It's the first local government! We will conclude a memorandum of cooperation with JOIN to promote the participation of local companies in the overseas smart city business.

Yokohama City is promoting initiatives to link overseas demand to expand business opportunities for local companies through the “International Technical Cooperation through Public-Private Partnership (Y-PORT Project)”.
Currently, the market for sustainable urban development, the so-called smart city development market, is expanding mainly in emerging countries. In response to this, Yokohama City, which has been promoting the development of an area-wide infrastructure that spans complex areas, such as the Minato Mirai 21 district, has been receiving requests from overseas.
In December last year, the government formulated the “Infrastructure System Overseas Expansion Strategy 2025” by the Keikyo Infrastructure Strategy Council (Chair: Secretary-General of the Cabinet Secretariat) and is considering and deploying various support measures for the overseas expansion of smart cities in Japan.
In response to this strategy, Yokohama City will conclude a new memorandum of cooperation with the Overseas Transportation and Urban Development Business Support Organization (JOIN). This is the first case in which JOIN has signed a memorandum of understanding with a local government.