Yokohama City and National Research and Development Agency Riken signed an agreement.

In order to continuously create innovations in the health and medical fields, Yokohama City is promoting the Yokohama Life Innovation Platform (LIP.Yokohama), a network of industry, academia and government.
As the only natural science research institute in Japan, National Research and Development Agency RIKEN (RIKEN) conducts a wide range of research at various locations, conducts joint research and commissioned research in collaboration with universities and companies, and actively promotes the return of research results to society and technology transfer to industry.
Yokohama City and RIKEN have concluded an agreement with the aim of creating innovation, promoting industry, building a regional economic ecosystem through industry-academia-government-government collaboration, promoting research on science and technology, and disseminating research results, and further promoting cooperation and cooperation to promote life innovation.