha |
| Price of land for
sale in lots |
Rinku Kashiwabara
District: 9,300 yen/m2
Rinkai Rinko District: 17,000 yen/m2 |
| Lease |
Consultation |
| Major companies sited |
Isuzu Engine Manufacturing Hokkaido Corporation, Sanix Energy Incorporated.,
Hokkaido Eco Recycle Systems Co., Ltd., Dynax Corporation,
Tomakomai-Tobu Oil Storage Co., Ltd., etc. |
Inquiries
Tomatoh Inc.
211-1 Kashiwabara, Tomakomai City 059-1362
Tel: (0144) 53-1010 Fax: (0144) 53-1011
E-mail: tomatoh.eigyou@nifty.com
URL: http://www.tomatoh.co.jp
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The Tomakomai Western Industrial Zone has the Tomakomai Western Port as
the core, and is the industrial base representing Hokkaido, where various
types of functions, such as production, processing, distribution and housing,
were systematically arranged.
Currently, companies in the manufacturing industry
in the fields of automobiles, oil refinery, chemicals,
electricity, timber, machinery industry and so on
are operating on seaside industrial land. In the
inland industrial land, a total of approximately
330 companies in the light industry, distribution
and other industries are operating. Boasting the
nation’s largest natural gas reserve, the Tomakomai
Western Industrial Zone is the complex industrial
base that is also expected to serve as a possible
energy base in Hokkaido.
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| Address |
Yufutsu, Irifune-cho
and Masago-cho, Tomakomai City |
| Area of land for
sale in lots |
1,153.5ha |
| Price of land for
sale in lots |
Please inquire. |
| Lease |
Consultation |
| Major companies
sited |
Toyota Motor Hokkaido,
Inc.,
Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd.,
Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd., etc. |
Inquiries
Real Estate Marketing Division Tomakomai Industrial Port Development Co., Ltd.
2-9-15, Irifune-cho, Tomakomai City 053-0003
Tel: (0144) 33-1181 Fax: (0144) 35-9888
URL: http://www.tomakomai.or.jp/co/kaihatu |
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Located in Central Hokkaido at the halfway point between Sapporo and Asahikawa,
Sorachi Industrial Park is blessed with transportation accessibility, e.g.
the Hokkaido North-South Expressway, major national highways, and JR Hakodate
Line, which runs right across the park. The Bibai High Tech Center was
constructed at a corner of the park and has been supporting the start-up
and relocation of companies in the information and communication industry.
In addition, this industrial park attracted nationwide attention for its
early endeavors on the cold energy utilization system, such as "snow
cooling" whereby huge amounts of snow are used as resources, therefore
rigorously promoting the creation of new industries.
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| Address |
Chashinai Town
and Chashinai, Naie Town, Bibai City |
| Area of land for
sale in lots |
247ha |
| Price of land for
sale in lots |
5,090 yen~6,160
yen m2
(Consultation available for Construction Section
Nos.1 & 3 and Zone C) |
| Lease |
Consultation |
| Major companies
sited |
Bibai High Tech
Center,
Royal Hills Co., Ltd.,
VERRE du NORD Corporation,
Naie Town Rice Storage Facilities, etc. |
Inquiries
Industrial Land Division Independent Administrative Institution Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN
Ito 110 Bldg. 8F 5-1, North 7, West 4, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0807
Tel: (011) 747-7702 Fax: (011) 747-8246
E-mail: nishi-t@region.go.jp
URL: http://www.smrj.go.jp
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The Central Hokkaido High-Technology Area of Concentrated Industry extends
into three cities and one town – Tomakomai, Chitose and Eniwa cities
and Hayakita Town. With high potential for industrial development, the
area has been developing as Hokkaido’s major base of industrial development
where automobile-related, electric machinery and other industries are located.
The concentration of companies that possess high-level skills, technologies,
human resources and other industrial resources have been progressing due
to a variety of support projects centering on the Central Hokkaido Industrial
Technology Promotion Organization, including the Tomakomai Techno Center
and the Eniwa Research and Business Park. This is an industrial development
area where diverse R&D activities have been promoted through government-industry-university
exchanges, therefore attracting a lot of interest.
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Against the background of New Chitose Airport’s excellent transportation
accessibility and abundant natural environment, improvement of industrial
business and facility areas due to the transfer and relocation of offices,
research institutes, sales offices and so forth has been under way in the
Chitose Office Arcadia. The Chitose Arcadia Plaza was established as the
facility designed to support industrial business, providing assistance
to business scenes of various companies. Since Chitose Institute of Science
and Technology, the nation’s only university specializing in photonics
sciences, is located nearby, a variety of projects, including the “Photonics
Valley Project” that aims to create the brain center of photonics technology,
have been promoted, creating a comprehensive business hub.
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| Address |
1-chome & 2-chome,
Kashiwadai-Minami, Chitose City |
| Area of land for
sale in lots |
29.8ha |
| Price of land for
sale in lots |
Please inquire. |
| Lease |
Consultation |
| Major companies
sited |
Nissan Financial
Service Co., Ltd.,
Sagawa Air Service Co., Ltd.,
Hokkaido Airport Terminal Co., Ltd.,
Chitose Outlet Mall Rela, etc. |
Inquiries
Industrial Land Division Independent Administrative Institution Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN
Ito 110 Bldg. 8F 5-1, North 7, West 4, Kita-ku,
Sapporo 060-0807
Tel: (011) 747-7702 Fax: (011) 747-8246
E-mail: nishi-t@region.go.jp
URL: http://www.smrj.go.jp
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The Asahikawa High-Technology Industry Concentration Area aims to open
possibilities for a new era, such as the industrial support service industry
and R&D divisions of companies, and to promote industrial promotion
for companies striving for further advancement. The Asahikawa Research
Center, which supports the development of new products, the creation of
new business and so forth, and the Hokkaido Northern Regional Building
Research Institute, which provides the housing industry with technological
improvement support appropriate for cold, snowy areas, have been established
in this area. Experimental research institutions such as the Hokkaido Forest
Products Research Institute, the Asahikawa City Craft Center and the Hokkaido
Industrial Technology Center are also located in the vicinity. This concentrated
industrial area provides comprehensive support for research and technological
development of various companies.
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| Address |
3-chome & 4-chome,
Higashi 1-jo, Midorigaoka, Asahikawa City |
| Area of land for
sale in lots |
13.5ha |
| Price of land for
sale in lots |
12,740 yen-15,110
yen/m2 |
| Lease |
Consultation |
| Major companies
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Computer Business,
Best Universal, etc. |
Inquiries
Industrial Land Division Independent Administrative Institution Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN
Ito 110 Bldg. 8F 5-1, North 7, West 4, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0807
Tel: (011) 747-7702 Fax: (011) 747-8246
E-mail: nishi-t@region.go.jp
URL: http://www.smrj.go.jp
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The Hakodate High-Technology Area of Concentrated Industry is the academic
and research center aiming to develop relevant leading-edge industries
based on the concentration of oceanic industries. This area has been contributing
greatly to the nurturing of the IT industry, with the Hakodate Industrial
Support Center and the Hokkaido Industrial Technology Center as the incubation
facility and the R&D facility, respectively. Furthermore, with the
authorization of the
ÅgSpecial Zone for Marine Frontier Science
and Technology Research,Åhgovernment-industry-university
collaboration has been reinforced by taking advantage
of the preferential measures, including the promotion
of the acceptance of foreign researchers and the
simplification of the uses of national research
facilities. This is the area of concentrated industry
capitalizing on regional characteristics, with the
goal of becoming the academic and research base
that will lead the world in the marine science research
field.
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| Address |
Suzuranoka-cho,
Hakodate City |
| Area of land for
sale in lots |
6.6 ha (13 lots) |
| Price of land for
sale in lots |
18,210 yen/m2 (as
of FY 2004) |
| Lease |
Available; approximately
15 yen/m2 monthly |
| Major companies sited |
Hakodate NKT Co., Ltd., Hakodate SEKONIC Inc., MEDECH Co., Ltd., CAC Corporation, Hakodate Carl Raymon, etc. |
Inquiries
Division of Business Development Commerce and Industry Promotion Office
Department of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Hakodate City Government
4-13, Shinonome-cho, Hakodate City 040-8666
Tel: (0138) 21-3350 Fax: (0138) 27-0460
E-mail: yuchi1@city.hakodate.hokkaido.jp
URL: http://www.city.hakodate.hokkaido.jp/
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"The 21st Century
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the era of Photonics"
Japan's only brain center of photonics technology |
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Hiroyuki
Sasabe, President, Chitose Institute of Science
and Technology (CIST)
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The Photonics Valley Project aims to establish an international R&D
base with photonics science technology as the key technology.
Chitose Institute of Science and Technology, which is
considered the hub of promotion of this project, was opened
in April 1998 as Japan’s only educational and research
institution specializing in photonics technology. |
| Mr. Sasabe, President
of the Institute, says: “Currently, we are engaged
in commissioned research with more than 50 private companies,
not to mention the proposal and public offering-type research
activities. As the base of government-industry-university
collaboration, its existence value has been increasing.
In the meantime, several venture companies from our Institute
have already been founded. |
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In 2001, this Institute played
a central role in establishing PWC (Photonics World Consortium)
as an NPO, and PWC has been tackling R&D and commercialization
of materials, device systems concerning optical communications
and optical electronics. Currently, eight PWC research
clusters are up and running toward R&D with a broader
base.” These diverse research clusters that focus
on biotechnology- and IT-related industries flourishing
in Hokkaido have been attracting major attention.
President Sasabe says, “There are various cases in
which optical technology is required, e.g. the photo dynamic
diagnosis and therapy, referred to as PDD/PDT, in the
biotechnology field and the development of organic EL
(electroluminescent) materials, organic lasers, etc. in
the IT field. From now on, we have to broaden consortiums
with the private sector.”
While government-industry-university collaboration has
been accelerated, e.g. Seiko Epson Corporation’s
construction of a plant in the neighborhood, Chitose Institute
of Science and Technology was born with the burden of
local expectations. Its movement exerts significant influence
to autonomous bodies and universities nationwide as a
model.
We have to keep taking notice of Chitose Institute of
Science and Technology, which continues to endeavor under
the slogan of “The 21st Century is the era of Photonics.” |
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