35°13′25″N 139°40′28″E / 35.22361°N 139.67444°E / 35.22361; 139.67444

Yokosuka Research Park (YRP) 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.

YRP was constructed during the 1990s near to NTT's Yokosuka Research & Development Center.

Transportation

YRP is located in Hikari no Oka, Yokosuka City, about 90 minutes by train from central Tokyo. However, there are express through trains with significantly faster access. It is served by YRP Nobi Station on the Keikyu Kurihama Line, with direct services from Shinagawa in Tokyo.

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 based in the park^[1]1">edit

• NTT Docomo
• Panasonic
• NEC
• Oki Electric Industry
• Denso
• Hitachi Ltd.
• Mitsubishi Electric
• Toshiba
• KDDI
• Sharp Corporation
• Sony Ericsson
• Fujitsu
• Air Liquide
• National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan
• V Technology Co., Ltd.
• Yamashin-Filter Corp.

Major buildings and facilitiesedit

• 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

Galleryedit

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  NTT Docomo R&D center
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  Fujitsu research center
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  NEC YRP技術センター
• 
  Panasonic Mobile Communications research center was closed in 2018. Now occupied by Nifco, etc.
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  NTT Yokosuka R&D center

See alsoedit

• Kansai Science City, Japan
• Silicon Valley, U.S.A.
• Zhongguancun, High Tech Zones and Software Parks (such as Dalian Software Park), China
• List of technology centers of the World

Referencesedit

External linksedit

• Official website