by openyokohama | Dec 24, 2019 | News
In November 2019, the second convening of the SDGs Leadership Cities meeting hosted by the Brookings Institute was held in Mexico City, Mexico. Toshikazu Yazawa, Director of Office of the City of Yokohama Representative to the Americas, represented Yokohama City at...
by openyokohama | Oct 2, 2019 | News
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 participated as a member of Japan Climate Initiative (JCI), a network composed...
by openyokohama | Jul 15, 2019 | News
The first convening of senior government officials from 14 cities worldwide that are in the vanguard of localizing the SDGs was held from April 3-6 at the Rockefeller Bellagio Center, Italy hosted by the Brookings Institution. Executive Officer Makoto Sekiyama...
by openyokohama | Mar 1, 2019 | News
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 Cities” in the country in June 2018 and was also selected as one of...
by openyokohama | Feb 26, 2019 | News
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 Showcase, a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) pilot carried out as part of the...
