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Urban Innovation KOBE

Urban Innovation KOBE ("+P") is Kobe City's startup-government co-creation program, the original model behind the national Urban Innovation JAPAN, pairing startups with city staff to pilot solutions to real municipal problems.

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Urban Innovation KOBE ("+P") is Kobe City's startup-government co-creation program, the original model behind the national Urban Innovation JAPAN, pairing startups with city staff to pilot solutions to real municipal problems. Run with the Kobe Chamber of Commerce under the city's "Life Tech KOBE" vision, it posts concrete departmental challenges (from engaging young people in policy, to tech for wildlife crop damage, to a private medical-transport matching service), offers up to ¥500,000 per project, and runs ~August–November pilots with a full-adoption decision the following March.

Org. type
Government / public sector
Project type
Project
Language(s)
Japanese
Categories
Building inside government, Citizen Engagement, Innovation teams and labs, Public Private Partnerships, Public sector innovation labs, Testbeds and Sandboxes
Added
2026-06-24
Last modified
2026-09-29T15:43:53.000Z

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Formats
web app
Number of integrations
0
Activity status
Active
Sustainable Development Goals
11. Sustainable cities and communities
Issues addressed
development
Geographic focus
Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵
Geographic focus — country
Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵

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