Kobe City: Exhibiting at the “2023 International Robot Exhibition! ~ Kobe City Business Environment and

Press Release (November 14, 2023)
Corporate Location Division, Bureau of Economy and Tourism
Kobe City is working to attract companies to the city with the aim of stimulating the city’s economy and creating jobs.
Kobe City and Hyogo Business Support Center Tokyo will jointly exhibit at the “2023 International Robot Exhibition” to be held at Tokyo Big Sight to promote the attractiveness of Kobe as a business environment with excellent cost performance and support for companies relocating to the city.

1 2023 International Robot Exhibition

The 2023 International Robot Exhibition is the world’s largest biennial robot exhibition, bringing together industrial and service robots and related equipment from Japan and abroad.

2 Outline of Kobe City’s Participation

As various companies have been promoting improvement of workplace environment and work style reforms since the Corona disaster, we will have a booth and introduce Kobe City’s business environment and support systems with the aim of attracting more companies to Kobe City.

PR Contents

Kobe City’s Support System

• Subsidies of up to 1/4 of the rent for companies relocating to the city from outside the city
• Up to 1/2 of the rent is subsidized for IT-related companies moving into the city center.
• Up to 1.2 million yen per employee will be subsidized for employment.

Business Environment of Kobe City

• Easy access to various cities
• Cost-effective office space
• Ease of living, etc.