Kazuhide Umemoto

Deputy Mayor, City of Kitakyushu

KitakyushuKumamoto

Kanazawa

Tokyo

Shanghai

1,000km

Philippines

Indonesia

Thailand

Viet NamMalaysia

Singapore

4,000km

KoreaChina

Once a polluted industrial zone, Kitakyushu is now a modern industrial city pursuing green growth.

: from Green Growth in Kitakyushu, Japan, OECD Green Growth Studies, 2013, OECD

Population: 1 millionArea: 488 km2

Designated City

(same status as Prefecture Government )

City Profile

Location and Characteristic

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NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL

CORPORATION TOTO YASKAWA Electric

Overcoming Severe Pollution:Kitakyushu’s Experience

1960s Today

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OECD Green Growth Kitakyushu Report（right: Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD ）

OECD Green City Programme Commemorative Meeting for the Kitakyushu Report Publication

Held October 18, 2013 in Kitakyushu City

Selected as OECD Green Growth City

OECD “Cities and Green Growth: Urban Evolution”（May 23, 2013 at Stockholm）

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Kitakyushuʼs New Growth StrategyCreating Kitakyushu's New Growth Strategy

Promoting a new growth strategy that combines the efforts of businesses, academia, the local government and citizens.

＜Expected results＞By the 2015 fiscal year

○Create 8,000 new jobs

[Objective] To become Asia's Leading City of Industry that produces new technologies and provides fulfilling lives to its citizens.

By the 2020 fiscal year○Gross product (nominal) within Kitakyushu of four trillion yen○ Citizenʼs incomes comparable to other major cities in Japan

Form a cluster of added value manufacturing

Form a cluster of added value manufacturing

Promote a service industry that can accommodate potential domestic demand

Promote a service industry that can accommodate potential domestic demand

Form a base for businesses that meet global demands

Form a base for businesses that meet global demands

Form a regional base for energyForm a regional base for energy

Environmental improvement that allows local business to continue thriving

Environmental improvement that allows local business to continue thriving

＜Five Goals＞

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A Leading City of Industry in Asia that Produces New Technologies and Provides Fulfilling Lives to its Citizens.

Robotics Industry

Environment Industry

Automotive Industry

A robotics industry that supports a society with an increasing number of senior citizens and a decreasing population.

An environmental industry that resolves the problems of increasing carbon and diminishing resources

A next generation automotive industry that leads the low carbon society movement

Promoting overseas expansion that aims to be at the top of global industry

Promoting overseas expansion that creates a single package for all infrastructure needsDistribution

The foundation for a cluster of manufacturing with high added value

Energy

Support

Topic Goal

・Automobile assembly plants・Supplying parts in a manner that takes the environment into consideration・Hydrogen fuel stations・Personnel training

・Plant locations・Build a base for supplying parts・Establishing three new locations・Train approx. 200 specialist personnel

・Industrial robots・Establishing a support center・R&D, personnel training・YASKAWA Electric, Robot Village

・Increase in sales of 25%・Bringing in 18 companies・Train 120 specialist personnel・Creating a brand for the city

・A next generation environmental industry that circulates resources. ・Recovering valuable resources from waste

・Ongoing base development・800 tons of small electronics

Overseas Expansion

Promoting international division of labor and international resource circulation

[Objective] Create 700 new jobs (by 2015 fiscal year)

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Kitakyushu Robot ForumThe Robotics Industry Development Council(Joint office with Fukuoka City in Fukuoka Prefecture)

Link

The Robotics Industry Development Council (Established June, 2003)

Goal

Kitakyushu Robot Forum (Established March, 2006)

Goal Make the “Kitakyushu, a city of robotics” idea a reality by forming a cluster of robotics industry in Kitakyushu

Efforts to Promote the Robotics Industry

Creation of robotics related industry, a new leading growth industry

Walking training machineDeep vein thrombosis prevention

Robotics for medical care and welfare

Robotics for the environment and measuring

equipment

Hybrid type flight vehicle

R&D supported by the FAIS Robotics Development Support Office

Pipe inspection robot “Mogurinko” 7

50km70km

30km

Mazda

Hofu Plant480,000 vehicles per year

Toyota Motor Kyushu

Kanda Factory(Engine Factory)

220,000 units per year

・Gathering of automotive production centers in the vicinity of Kitakyushu・Production capacity of over 2 million vehicles in the area ・Vehicles produced: 960 thousand in 2008 → 1.42 million in 2012

Toyota Motor Kyushu

Miyata Factory430,000 vehicles per year

Began producing Lexus 

ES300h in July, 2012

Daihatsu Motor Kyushu

Kurume Factory(Engine Factory)

216,000 units per year

Productivity increased by a 

factor of 1.5 by factory restructuring. 

Toyota Motor Kyushu

Kokura Factory(Units for Hybrids)

Gathering of Automotive Industry

Nissan Motor Kyushu Factory530,000 vehicles per year

Began manufacturing of the Note compact 

car after transfer of control from Oppama 

in July, 2012. 

Nissan Shatai Kyushu120,000 vehicles per year

Began production of Caravan after 

transfer of control from Shonan in June, 2012.  8

Daihatsu Motor Kyushu

Oita (Nakatsu) Factory460,000 vehicles per year

Daihatsu's strategy to make the best

domestic car, the e:s, is promising

あBecome a base for new fields for recycling, such as rare metals, by establishing technology

and social systems.

Small Electronics Solar Panels Lithium-ion Batteries

Establishing a wide area collection structure for Japan and Asia

Recovery of resources from waste

Expanding factories within Kitakyushu. Undertaking the first full fledged rare metalrecovery project in Japan (April, 2012)

Separation and intermediate treatment

Recovering and securing rare metal resources/establishing recycling technology and social systems

Using products

Creating an effective

social system

Smelting and reusing

Forming a Base for Next Generation Resource Circulating Industry

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Kitakyushu Smart Community Creation Project

Creating a new lifestyle with locally produced and locally consumed energySelected as one of four bases in Japan in April 2010

新ｴﾈﾙｷﾞｰ等新ｴﾈﾙｷﾞｰ等

Smart buildings Smart housing

Power grid

Hydrogen network

Wind power

Natural gas co-generation

Next-generation SS

Solar panels

IT grid

Smart schools

Installing a large quantity of smart meters

Community Energy Management System

Byproduct Hydrogen

Fuel cells

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Forming a Base for Distribution of Goods

Kitakyushu’s Competitive Edge

Abundant land for industrial use

A foundation for distribution that makes full use of land, sea and air.

■Kitakyushu Airport

Airport on an artificial island operating 24 hours a day

◆Kitakyushu Freight TerminalA freight terminal that connectsthe nation

Marina Cross Shinmoji

Former Kitakyushu Airport Industrial

Area

•Hibikinada Coastal Industrial Complex

One of the largest domestic ferry routes in west Japan

Abundance of international container routes

★Port of Kitakyushu

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Forming a Base for Regional Energy

Community Energy

Management

Solar Power

Wind Power

High efficiency coal fired thermal power

High efficiency LNG thermal power

Biomassthermal power

Factory

Factory

Office

Public Facilities

Factory

Factory

Construction of a stable and low cost

Smart Energy Network

Forming a base for renewable

energy generation and

standard energy generation

Promotion of energy

conservation (Negawatt)

World Leading Business Environment

・Kitakyushu plans to prepare a world leading business environment in 2030 by making the "Project to promote Kitakyushu to become a base for regional energy" a reality.

Aiming to form a base for low carbon, as well as stable and low cost energy. 12

Becoming a Center for Regional Energy

Kitakyushu is a prominent location in Japanfor resolving energy problems

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Creating a package that satisfies the needs of a business partner by incorporating both technology and knowledge.

廃棄物処理・リサイクル処理施設

Electricity, water, resources, pollution information, traffic data infrastructure for exporting.

◆Example of the Kitakyushu Model

Kitakyushu’s

Eco TownWater and sewer

treatment technology

Smart communityPollution prevention

Technology (CP)

Creating a package of the city's environmental infrastructure

Overseas Expansion(Package set, components)

Structuring knowledge throughcooperation between the government and citizens

浄水場

Exporting a Package of the City’s Environmental Infrastructure

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Exporting a Green City (Indonesia, Surabaya)Waste Disposal

Aiding Surabaya in creating a waste disposal program.Also, Nishihara Corp. analyzed the improvement of life for waste pickers by hiring them. (Projects to support small and medium size business expanding overseas, with practical application of MOFA and ODA resources).

Waste Water Treatment (cleanup of rivers)Successfully built a mid range treatment facility andestablished an administration project by preparing amaster plan regarding the waste water treatment of theKali Mas river tributary, that is central to the Gundyarea, while also increasing the spread of simple wastewater treatment distributed through citizenmanagement by implementing a model community.(JICA grassroots technical cooperation project)

A project to supply potable water by using solar power generation and small size desalination plants.In areas where the infrastructure for electricity and water systems is not maintained, Toray Industries Inc. and Suido Kiko Kaisha LTD installed water purifying plants (RO membrane) that make use of solar cells and desalination to provide potable water at a low price. Plan to construct a base for producing and maintaining facilities that supply potable water in Surabaya.(JICA/BOP project)

CO2 reduction quantification method

surveySurvey of the quantification

method of the amount of CO2 reduction possible, in relation to the project in Surabaya. (IGES)

Purification of Tap WaterCurrently considering a project to supply safe water by having Ishikawa Engineering, a company with experience purifying well water, install a water supply machine capable of purifying water in the water system (not potable). (JICA/BOP project)

METI "Project for the investigation and promotion ofexporting infrastructure and systems"

Co-Generation (providing heat + electricity) & Energy Conservation Projects

Surabaya Industrial Park: SIERExport of the technology and knowledge from the Smart Community

Creation Project in Yahata Higashida

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1. Provision of experience of overcoming environmental pollution leading to environment conscious city

Provision of technology and knowhow of overcoming pollution to environment conscious city, experience of environment‐related facilities and creation of effective 

city renovation.

2. Provision of high‐techs of private companiesVarious advanced technology from private companies used for smart community, 

eco‐town, water plaza, etc.

3. Total management by Kitakyushu City leadershipKitakyushu city trusted by government agencies will lead overall adjustment.

Comprehensive Urban Solution Using Kitakyushu Model(Creation of Environment-Conscious City for Developing Countries)

○Waste problem○Water shortage ○Energy deficiency○Air pollution 

○Understanding of present situation○Arrangement of stakeholder○Master plan preparation

○Steering body○Government agency○Industrialization validation ○Fund‐raising

○formation of steering body (SPC, etc.)○Construction of facilities○Business start up

Inspection & plan Examining IndustrializationChallenge Issue

<Provision of comprehensive urban solution using Kitakyushu model>

<Merit of Kitakyushu Model>

◎ Provision of comprehensive urban solution using Kitakyushu model◎ Creation of environment-conscious city by urban environment infrastructure development of public-private cooperation

○Formation of verification system○Verification of effect of environment, economy and sociality point of view

Environment‐conscious City

Kitakyushu City(Experience of city renovation )

Consultant/ Expertise(Professional know‐how)

Private company(Local business operation)

Government agencies(Cooperation in government level) 

<Kitakyushu Model>

“Experience of Environment-Conscious City” + “Advanced Technology from Private Companies” = “Provision of Comprehensive Urban Solution”

Kitakyushu Model System

Results illustration

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Towards Realising Sustainable Development in the World

Reference: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metals Facilities are not open to public.

Towards Modern Industrial Heritage (Japan's Tentative List)

– Kyushu, Yamaguchi and Related Sites: YAWATA Steel Works

Repair FactoryFormer Head Office (1899)

Yawata Steel Works started in 1901

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Thank You Very Much For Your Attention

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