Why do business in Fukuoka?

Is Fukuoka, Japan a business friendly city? What are the benefits to doing business in Fukuoka rather than Tokyo? Does Fukuoka’s location help or hinder it? Lets look at some demographic data and facts about the city and prefecture:

• Population 5.06 million (May 2008)
• GDP 18,840 billion yen (2005)
• Major Industries: Transport equipment, electronic parts and machine, general machinery, iron and steel, foods
• Developing Industries: Automobile industries, IT and semiconductor industry, biotechnology industry, robotics industry, hydrogen energy industry, Environment and recycle industry, nanotechnology industry, contents industry
• Highly Educated Labor Force
• Collaboration between universities and business
• Infrastructure
• Port in Hakata and near to Kitakyshu
• Railways
• Fukuoka International Airport
• Close Proximity to South Korea and China
• Friendly International Community
• High Speed Internet (Fiber Optic “Hikari Fiber”)

Are there anymore you would like to add to the list? If so please  contact us.

Also we are going to be interviewing some local businesses in the near future to try to get some first hand information from people that are currently or have had a business in Fukuoka. Hopefully some of these folks will give us some pointers and tell us about their trials and tribulations.