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Meeting of the Urban Renaissance Headquarters
April 26, 2018
Photograph of the Prime Minister making a statement
Photograph of the Prime Minister making a statement
[Provisional Translation]
On April 26, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the 37th meeting of the Urban Renaissance Headquarters at the Prime Minister's Office.
At the meeting, discussion took place on a review of urban renaissance work to date and future trends.
Based on the discussion, the Prime Minister said,
“Today we are joined by Mayor Takashima of Fukuoka City and President Komoda of Mitsui Fudosan. Mayor Takashima gave us a brief explanation, in a very easy-to-understand manner, on how Fukuoka City has changed over the past five years and what needs to be done in order to become a leading city in Asia. He also illustrated how Abenomics has contributed to these achievements. Meanwhile, President Komoda explained about some initiatives for the revitalization of urban areas aiming at increasing international competitiveness and their future prospects.
In order to ease the excessive concentration of the population in Tokyo, it is crucial that we revitalize central and core cities, which are the engines of their respective regions. Connecting central and core cities to the rest of the world and incorporating global growth will create further momentum for regional revitalization, with the expansion of inbound tourism consumption and other developments, at a time when the distance between Japan’s various regions and the world continues to grow ever shorter.
We will actively attract investment from abroad. We will support the global expansion of core companies in each of the regions. We will also advance efforts to implement the revolutionary technologies of Society 5.0, such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. At the working level, we will also completely eliminate the silos among ministries and agencies, and work together hand in hand with each city to implement such initiatives.
The Government must work as one to strongly promote world-leading efforts for the revitalization of urban areas and I would like the relevant ministers to take thorough actions based on the basic policies that were revised today.
