Yokosuka_Research_Park Knowpia

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 edit

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 edit

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] 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 facilities edit

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

Gallery edit

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