Policy Speech by the Governor of Tokyo, Yoichi Masuzoe, at the First Regular Session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, 2016

1. Tokyo’s forward-thinking initiatives

• The environment surrounding Tokyo
• After the Rio Games
• Tokyo’s grand design
• Safety and security are key to Tokyo’s growth
• Social participation by all will drive Tokyo’s growth
• Enhancing local potential
• The 2020 Games as a catalyst to speed up growth
• Aiming to become a comfortable, mature society

2. Budget for the 2016 fiscal year

3. Steady preparations as an Olympic and Paralympic Games host city

• Delivering two successful world sporting events
• Progress for disabled sports
• Tokyo changing with the Games

4. A society with active participation by all

• A city with an advanced welfare system
• A society with the participation of all
• A city where people can feel safe and secure

5. Developing as a global city to revitalize Japan

• Building infrastructure to develop urban functions
• Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises
• Advancing environmental policy
• Making tourism a major industry
• Policy implementation by public enterprises
• Opening of the Toyosu Market

6. Promotion of the Tama Area and the Islands

7. For a bright future beyond 2020