Timee Signs Business Partnership Agreement with Asahikawa City, Hokkaido
Timee, a gig work app, has signed an agreement with Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, to address severe regional labor shortages and promote diverse working styles through spot work integration and data utilization.
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Timee Inc. (Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Ryo Ogawa), provider of the gig work service "Timee," has signed a business partnership agreement with Asahikawa City, Hokkaido (Mayor: Hirosuke Imazu).
Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, spreading along the banks of the Ishikari River with a view of the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group, is a city where "tourism," "food," and "manufacturing" are highly integrated. The "Asahikawa City Asahiyama Zoo," located close to the city center, boasts nationwide fame for its behavioral exhibitions that utilize the natural ecology of animals, attracting many tourists from home and abroad. Furthermore, the rich food culture represented by "Asahikawa Ramen," which developed against the backdrop of severe cold, and the cityscape dotted with historic sake breweries heavily retain the historical and cultural fragrance unique to the northern country. In terms of industry, it is the largest manufacturing base in northern Hokkaido, clustering food processing and machinery metal industries, including the world-renowned "Asahikawa Furniture," and has driven Hokkaido's industrial economy for many years.
On the other hand, Asahikawa City's aging rate is projected to be 35.6% in 2025 (*1), significantly exceeding the national average (29.6%). This impact is manifesting as a severe labor shortage in service industries such as tourism and restaurants, as well as in core industries like manufacturing and agriculture, making securing labor for local industries and passing down techniques to the next generation urgent issues.
Through this partnership agreement, we will eliminate labor shortages by expanding the use of spot work to businesses in the city, and promote diverse working styles in the region by having various people, such as child-rearing generations and seniors, work during their spare time. Under our company's mission to "create an infrastructure that expands life's possibilities through 'work'," we will make every effort to solve Asahikawa City's regional issues.
*1: Asahikawa City "Current Status of the Elderly"
https://www.city.asahikawa.hokkaido.jp/kurashi/135/160/170/d078341_d/fil/02_genjou.pdf
## Details of Initiatives
In this partnership agreement, our company and Asahikawa City will collaborate to provide various support to businesses and workers in the city.
- Promoting the introduction of spot work and supporting long-term hiring starting from spot work by holding briefing sessions for businesses in the city.
- Promoting diverse working styles to citizens.
- Formulating and implementing accurate economic and employment policies utilizing related data possessed by Timee (promotion of EBPM).
Etc.
## About Partnerships between Timee and Local Governments
Our company has previously signed partnership agreements with 40 prefectures and 84 municipalities, and this partnership with Asahikawa City will be the 85th municipality across 40 prefectures (*2).
Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, spreading along the banks of the Ishikari River with a view of the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group, is a city where "tourism," "food," and "manufacturing" are highly integrated. The "Asahikawa City Asahiyama Zoo," located close to the city center, boasts nationwide fame for its behavioral exhibitions that utilize the natural ecology of animals, attracting many tourists from home and abroad. Furthermore, the rich food culture represented by "Asahikawa Ramen," which developed against the backdrop of severe cold, and the cityscape dotted with historic sake breweries heavily retain the historical and cultural fragrance unique to the northern country. In terms of industry, it is the largest manufacturing base in northern Hokkaido, clustering food processing and machinery metal industries, including the world-renowned "Asahikawa Furniture," and has driven Hokkaido's industrial economy for many years.
On the other hand, Asahikawa City's aging rate is projected to be 35.6% in 2025 (*1), significantly exceeding the national average (29.6%). This impact is manifesting as a severe labor shortage in service industries such as tourism and restaurants, as well as in core industries like manufacturing and agriculture, making securing labor for local industries and passing down techniques to the next generation urgent issues.
Through this partnership agreement, we will eliminate labor shortages by expanding the use of spot work to businesses in the city, and promote diverse working styles in the region by having various people, such as child-rearing generations and seniors, work during their spare time. Under our company's mission to "create an infrastructure that expands life's possibilities through 'work'," we will make every effort to solve Asahikawa City's regional issues.
*1: Asahikawa City "Current Status of the Elderly"
https://www.city.asahikawa.hokkaido.jp/kurashi/135/160/170/d078341_d/fil/02_genjou.pdf
## Details of Initiatives
In this partnership agreement, our company and Asahikawa City will collaborate to provide various support to businesses and workers in the city.
- Promoting the introduction of spot work and supporting long-term hiring starting from spot work by holding briefing sessions for businesses in the city.
- Promoting diverse working styles to citizens.
- Formulating and implementing accurate economic and employment policies utilizing related data possessed by Timee (promotion of EBPM).
Etc.
## About Partnerships between Timee and Local Governments
Our company has previously signed partnership agreements with 40 prefectures and 84 municipalities, and this partnership with Asahikawa City will be the 85th municipality across 40 prefectures (*2).