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Tsukuba, Ibaraki Pref.

Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Digital Economy

June 8 to 9, 2019

A Science City and Hub of Cutting-edge Technology

 Ibaraki Prefecture, located in the vicinity of Tokyo, features highly-developed agriculture and manufacturing, which finely balance each other. Furthermore, Tsukuba, the ministerial meeting’s host city, is known as Japan’s leading city of research and academia, producing scores of cutting-edge technologies. Roughly 9,400 researchers, students and the like from about 140 countries also live in this international city. Tsukuba enjoys easy access from Tokyo, taking just a quick forty-five minutes by train.

Ibaraki is devoted to the use of robotics and digital technology to foster a new generation of skilled professionals.

 Leveraging the innovations developed at Tsukuba, Ibaraki is taking advantage of its favorable conditions to pursue efforts to further boost its industry and cultivate future leaders. Examples of such efforts include its approaches to resolving social issues using innovative digital technologies, such as autonomous driving and robotics, and fostering human resources with the help of digital equipment.

 Through the upcoming meeting, Tsukuba aims to live up to its reputation as a cutting-edge technological hub, amid Ibaraki Prefecture’s beautiful nature, and show the world examples of its progressive global economic partnerships and digital technology utilization.  

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 Tsukuba city is the host city of the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Digital Economy. It is one of the top academic and innovative cities in Japan with many researchers from overseas. Watch some examples of the latest digital and technological inventions happening in Japan.

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Tsukuba

Tsukuba city is the host city of the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Digital Economy. It is one of the top academic and innovative cities in Japan with many researchers from overseas. Watch some examples of the latest digital and technological inventions happening in Japan.

Information & Access

Population : 231,564 (as of May, 2018)
Access by Air : Shanghai (2 hrs. 40 min.), Seoul (2 hrs. 10 min.)
*Flight time to Ibaraki Airport
Access by Train : Tokyo (45 min.)
Contact : The Prefecture of Ibaraki
978-6 Kasahara, Mito City, Ibaraki, 310-8555, JAPAN
TEL: +81-29-301-2855
FAX: +81-29-301-3909

 

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  • Tourism Ministers’ Meeting Kutchan, Hokkaido Pref.
  • Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting Niigata, Niigata Pref.
  • Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth Karuizawa, Nagano Pref.
  • Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Digital Economy Tsukuba, Ibaraki Pref.
  • Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Nagoya, Aichi Pref.
  • Health Ministers’ Meeting Okayama, Okayama Pref.
  • Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting Matsuyama, Ehime Pref.
  • Finance Ministers and Central bank Governors’ Meeting Fukuoka, Fukuoka Pref.

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