Sendai City, also known as the "academic city," has over 100 higher education institutions and some over 79,000 students in its urban area, ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールming one of the nation's leading human resource development bases ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール industries. Many companies have decided to settle down here to secure excellent personnel.
With the open innovation strategy of the world-leading Tohoku University and the launch of next-generation synchrotron radiation facility, R&D facilities have agglomerated, boding well ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール the ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールmation of research complexes. Many companies are also interested in getting office space under the Sendai City Earthquake Disaster Reconstruction Plan, as well as ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール risk diversification during natural disasters or infectious diseases, and ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール business continuity planning.
Examples of existing ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールeign companies include Amazon Japan G.K, Ericsson Japan Co., Ltd., and Philips Japan Co., Ltd.

Refund equivalent to the amount of fixed assets tax relating to new investment over 3 to 5 years. It is also applicable to the rent of land and or buildings and equipment lease. Other programs provide additional assistance according to the number of employees and refurbishment of facilities.
New construction, expansion, and relocation in the city (also applicable to rent and lease)
100% of the equivalent value to the fixed assets tax involving new investment ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール 3 to 5 years
Employment premium
100,000 yen to 1 million yen per new employee, relocated permanent employee and other employees ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール one year
*Subsidy amount, period, and maximum amount of subsidy depend on subsidy programs.

Target: Businesses in designated fields conducted within Sendai city industrial cluster zones ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール reconstruction by corporations or individuals contributing to job creation.
Types of Preferential Tax Measures:

Special depreciation and tax credit ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール acquired business assets
Special deduction of the corporate tax relating to the employment of disaster victims
Special depreciation and tax credit ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール assets acquired ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール research and development
Inclusion of amount of reinvestment reserve fund ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール newly established corporations as deductible expenses
Local tax exemptions (corporate business tax, real estate acquisition tax, and fixed assets tax)
*Some of these special measures cannot be applied concurrently.

Companies receiving the above-mentioned "Sendai City subsidy ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール promoting the establishment of businesses" ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール (1)headquarter functions or R&D facility,
or (2) software or digital content industry are eligible.

Sendai city adds extra 10 points under the "point-based system*1 ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール granting highly-skilled ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールeign professionals" preferential immigration status*2 ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールeign persons working at these companies.

*1 Provides preferential immigration treatment to promote the acceptance of highly-skilled ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールeign professionals.
Activities of highly-skilled ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールeign professionals: "advanced academic research activities," "advanced specialized and technical activities," and "advanced business management activities."
*2 Permission ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール multiple activities as residents, relaxation of requirements ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール granting permanent resident status, working of spouses, etc.

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Tohoku University, which has a campus in the city, has worked on various industry-academia collaborations to date. It has been promoting open innovation in fields such as "spintronics," "life sciences," and "material sciences" as a designated national university and has already started co-creation with many companies.
The next-generation synchrotron radiation facility will begin operation in April　2024 at the Aobayama New Campus of Tohoku University. The ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールmation of a research complex is expected through the accumulation of cutting-edge R&D bases.

Sendai City is home to many high-level educational institutions, including Tohoku University, which boasts one of the world's leading research achievements. It attracts young and outstanding human resources from the entire Tohoku region. Consequently, the percentage of young population, age from 20 to 39 is one of the highest proportions among the cities in Japan . Many software and digital content companies, both domestic and ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールeign, have established operations attracted by universities and others' intellectual resources, and the abundance of capable personnel, ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールming industry clusters.

Disaster relieve and prevention industry
Sendai city has been promoting open innovation by major domestic corporations, local companies, ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールeign companies, etc., by BOSAI TECH (disaster relief and prevention x ICT) program under the "Sendai Framework ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030" adopted by UN member countries.
JETRO's Regional Business Conference has selected this initiative ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール two consecutive years since 2019.
BOSAI TECH has been promoting business matching between domestic and ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールeign companies in the disaster relief and prevention field, attracting ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールeign companies, and developing the world's most advanced disaster relief and prevention technology innovation ecosystem.
Healthcare industry
Philips Japan Co., Ltd. established the "Co-Creation Center," its first Japanese R&D base in Sendai City. The company and others have been working on "promoting the healthtech industry" and "fostering healthtech human resources" aimed at solving problems in hospitals and the healthcare field with "healthcare x ICT" as a slogan, resulting in the agglomeration of the industry.

Sendai boasts excellent international and domestic access thanks to well-established transportation infrastructure with a port, an airport, and expressways. It is a very livable city with a moderate climate ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール people moving from overseas. You can conduct business and pleasure very efficiently. It has a swimming beach, skiing resorts, golf courses, hot springs located nearby, and an excellent educational environment such as Tohoku International School. It is also a vibrant city that flourishes as the home of professional sports teams and hosts various events throughout the year. The Sendai Tourism, Convention and International Association website provides lists of medical institutions and posts useful inブラック ジャック ゲーム ルールmation in English on visa procedures, transport, education, and day-to-day living in Sendai.

With its excellent access from Sendai Station (17 min on the fastest JR train), Sendai Airport is a Tohoku region's gateway connecting Sendai and major domestic and international cities.
It takes 90 minutes from Sendai to Tokyo on the fastest Tohoku Shinkansen train, making it possible to save time and secure plenty of time ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール business.
Furthermore, with the Tohoku Jukan Expressway running through the city, Japan's first ring network of roads ブラック ジャック ゲーム ルール motor vehicles among large cities (over 1 million population), and Shiogama Port, an international hub port, Sendai is a region with developed distribution infrastructure.

Air: Sendai Airport is 17 minutes by fastest train from Sendai Station, 35 minutes by car
Land: 90 minutes to Tokyo from Sendai by the fastest Tohoku Shinkansen

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