Yokohama, Japan is a leading city in Japan in fighting climate change and improving sustainability, and ever since he took office in August of 2021, Mayor of Yokohama Takeharu Yamanaka has been...
Future City & Net Zero Carbon
In Yokohama, Japan you can now recycle your empty medicine blister packs
Terracycle Japan is launching a new demonstration experiment in its hometown of Yokohama, just months after their last project reached Yokohama convenience stores. This time they’ve teamed up with...
Introducing Yokohama’s Local Production for Local Consumption Initiative for Sustainable Urban Agriculture at the Japan-France Local Government Conference
From October 3 to 6, the 7th Japan-France Municipal Exchange Conference was held in Aix-en-Provence in southern France, and the European Office’s chief representative participated on behalf of...
Yokohama’s initiatives to realize a decarbonized society were presented at the German-Japanese Environment and Energy Dialogue Forum
On September 6 and 7, the German-Japanese Energy and Environment Forum in Berlin, organized by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate...
Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles, visits Port of Yokohama to discuss port decarbonizing with Mayor of Yokohama, Japan
On September 1, 2022, Takeharu Yamanaka, Mayor of Yokohama welcomed Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, and his delegation on their visit to the Port of Yokohama. During their meeting, Mayors...
US Startup Terracycle begins recycling experiment of Japanese jelly-drink pouches in Yokohama City
Starting August 22nd, 2022, the Japanese subsidiary of the US startup company Terracycle, based in Yokohama, initiated a new recycling program within the city. New receptacles, located at two...
Yokohama City’s “Y-SDGs” certification system for SMEs receives award from Minister
Yokohama City, in collaboration with the city’s own SDGs Design Center, has established the “Yokohama City SDGs Certification System” (Y-SDGs) system to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs)...
Yokohama City receives CDP’s highest honor as “A-List City” for environmental impact efforts
The CDP, a non-profit organization that helps other entities and regions understand and manage their environmental impacts, also ranks and scores global companies and cities through its “CDP Scores”...
Asia Berlin Summit 2021 – Co-Creating Smart Cities
The annual week-long "Asia Berlin Summit" (organized by the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy, and Enterprises) brings together urbanization, start-up, and ecosystem experts from key...
Y-SDGs certification system launched by Yokohama city and financial institutions to support SDG promotion
The City of Yokohama has established the Yokohama City SDGs Certification System (Y-SDGs) to support small and medium-sized enterprises and organizations that promote SDGs, with the goal that...
Global Sustainability Startup Pitch Event
～Solutions to world-wide issues from world-wide startup companies～ The Office of the City of Yokohama Representative to the Americas is excited to announce the "Global Sustainability Startup Pitch"...
‘Zero Carbon’ achieved at New Yokohama City Hall Building
In one of its largest city-wide projects ever, Yokohama City has taken the initiative to replace all power consumed within city-owned facilities with renewable energy by 2050 as part of its new...
Yokohama’s Determination for Net Zero Carbon Emissions and SDG Advancement
The UN Climate Change Summit, SDG Summit, and other related events were held in New York surrounding the UN General Assembly in late September. During the “Summits Week 2019,” Yokohama City...
Global Festival of Action 2019 in Bonn – SDG best practice example of a company in Yokohama
From 02 to 04 May 2019 the third international conference 'The Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development 2019' took place in Bonn. Since 2017, the Global Festival of Action has provided...
Yokohama to host a partnership forum as a kick-off event for the YOKOHAMA SDGs Design Center
Yokohama has pledged to become a leader in city-led sustainability efforts. The city was designated by the Japanese government as one of the twenty-nine “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Future...
Yokohama hosts MaaS pilot program with personal EV maker WHILL
On February 15-17, the City of Yokohama and WHILL, Inc., a Yokohama-based startup known for its high-tech, sleek looking personal mobility devices, partnered to host the Yokohama Future Mobility...
Yokohama at the UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice
From December 2 till 14, 2018 the Chief Representative visited the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland. It was the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations...
Yokohama follows the hydrogen mission to the Netherlands
As the City of Yokohama is quite eager in progressing the hydrogen development the Chief Representative went on a hydrogen mission to the Netherlands at the beginning of October, that was initiated...