The Government of Japan has decided on Pacifico Yokohama (Nishi Ward, Yokohama City) as the venue for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting and Ministerial Meeting, which are scheduled to be held in November 2010.

The Government of Japan has decided on Pacifico Yokohama (Nishi Ward, Yokohama City) as the venue for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and Ministerial Meeting, which are scheduled to be held in November 2010. It was also decided that an international media center will be housed within the same facility.

(Note 1) APEC Japan 2010 Leaders’ Week in Yokohama (planned schedule)
November 7-8 Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting (CSOM)
November 10-11 APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM)
November 13-14 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM)

(Note 2) The International Media Center (IMC) is a comprehensive press-related facility for holding various types of press conferences and to provide a working space for newspersons.

(Note 3) Pacifico Yokohama is a multi-purpose conference facility in Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama, consisting of the Conference Center, InterContinental the Grand Yokohama Hotel, Exhibition Halls, the National Convention Hall of Yokohama, and the Annex Hall. The Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) was also held there in May 2008.

April 28, 2010

APEC Office, Trade Policy Bureau