Special Zones for Structural Reform

　State regulations that are no longer inconsistent may hinder the economic activities of private companies and the business of local governments. The Structural Reform Special Zone System is a system aimed at promoting structural reforms and revitalizing the region by reforming the regulations of countries that no longer match the actual situation.

Accept ideas for regulatory reform from private businesses and local governments (= proposals), and for feasible ones, set specific areas (= special zones) and experimentally proceed with regulatory reforms. From the menu (external site) of regulatory reform that can be used in the Special Zone for Structural Reform (= list of specific businesses) that can be used in the Special Zone for Structural Reform, Special Zones will be born only after applying to the country and receiving certification.

• "Land readjustment special zone that activates farmland and residential land integrally" (approved on January 30, 2020) (PDF: 245KB)

Yokohama City is considering the realization of the land use of the former Kami-Seya communication facility, but the current system does not allow local governments to carry out land readjustment projects in the urbanization control area. Therefore, utilizing special measures, in the former Kami-Seya Communication Facility District, where about 250 private land and state-owned land are mixed, the city will take the lead in the land readjustment project and mixture of land. In addition to eliminating the mix, we will promptly and systematically promote town development that balances agricultural promotion and urban land use, and form a new activation base in the suburbs.
[Inquiry about deregulation using the Special Zone System for Structural Reform, Urban Development Bureau Planning Division 045-671-3511]
[Inquiry about land use plan of former Kamiseya communication facility: Urban Development Bureau Kamiseya maintenance promotion section 045-671-2061]

• "Yokohama Emergency Reform Special Zone" (certified on March 27, 2008) (PDF: 292KB)

Yokohama City is the first birthplace of emergency services in the country, but the number of emergency cases has been increasing in recent years, and the start of lifesaving treatment has been delayed due to repeated emergency requests. In Therefore, using special measures, if it is determined that "emergency and severity are low" based on the identification of urgency and severity when calling 119, two rescue workers will participate in one ambulance car, etc. Perform flexible operation. In this way, we will eliminate the situation in which emergency rescue squads that can respond due to frequent or duplication of emergency cases, and aim to improve the survival rate by starting early lifesaving measures.
[Inquiries about plan contents: Fire Bureau Emergency Division 045-334-6773)

• Keihin Coastal Area Revitalization Special Zone
• DME diffusion model special zone
• Citizen-use farm promotion special zone
• International Logistics Special Zone
• Minato Bustling Special Zone
• Urban University Promotion Special Zone
• truancy and other student support education zone
• International IT Business Exchange Special Zone
• Special employment placement zone using Hello Work Internet service job offer information at Yokohama Youth Support Station

⇒As for the details of each Structural Reform Special Zone Plan, please see the page (outside site) of the Cabinet Office Regional Revitalization Promotion Secretariat.