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The Kanagawa Science Park(KSP)
was established in 1989 as the first science park in
Japan. With the initiative of the Kanagawa Prefectural
Government and Kawasaki City Government, the science
park project was promoted with the cooperation of the
national government and private sector companies. The
park features support services offered by the Kanagawa
Academy of Science and Technology(KAST). KAST promotes
R&D and provides sophisticated test measurement
services and facilitates the distribution /utilization
of patented technologies. As many laboratories and R&D-oriented
companies have seen this as the ideal R&D environment
and have located themselves in it, the park has become
a nucleus of science and technology.
In 1986, prior to the preparatory stage of KSP construction,
KSP Inc. was founded as a third-sector(a sector jointly
run by the public and private sectors) entity. It has
been given two functions; firstly it is a core business
entity responsible for the construction and operation
of the science park, and secondly it is an incubator
to support entrepreneur development and business start-up.
KSP Inc. has undertaken the challenge with creativity
and experiments. We have gradually increased spaces
leased to companies, established a business support
center to broaden the support service menu, and incorporated
a capital investment function through the KSP Investment
Fund. A number of excellent companies have been started
in the park and are leaving the nest today.
Although it is not yet sufficient, the ranges of public
support measures have been expanded and markets have
been developed for capital investment and public offerings.
Making the most of priceless expertise since 1986 and
having an ideal R&D environment, KSP will steadfastly
promote entrepreneur development and accelerate the
growth of start-up businesses.
Kanagawa Prefecture was the most industrialized prefecture
in Japan until the 1970s. The 1980s, however, saw a
decline in the heavy and chemical industries, and encountered
"hollowing-out of industries" and unemployment
problems, etc. due to changes in the nation's industrial
structure. Accordingly, the Kanagawa Prefectural Government
has been shifting to a more advanced industrial structure,
one that employs a knowledge-and-technology-intensive
approach, by establishing new industrial policies. As
a result, Kanagawa Prefecture has developed into Japan's
largest high-tech center and an active research and
development(R&D) area.
"Kanagawa Science Park" is one of the region's
strategic projects which promote such reform in the
industrial structure. It has been engaged in various
activities as a nucleus of creation in which R&D-oriented
businesses are established, grow, gather together and
interact.
KSP Inc. is a core business entity and serves as a coordinator
of the activities in the park. In cooperation with the
Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology(KAST), it
supports R&D activities in the park, fosters the
creation of new businesses, provides business support
services and hosts educational courses and seminars.
It has created and cultivated more than 200 new enterprises
since its foundation.
Additionally, KSP Inc. plays an important role in the
development and implementation of the industrial policies
of the Kanagawa Prefectural Government and Kawasaki
City Government, especially in terms of measures to
develop and support venture businesses. |
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Science
Park
KAST{Advanced R&D, education, technological transfer,
inter academic-industrial cooperation system}
KAST
*R&D Laboratory / Metrology Laboratory
*Human resource development
*Provision of technological seeds and information
*Provision of potent distribution services
KSP aims to set up new industries at the Kanagawa Science
Park by promoting joint research between academic, industrial
and public circles, and the initiation of an R&D-style
venture in cooperation with KAST.
KSP
*Provision of corporate needs
*Support for business initiatives
{R&D style business incubator} |
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