Various activities were conducted as part of Shimonoseki City’s efforts to support startups, including putting up exhibitions at the IVS conference and startup conferences in Korea, as well as organizing seminars and entrepreneurship workshops for startups in Tokyo and Shimonoseki. By creating opportunities for startups to adopt the city as a testing field and connect with business partners, Shimonoseki City aims to build an ecosystem that is welcoming of bold initiatives.
Applicable regions
Yamaguchi Prefecture Shimonoseki City
Implementation period
July31,2025- present
Community and Regional Affairs category
Advisory role for the authorities, etc.
Related websites
Related agreements, etc.
Comprehensive Partnership Agreement on the Revitalization of Shimonoseki City comprising partners from industry, government and academia, namely, Shimonoseki City, Karato Shopping Street Cooperative, Cocoharete Corporation, Graduate School of Media Design (KMD) at Keio University, and YMFG Zone Planning Corporation
Campus
Hiyoshi
Person in charge
Graduate School of Media Design (KMD) Professor Hiroyuki Kishi
Inquiries
yuis-bst@kmd.keio.ac.jp