KORIYAMAEU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series“EU Japan regional cooperation good practice”

Yohei WATANABE

Essen - Koriyama City-to-city Partnership: Towards amutually beneficial partnership in energy, healthcareand next generation
Tuesday, March 7th 8:30-9:30 (CET) / 16:30-17:30 (JST)

Chief, Business Creation Division
City of Koriyama

ESSEN
Go THEISEN

Project Director, International Business

EWG – Essen Economic Development Agency

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beneficial partnership in energy, healthcare and next generation- EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series

1. History of Cooperation 4. Conclusion of

on continued
3. Selected in the IUC program agreement
cooperation in 2019
funded by the EU in 2017l Essen and Koriyama were selected asparing cities in the International Urban
Corporation (IUC) programme in 2017l Education and development ofnext generations were newlyincluded as additional
cooperation fields

2. MoU between Essen &Koriyama in 2017

Essen & Koriyama concluded the agreementon the continued cooperation in Sep. 2019

5. Join the IURC programme funded byEU in 2021

l City-to-city cooperation in the fields of l Essen and Koriyama
renewable energy and medical device
joined in therelated industry to accelerate theInternational Urban
Mayors of Essen and Koriyama
revitalization in Koriyama
and Regionalsigned the MoU in Dec. 2017
Cooperation (IURC)
MoU between Fukushima Pref. & the State
programme andwork with Grenobleof NRW, Germany in 2014
Alpes Métropolel In the fields of renewable energy and medical device relatedand Toyota.
industry to boost revitalization from the disasters in 2011
Mayor of Essen visited Koriyama in Sep. 2022

1.

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2. Geographical Features- EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series
Essen[1]Koriyama[2]Population

593,489

323,350Area210.32km2

757.20km2

Extent from east to west

17km

46.78km

Extent from north to south

21km

39.95km[1] as of December 31st 2022 [2] as of February 1st 2023

51 Degrees
l The 2nd largest city in
Fukushima Pref. with the37 Degrees
population of approx.
323,000
State of North
Rhinel Great East JapanWestphalia
Earthquake in 2011
Essen City
accelerated the energy
transition of Fukushima
Pref.
l Commercial and industrial
capital of the prefecture

Koriyama CityFukushima
PrefectureKoriyama
City3

Essen - Koriyama City-to-city Partnership: Towards a mutually
beneficial partnership in energy, healthcare and next generation- EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series

3. History of Koriyama City- Transition from a city of power generation to city of renewable energy and medical devices

5. Great East Japan Earthquake

6. Restoration fromand Nuclear Accident atFukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power
Station in 2011
Oyasuba Burial Mound, built in theearly Kofun Period (250 AD-538 AD)

the disasters,
promoting renewableenergy and medicaldevice development

Urban Area were formed with its
surrounding 16 municipalities andselected as one of the SDGs Future
Cities by the Japanese Government

8. 2024 marks

Fukushima Renewable Energy
Institute, AIST (FREA)
opened on April 1st 2014

Building with its first floor collapsed
due to the fierce earthquake
Numagami Hydroelectric Power Station, laid
the foundation of Koriyama’s development

7. Koriyama Coraborative Core

4. People gathered, schools and banks established,

Fukushima Medical Device Development Support Center(FMDDSC) opened November 7th 2017

the 100thanniversary ofKoriyama City

railroaded to become the center of Fukushima Prefecture

3. New industry revolution, cotton and chemical industries flourished by hydro electric
power generation, Hodogaya Chemical Co., LTD. and Nitto Boseki Co., LTD.

2. Modernization by Asaka Canal and Asaka Land Development (1882), paddy rice, silk and1.

carp cultivation flourished
Post Station at Oshu Kaido [Edo Period (1603-1868)]

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4. Stakeholders in Koriyama- EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series

Renewable Energyl Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA)l Energy Agency. Fukushimal Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)l Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Renewable Energy•Institute, AIST (FREA)

Industry•Healthcarel Fukushima Medical Device Development
Support Centre (FMDDSC)•l Southern Tohoku General Hospital

Fukushima Medical Device Development
Support Centre (FMDDSC)
Signing Ceremony for thecontinued cooperation inKoriyama in Sep. 2019Education & Development of Next Generationl Fukushima Prefectural Asaka High Schooll College of Engineering, Nihon University

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5. Fast Facts of Essen- EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series

4th largest city in NRW

337,000 persons employed

592,000 population

19.9% highly qualified workforce

11 mil. inhabitants within 1 hour

€ 25.3 bil. GDP

23,250 companies

4 universities and colleges

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6. Focus Industries- EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series

Green Economy
Focus Markets
Digital Health

Future Sector

Hydrogen7

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7. Renewable Energy- EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series

Visit to Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute,AIST (FREA) in May 2018

Koriyama sent a delegation consisted of its stakeholders
to E-world energy & water 2022 in Jun 2022
Visit to Gas and Heat Institute Essen e.V.
(GWI) in Nov 2019l Mutual Participation in “E-world energy & water” in Essenand “Renewable Energy Industrial Fair (REIF) Fukushima”
in Koriyama and mutual visits of research institutes

Alternate participation in each industrial fair inEssen and Koriyama in 2020 and 2021 and after8

Essen - Koriyama City-to-city Partnership: Towards a mutually
beneficial partnership in energy, healthcare and next generation- EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series8. Healthcare Industry
2017

First meeting
between Mayorof Koriyamaand Prof.
Sauerwein inApr 2017

Apr: First meeting between
Mayor of Koriyama and Prof.
Sauerwein, Essen University
Hospital

2019

Meeting with Prof.
Sauerwein and Prof.
Hilken in Jun 2022

Sep: Meeting with Southern
Tohoku General Hospital andEssen University Hospital

2021

Ceremony at the Consulate General in Düsseldorf
in Aug 2021

Aug: Prof. Sauerwein wasawarded the Order of the RisingSun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
by the Japanese Government

Apr: Prof. Sauerwein, Essen
University Hospital joined thedelegation of Essen to Koriyama

Nov: Joint Online Matching Event Innovations in the age ofcoronavirus, Hundred Inc. gave apitch

Jun: Meeting with Prof. Sauerwein
and Prof. Hilken, Essen University
Hospital

2018

2020

2022

Meeting between medical
institutions in Essen andKoriyama in Sep. 2019

Hundred Inc. gave an online pitch to medical
institutions in Essen in Nov 2020

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9. Healthcare Industry- EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series

Products ofHundred Inc.
have beenused for a
training course
at Essen
University
Hospital sinceSep 2022

Hundred Inc. visited Essen University Hospital for the first time andgained feedbacks from Prof. Sauerwein, Prof. Hilken and Prof. Lückerath10Essen - Koriyama City-to-city Partnership: Towards a mutually
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10. Music Projects‘Symbol of cross-national solidarity’ Project- Sharing a sense of unity against COVID-19- EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series

Recorded
video messagefrom Mayor ofKoriyama
during the livestreamingconcert

Children in Koriyama joined ‘Symbol of cross-national
solidarity’ project to share a sense of unity, empathy andencouragement against COVID-19 with Essen in May 2020

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beneficial partnership in energy, healthcare and next generation- EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series

11. Next Generation 2022
2020
Feb: Meeting with the Green Club inEssen
Dec: Students’ visit to Essen wascalled off, started online exchanges

Jan: Students’ visit to the German
Embassy
Feb: Welcomed German
AmbassadorSep: Welcomed Lord Mayor of Essen
Dec: Students’ visit from Koriyama
to Essen

2024
Jan: Students’ visit
from Koriyama toEssen (planned)

Online session with Dr. Takada, UNDESA
at COP 26 in Glasgow in Nov 2021

Mar: Presentation Day
Nov: Online session with Dr. Takada,
UNDESA at COP 26 in Glasgow

Sep: Online exchanges (planned)

Jan: Students’ visit from Essen toKoriyama (planned)

2021

2023

2025

First meeting with the Green Club in Feb 2020

First online exchange in Dec 2020

Comments from Ms. Welter, German
Embassy in Mar 2021

Visit of Lord Mayor of Essen in Sep 2022

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Essen - Koriyama City-to-city Partnership: Towards a mutually
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12. Next Generation

First students’ visit from Koriyama to Essen in Dec 2022

- EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar SeriesFirst internship from Essen to Koriyama organized byAlfried Krupp Foundation in Mar 2023

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Essen - Koriyama City-to-city Partnership: Towards a mutually
beneficial partnership in energy, healthcare and next generation

13. Sake Projects- EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series‘Japanese Sake Matching Project’, an online matching
between local Sake breweries and wholesalers inGermany, was launched with the support of JETRO.

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KORIYAMAYohei WATANABE

EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk Webinar Series“EU Japan regional cooperation good practice”

Essen - Koriyama City-to-city Partnership: Towards amutually beneficial partnership in energy, healthcare
and next generation
Tuesday, March 7th 8:30-9:30 (CET) / 16:30-17:30 (JST)Thank you for your attention!

Chief, Business Creation Division
City of Koriyama

ESSENGo THEISEN

Project Director, International Business

EWG – Essen Economic Development Agency

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