Kanagawa Science Park
The Kanagawa Science Park, conveniently located 15 kilometers south of central Tokyo is the first urban-type science park in Japan.
KSP houses numerous R&D departments of large companies and foreign affiliates.
These companies employ approximately 3,400 people, including engineers, researchers and business persons.
KSP is one of the largest science parks in Japan.
KSP is fully equipped with not only research laboratories with advanced specifications for R&D, but also with communication facilities such as meeting rooms, multipurpose event halls, and amenities such as a hotel, restaurants, and public green open spaces.
Research support facilities, such as the Materials Characterization Center, allow for collaboration of analytical research and technical consultations.
KSP, an ideal place for the R&D oriented businesses, will move forward to become a platform for global innovation.
After twice experiencing the Oil Shocks of the 1970s, the Japanese economy fell from its high economic growth stage into low economic growth.
Heavy industries drove structure reform, and furthermore, mass production-type processing industries were declining.
As a result, the hollow out of certain industries and unemployment problems in the coastal area of Kawasaki city, Kanagawa, reached a serious level, caused by the closing of manufacturing plants, and frequent transfer of plants to localities or overseas.
To deal with this situation, Governor Nagasu, the governor of Kanagawa Prefecture at that time, advocated a regional industrial policy concept called the “Brain Center Framework”.
To create employment and revitalize regional industries, it was necessary to make use of the potential resources of the region to transform the industrial structure into knowledge-oriented industries.
Thus, the Kanagawa Science Park was a concrete strategic project within this framework aimed to become a center for science and technology, and research and development between Japan and Asia, located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa.
Mayor Ito of Kawasaki at that time advocated the “Mechanical Electronics City Framework” and agreed with Governor Nagasu’s concept.
As a result, the KSP project was jointly initiated by Kanagawa Prefecture and the City of Kawasaki.
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Website: www.ksp.or.jp
Number: 81-44-819-2001