Market Entry
Business Support Service
Private Office
You can start your operations from the first day through a wide range of Business Support Service:

private offices of various sizes
fully equipped cubicles
shared equipment(copy & fax machine)
reception desk
telephone answering
meeting space
additional service such as daily office work or translations etc. on request

Facilities
KRP provides information about our facilities here.

Service
KRP is designed specifically to be the first contact for venture business and firms looking to explore the Asia - Pacific region.
By combining its extensive business and technical resources, KRP offers a network of services to identify opportunities and easy entry into international markets.
Services include:
Partnering/Consulting
Finance
Human resources
Product development
Distribution

Network
DOMESTIC
Academic Network
KRP's academia network facilitates contact with researchers from Japan's most prestigious universities and research institutions. The network includes KRP's database of over 2,000 university professors, The KRP Industrial and Academic Exchange Club and the Kyoto Comparative Law Center, to name but a few of the resources available. Through these connections, firms are able to stay informed on the latest developments in their fields, get strategic and technical advice and meet prospective partners for collaborative R&D.
For details, click here

Industry Network
KRP's affiliations with industrial organizations such as the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Kyoto Venture Business Club, as well as its network of supporting institutes and local companies, give KRP tenants an abundance of contacts for market research and business alliances.

GLOBAL
Research Park Network
KRP's research park network of over 400 research and science parks includes International Association of Science Parks (IASP) and the Association of University Related Research Parks (AURRP). This gives KRP access to a wealth of information on new developments in science and technology and global markets which it can use on the tenant's behalf for strategic partnering and market research.

Multimedia History of Kyoto Research Park

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October 1997
Search Engine for Children Open Sesame
(http://www.krp.co.jp/toss/)
A search engine with 10 different headings such as News, Mystery, World and Japan, that are specifically designed for use by children. This service encourages children to follow up their interests to find out more, while parents and schools can rest assured that the material has all been checked for its suitability for children.

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July 1997
Opening of the Studio Complex
The 2-story 1500m2 Studio rental laboratories also known as the Garage Laboratories, is especially dedicated to multimedia, is currently rented by 10 companies. Special facilities include double the electricity capacity than a usual office, fast internet links via optic fibers.

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October 1995
Multimedia Yorozu Consulting
This began as a consulting services for tenant companies in KRP. KRP supports the development of the multimedia tenant companies by representing their services to clients. After receiving a certain project from a client, it is divided among the tenant companies that are most suitable. This has further developed to business matching for tenant companies with the wide range of contacts that the Research Park maintains.

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August 1995
Start of Internet Service Provider within KRP
Kyoto-Inet (http://www.kyoto-inet.or.jp/) for individuals, and Kyoto-Pnet (http://www.picky.or.jp/index.html) for companies, was established. Any company which sets up in KRP can immediately be connected to the provider via optic fibre.

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April 1995
Multimedia Networking
KRP organized a network for people involved in multimedia business both within the Kyoto area and further afield, to encourage more informal exchange and to establish more of a multimedia community.

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May 1994
Opening of the KRP Soft Laboratories
This was the completion of rental laboratory space fully equipped with telephone cabling for LAN, and a free access floor for software related research.

Industry & Academia

Working towards a rich and productive alliance between enterprise and academia.
In recent years industries have been facing relentless pressure to develop new high technology products and original ideas for the market place, and economic conditions have also become more severe.
However in reality it is proving more difficult for industries to develop these products, and at the same time successfully continue their usual business.
A strong alliance with university research can benefit both parties and lead to a profitable and valuable partnership.
This is the era where new products are developed by the co-ordination of both the industry needs and technical skill, together with the new technologies and research carried out by academia Kyoto Research Park actively works to forge closer ties between industry, academia and research institutions.

Co-operation and Support for Exchange in Industry and Academia
KRP works as an intermediary to support new product and technology development between suitable university researchers, academic researchers and enterprise.
We co-ordinate unique networks with far-reaching know-how, between research and enterprise to find the most suitable partners.

Examples of previous successful alliances:
Industry needs met by University support:
Research on the Development of household equipment resistant to earthquakes even to the scale of the Hanshin Earthquake in 1995 (Osaka University)

University needs matched to industry:
Design of the screen for a control computer