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Introduction of the City of Kitakyushu

Today, Asian countries, which are experiencing striking economic growth, are attracting intense interest from companies all over the world. �e City of Kitakyushu’s position vis-à-vis other countries in Asia can be seen here. �e City of Kitakyushu is in the perfect location as a production and logistics base with an eye on the Asian market.

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Hiroshima

approximately 1,000km

approximately 1,000km

230km500km

500km 1,000km

Tokyo

Osaka

Kitakyushu City

160km

Source: Documents from the Japan Meteorological Agency (1981-2010)

●Population

●Number of households

●Area

●GDP (nominal)

●Temperature (annual average)

●Annual rainfall

Basic Data of the City of Kitakyushu(August 1, 2015)

958,669 people

430,166 households

489.60km2

JPY 3.2577trillion (FY 2012)

16.7℃

1,684.3mm

Shimonoseki

KitakyushuOnga

Kanda

Iizuka

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The City of Kitakyushu is located in the middle of Asia, between Tokyo and Shanghai.

The distance between Kitakyushu and Shanghai, and Kitakyushu and Tokyo is the same at about 1,000 km.

The distance from Kitakyushu to Busan is 230 km, which is closer than from Osaka.

Congratulations on World Heritage Registration!“Kitakyushu – A City of World Heritage”

First Head Office of the Imperial Steel Works, Japan

At the 39th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee on July 5, 2015, it was decided that

the group of industrial heritage sites that contributed to the modernization of Japan from the end of

the Edo period through the Meiji era, the “Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and steel,

shipbuilding and coal mining,” was to be inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The World Heritage group consists of 23 sites across 11 cities in eight prefectures, including the City

of Kitakyushu. Facilities related to the operation of Yawata Works in Kitakyushu have been included as

one of the World Heritage sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.

Kokura Station Kitakyushu Airport City Center Night view of the Industrial Area

Pacific Ocean

Sapporo

YokohamaNagoya

Kobe

Naha

Seoul

Busan

Ulsan

Beijing

Tianjin

Dalian

Qingdao Incheon

Shanghai

Yellow Sea

Japan Sea

East China Sea

Hong Kong

Taipei

Concentration of industries is a unique factor for the manufacturing city

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Extensive airport route networks to destinations in Japan and overseas

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Industries that center around automobiles, semi-conductors, materials, and components have concentrated and advanced their operations in Kitakyushu, which has a history of development as Japan’s industrial base that spans more than 110 years. A number of environmental and energy-related industries, which have garnered attention in recent years, have also located their operations in Kitakyushu.

Industries that center around automobiles, semi-conductors, materials, and components have concentrated and advanced their operations in Kitakyushu, which has a history of development as Japan’s industrial base that spans more than 110 years. A number of environmental and energy-related industries, which have garnered attention in recent years, have also located their operations in Kitakyushu.

Kitakyushu Airport and Fukuoka Airport in Fukuoka Prefecture o�er a number of extensive routes and ights to major destinations in both Japan and overseas. Kitakyushu is extremely accessible, with travel to the city center by car from Kitakyushu Airport about 30 minutes and about one hour from Fukuoka Airport.

The City of Kitakyushu surrounded by car manufacturers

●Engine manufacturing plants●Kurume Development Center

Miyata Plant, Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc.

Kurume Plant, Daihatsu Motor Kyushu Co., Ltd.

Annualproductioncapacity

vehicles430,000 Hofu Plant,

Mazda Motor Corporation


vehicles480,000

Nissan Motor Kyushu Co., Ltd.


vehicles530,000

Oita (Nakatsu) Plant, Daihatsu Kyushu Motor Co., Ltd.


vehicles460,000

Nissan Shatai Kyushu Co., Ltd.


vehicles120,000


engines324,000

●Hybrid unit manufacturing plants

Kokura Plant, Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc.

●Engine manufacturing plants

Kanda Plant, Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc.


engines220,000

MatsuyamaMatsuyama

CyubuCyubu

IzumoIzumo

KomakiKomaki

KomatsuKomatsu

NiigataNiigataSendaiSendai

IbarakiIbarakiNaritaNaritaHanedaHaneda

SinsyumatsumotoSinsyumatsumoto　　　　

ShizuokaShizuokaOsakaOsaka

KansaiKansai

TokushimaTokushima

KouchiKouchi

TsushimaTsushima

FukueFukueAmakusaAmakusa

IwatehanamakiIwatehanamaki

ShinchitoseShinchitose

KagoshimaKagoshima Miyazaki

YakushimaYakushima

AmamiosimaAmamiosima

NahaNaha

Amsterdam

Yawata Works, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationYawata Works, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

Yaskawa Electric CorporationYaskawa Electric Corporation

TOTO Ltd.TOTO Ltd.

Yawata Works, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationYawata Works, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

Yaskawa Electric CorporationYaskawa Electric Corporation

TOTO Ltd.TOTO Ltd.

SeoulSeoul

BusanBusan

BeijingBeijingDalianDalian

Tsingtao

ShanghaiShanghaiWuhan

TaipeiTaipei

Hong KongHong KongHanoiHanoi

BangkokBangkok

Ho Chi MinhHo Chi Minh

SingaporeSingapore

ManilaManila

HonoluluHonolulu

GuamGuam

KitakyushuKitakyushuFukuokaFukuoka

KitakyushuKitakyushuFukuokaFukuoka

Fukuoka Prefecture

Oita Prefecture

Hiroshima Prefecture

Yamaguchi Prefecture

Saga Prefecture

Kitakyushu City

Tobataku

Kokurakitaku

Kokuraminamiku

Yahatahigashiku

Mojiku

Simonoseki City

Kitakyushu CityYahatanishiku

Wakamatsuku

Fukuoka Airport

Kyushu Regional Development BureauKyushu Regional Development Bureau

Kitakyushu Airport

TOYOTATOYOTAMAZDA

NISSAN

DAIHATSU

DAIHATSU

World Capital of Sustainable Development

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From a “Grey City” to a “Green City”

Kitakyushu Smart CommunityEnergy Visualization smart management 　　by citizen. Smarter energy management 　　for the entire town thanks mainly 　　to Community Energy Management System.

Resulting International Environmental Cooperation Kitakyushu has developed many environmental policies and technologies while working to overcome its pollution problems. To apply these technologies to help other countries improve their environments, the city has, since the 1980s, dispatched experts to and accepted trainees from the below countries. Through close partnerships among citizens, government and businesses, Kitakyushu has promoted eco-friendly activities, which have gained interna-tional recognition as a model for environmental improvement.

Development of the Kitakyushu Eco-Town Project The City of Kitakyushu has been promoting the “Kitakyushu Eco-Town Project” in the Hibikinada area of Wakamatsu since July 1997 as a unique regional policy, integrating an “Environmental Conservation Policy” and an “Industry Promotion Policy”, with the aim to construct a resource-recycling-based society.

Comprehensive Environmental Industrial Complex Hibiki Recycling Area

Home centerFuel cell-powered scooter

Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History

Model residential house for verification of hydrogen fuel cell

Hydrogen station

Eco-house

Eco-clubhouse

Fuel cell-powered forklift

Kitakyushu Regional Energy Base Project

■ The Energy Supply Bases That Support Our Lifestyles

● Oil Storage Facilities

● Town Gas Production 　 Facility

● Coking Plant

Forming an Energy Base for Stable and Cost-efficient Energy Supply through Low-Carbon Strategies

■ Biomass Energy Born from of Recycling

● Biomass (recycling used cooking oil)

■ Natural Energy That Will 　 Support the Next Generation

●Wind Power

● Solar Power

● Hydroelectric Power

■ Inter-Business Energy 　 Cooperation 　 (Local Production for Local 　 Consumption)

● Inter-Business Cooperation 　 in the Area of Steam

Kitakyushu Hydrogen TownKitakyushu Hydrogen Town is an initiative that supplies hydrogen produced in factories to the city 　　center by pipelines for use as an energy resource for households and commercial establishments.

Selected as a model city in the OECD Green Cities Programme!Selected as a model city in the OECD Green Cities Programme! Together with the cities of Paris, Chicago, and Stock-holm, Kitakyushu was selected by OECD as the first model city for green growth in Asia in June 2011. A report on the environmental policies and measures of Kitakyushu were published in a report by OECD in May 2013. OECD is the world’s largest think tank with 34 member countries and regions, and experts from more than 100 countries around the globe, including Brazil, Russia, and African countries. This sharing of technical knowledge and experience has expanded OECD’s sphere of communication and influence on world affairs.

Smart energy management in the entire area using CEMS

KitakyushuSmart Community

Community EnergyManagementSystem (CEMS)

Grid Information andcommunications

Solar powerBy-product hydrogen(supplied by pipeline)

Wind power

Smart house

Smartfactories

Smart mobility

Communitystoragebatteries

Cogeneration systemusing natural gas

Smartbuildings

PCB-polluted Soil

Constructive Waste

Complex Core Facility

Hibiki Recycling Area

Comprehensive EnvironmentalIndustrial Complex

Home Appliances

Office Equipment

Automobiles Fluorescent Tubes

PET BottlesMedical Equipment

Constructive Waste

Home Appliances

Office Equipment

Automobiles Fluorescent Tubes

PCB-polluted Soil

PET BottlesMedical Equipment

Nonferrous MetalNonferrous Metal

• Direct investment JPY 66 billion• Jobs created About 1,300 people• CO2 reductions About 380,000 tons annually

Economic effects (25 projects)

From Kitakyushu to Asia

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Rich and Stable Supply of Science and Technology Human Resources

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Fukuoka Prefecture, in which the City of Kitakyushu is located, is proud of the number of graduates from the country’s best science and technology universities and industrial high schools. With this concentration of schools in the City of Kitakyushu and neighboring areas, it is possible to �nd a stable supply of human resources.

Science and engineering graduate schools and universities

Medical universities

Technical junior colleges

Science vocational schools, other

Information technical schools

Educational institutions in the City of Kitakyushu and neighboring cities and towns

北九州市内及び近隣市町の教育機関位置図（理工系大学院、大学、工業高校等）

Map of educational institutions in the City of Kitakyushu and neighboring cities and towns(Science and engineering graduate schools, universities, and industrial high schools, etc.)

Kitakyushu Science & Research Park(The University of Kitakyushu, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Waseda University, Fukuoka University)

In 2001, the City of Kitakyushu established the “Kitakyushu Science and Research Park” as an intellec-tual base for its evolution as an industrial city of the future. Three national, public, and private universities and one research institute form the campus of the Kitakyushu Science & Research Park. There are about 2,000 students (of which 500 are from foreign countries), and a concen-tration of over 10 research institutes and about 50 companies. The Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry Science and Technology (FAIS) acts as coordina-tor for industry-university cooperation by making use of this selection of universities, research institutes, and companies to support research and development between universities, research institutes, and companies in Japan and overseas.

Export of Green Cities (Case of Surabaya)

The export of the green city concept to the city of Surabaya in Indonesia is one of the Center’s most important projects. Activities have been developed in various sectors, such as waste, water and sewage systems, energy, and urban development, in order to create a model for the export of green cities. These activities are used to formulate a comprehensive urban development plan that incorporates both the creation of a social system and changes in public awareness, and which is based on a “green” and “low-carbon” perspective.

Water Purification System in Viet Nam

In December 2013, an advanced water purification system with new treatment method “U-BCF (Upward Biological Contact Filtration) patented by the City of Kitakyushu was installed in Hai Phong City, Viet Nam. A series of construction was implemented with Hai Phong’s own funds, which testifies that this technology is possible to be exported to developing countries in South Eastern Asia. Kitakyushu has begun its challenges to disseminate U-BCF all over Viet Nam.

Feasibility studies and commercialization

Waterworks improvement projects

Projects for the development of small- and medium-sizedenvironmental businesses in Asia

U-BCF in Hai Phong City

Waste treatmentSewage treatment

(Improvement of sewage systems)

Efficient cogeneration of heatand power and energy savings

Drinking water supply project

International Cooperation Activities Kitakyushu is carrying out substan-tive international cooperation activities through cooperation between the government, private sector and universities.

The collective environmental technologies of the City of Kitakyushu and Japan are used to promote a “Low-Carbon Asia”

Challenges for Water Businesses

Kitakyushu Asian Center for Low Carbon Society

City of Kitakyushu has established a public-private organization "Kitakyushu Overseas Water Business Association (KOWBA)" to meet a variety of demands for water and sewer projects.

Republic ofKorea

Republic ofKorea

ChinaChina

IndiaIndia

Viet NamViet Nam

MyanmarMyanmar

MalaysiaMalaysia

IndonesiaIndonesia

The PhilippinesThe Philippines

CambodiaCambodiaThailandThailand

BeijingBeijing

SeoulSeoulPohangPohang

TianjinTianjinDalianDalian

ManilaManila

Metro CebuMetro Cebu

BalikpapanBalikpapan

HanoiHanoi

Hai PhongHai PhongMandalayMandalay

ShanghaiShanghai

Shaanxi Province(Xi’an)

Shaanxi Province(Xi’an)

Phnom PenhPhnom Penh

KampotKep

KampotKep

BattambangBattambang

Pathum ThaniProvince

Pathum ThaniProvince

Ho Chi MinhHo Chi Minh

Sen MonoromSen Monorom

Siem ReapSiem Reap

JakartaJakarta

MedanMedan

CyberjayaCyberjayaPutrajayaPutrajaya

MasaiMasaiIskandarIskandar

SurabayaSurabaya

Sumbawa Province (Besar)Sumbawa Province (Besar)

West Nusa TenggaraWest Nusa Tenggara

MumbaiMumbai

DahejDahej

Conclusion of MoU as Green Sister Cities (November 2012)

Studies onquantification

techniquesto reduce

CO2 emissions

Purification of tap water

Kitakyushu Automobile College

Kyushu Polytechnic College

Nishinippon Institute of Technology

Faculty of Humanity-Oriented Science and Engineering, Kinki University

Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology

Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University

Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University

Kitakyushu National College of Technology

The University of KitakyushuSubaru Ohara Automobile Engineering College

Nishinippon Institute of Technology, Kokura Campus

Kyushu Instituteof Technology

University of Occupational and Environmental Health

Aso BusinessComputer College

KCS Kitakyushu

Kitakyushu Airport

City of Kitakyushu

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Kitakyushu SceneHydrangea in Takatoyama Park

Kokura Castle garden

Traditional festivals

Kanmon Bridge, connecting the islands of Kyushu and Honshu

Hiraodai, one of Japan’s greatest karst plateaus

Kokura Castle Kukinoumi fireworks festivalKitakyushu Manga Museum

Kawachi Fuji-en (Kawachi Wisteria Garden)