Yokosuka Research Park
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Yokosuka Research Park is an area in Yokosuka City, Japan, where many of the wireless, mobile communications related companies have set up their research and development centers and joint testing facilities.
In this area about one hour and a half by train from downtown Tokyo to the south past Yokohama, there was originally NTT's Yokosuka R&D Center. YRP was constructed nearby during the 1990s.
In this area about one hour and a half by train from downtown Tokyo to the south past Yokohama, there was originally NTT's Yokosuka R&D Center. YRP was constructed nearby during the 1990s.
History
- July, 1987: The YRP Planning Group was established
- March, 1994: The "Infrastructure Construction" Project was started
- October, 1997: No. 1, No. 2 and Life Support Buildings were completed
Major Companies in the Park
- NTT DoCoMoNTT DoCoMois the predominant mobile phone operator in Japan. The name is officially an abbreviation of the phrase, "do communications over the mobile network", and is also from a compound word dokomo, meaning "everywhere" in Japanese. Docomo provides phone, video phone , i-mode , and mail services...
- Panasonic Mobile Communications (PanasonicPanasonicPanasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd...
) - NECNEC, a Japanese multinational IT company, has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government....
- Oki Electric IndustryOki Electric Industry, commonly referred to as OKI, OKI Electric or the OKI Group, is a Japanese company manufacturing and selling info-telecom and printer products. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, OKI operates in over 120 countries around the world....
- DensoDENSOis a global automotive components manufacturer headquartered in the city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Established December 16, 1949 as , in 1996 the company became DENSO Corporation worldwide...
- Hitachi Ltd.
- Mitsubishi ElectricMitsubishi Electricis a multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group....
- ToshibaToshibais a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...
- KDDIKDDIis a Japanese telecommunications operator formed in October 2000 through the merger of DDI Corp., KDD Corp., and IDO Corp. It has its headquarters in the Garden Air Tower in Iidabashi, Chiyoda, Tokyo....
- Sharp CorporationSharp Corporationis a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products. Headquartered in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, Sharp employs more than 55,580 people worldwide as of June 2011. The company was founded in September 1912 and takes its name from one of its founder's first...
- Texas InstrumentsTexas InstrumentsTexas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
- Sony EricssonSony EricssonSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB is a joint venture established on October 1, 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to manufacture mobile phones....
- FujitsuFujitsuis a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's third-largest IT services provider measured by revenues....
- National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyNational Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyThe National Institute of Information and Communications Technology is Japan's national research institute for information and communications...
(NICT), Japan
Major Buildings and Facilities
- YRP Centers Nos. 1, 2 and 3
- YRP Venture Building
- YRP Bldg. No 5 (Fujitsu)
- NTT Yokosuka R&D Center
- Optowave Laboratory
- NTT DoCoMo R&D Center
- Panasonic Mobile Communications' YRP Laboratory
- Yokosuka ITS Research Center
- NEC's YRP Technical Center
- Cafeterias: Roseteria 1 and 2
- Dormitory for Singles
- The Hotel YRP
- Mobile Communications Testing Facilities
Transportation
YRP is located in Hikari no Oka (Optical Hill), Yokosuka City, about one hour and a half by train and bus from downtown Tokyo, to the south, past Kawasaki and Yokohama. In Tokyo, take Keihin Kyuko Railroad at JR Shinagawa Station, get off at YRP Nobi Station, and take a bus or taxi.See also
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