Tokyo's City Diplomacy
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Documents on the Establishment of Sister and Friendship City/State Relationships, Agreements & Joint Statements has been updated.
Information on the Sister and Friendship Cities Lunch Fair at the TMG cafeteria has been updated
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Messages From the Governor has been updated.
Message Following the Notre Dame Cathedral Fire
Messages From the Governor has been updated.
Congratulatory messages exchanged between Governor of Tokyo and Mayor of Beijing
Promotion of Environmentally Sound Waste Management and Resource Recycling Activities has been updated.
Basic Strategy for City Diplomacy
With the aim to clarify Tokyo's basic stance and policy direction on city diplomacy, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) compiled Tokyo's Basic Strategy for City Diplomacy in December 2014. This strategy is expected to play a key role in achieving the goals of the TMG set forth in the Long-Term Vision for Tokyo.
In order to successfully deliver the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games and implement policies that will make Tokyo the world's best city, which will directly benefit the lives of Tokyo's residents, the TMG is actively promoting city diplomacy based on the following goals and key principles.
City-to-City Diplomacy
Tokyo is engaged in a wide range of sports, cultural and environment- related exchanges with its 12 sister and friendship city/states .
Going forward, Tokyo will advance its city-to-city diplomacy beyond the framework of current friendship cities and strategically select cities with which to build cooperative relationships.
Multilateral City Diplomacy
Tokyo is advancing practical cooperation projects among cities of the world.This will contribute to resolving challenges faced by the major cities of the world and promote collaboration and exchange among them.
Cooperation with Embassies and Representative Offices in Tokyo
In Tokyo there are currently over 150 embassies and representative offices of countries and regions around the world. The Tokyo government engages in various activities to build ties and strengthen relationships with them.
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Contact
Management Section. International Affairs Division Office of the Governor for Policy Planning
03-5388-2222
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