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City of Yokohama Leads Official Side Event at Climate Week NYC 2025: “Accelerating Climate Action through U.S.–Japan Partnership and Inter-City Collaboration”
On September 25, 2025, the City of Yokohama led an official event during Climate Week NYC 2025 (September 21–28), one of the world’s largest climate-focused gatherings held annually in New York City. To the best of our knowledge, Yokohama became the first Japanese...
Yokohama City Presents Initiatives as an Environmentally Advanced City in Asia at the 5th UN Forum of Mayors
The Director of the European Office attended the Fifth United Nations Forum of Mayors, held in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 6 to 7, 2025, as a representative of Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka. At a session discussing climate change finance mechanisms and local...
Taiwan Design Research Institute and Circular Economy-Focused Companies Visit Yokohama to Explore Circular Economy Initiatives
In August 2025, a delegation of about 20 members from the Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI), along with companies and startups working on circular economy and circular design, visited Japan to learn about leading local governments’ policies in this field. We...
Gaining inspiration from Europe for advancing Yokohama’s circular economy
On August 21, the City of Yokohama Europe Representative Office visited the ICLEI European Secretariat in Freiburg to meet with Regional Director Wolfgang Teubner and ICLEI’s Circular Economy team and discussed about ongoing European projects, exchanged ideas and identified areas for collaboration.