Greetings From a Surprise Guest - Tokyo 2024

and now we have a very special guest joining us if you can all put your hands together so without further Ado uh a campaigner in public service three terms here as governor of Tokyo Yuro K right thank you section good morning everyone I'm eure k um I'm a governor of Tokyo and i' would like to welcome you to Toyo SAA it's really hot these days but please enjoy turo as as much as possible I'm truly honored by this opportunity to speak oh Oly nice to meet you again welcome to Tokyo and speak at this Comm uh commemorative 10th turkey Conference of funding uh funding the commons and researchers Civic teach Tech experts and entrepreneurs and many other individuals of various backgrounds have gathered here today as our world faces climate change and aging population and other major challenges you are here to discuss strategies to support public goods and pave the way for efficient funding now turkey is also committed to finding solutions to challenges I believe that sharing our initiatives can contribute to realizing a sustainable world for example our response to climate change we have raised the aim of achieving zero emission Toyo by 2050 this makes it critical to secure sustainable energy sources and we are strategically advancing measures such as the production transportation and utilization of hydrogen which can be a GameChanger in decarbonization uh efforts next the declining birth rate this is very critical this is critical especially amongst um major Asian cities I should uh say and we must transform our society into one in which those who wish to have and raise children can do so with confidence and we will enhance the seamless provision of support from meeting Partners to marriage pregnancy birth and parenting and we will transform Society into one in which the users of such Services can truly sense their convenience and convenience not only convenience and happiness and accelerating these efforts is the power of digital technology the government must grasp diversifying needs and provide services optimized to each in 2019 our former president of Yahoo Japan Mr masaka manabu I hope you will you you know him very well and he was invited to be the vice governor of Toyo for the promotion of DX and the use of AI across all sectors A toyo's administrative Pro procedures are expected to be fully digitalized within the next three years maybe much shorter I hope and we are also advancing children's DX initiate DX initiatives such as providing personalized parenting SE services and last year we established gvtech Tokyo a group of professional developers who can create superb Digital Services Gtech Toyo will not only contribute to the digitalization of the Toyo Metropolitan government and the 62 municipalities of Tokyo or in other words old Tokyo but we also work in collaboration with private companies to create Innovative uh Innovative services and turkey is also actively releasing the data it possesses we are holding the governor's uh cup open data hackathon just like yours in which Civic Tech experts and private companies compete in developing new services and proposing ideas using this open data and I believe that such efforts will generate and neutal diverse thinking and encourage their exchange and by enhancing the Democratic Values we hold dear will Forge the path to a sustainable future and lastly I would like to mention that tury is a city where tradition from the Edo period and Innovation coexist too also has 183 michelan starred restaurants this is very important and that's more and the number is more than the the one has in Paris so turo is now in the peak of Summer but please enjoy our City's diverse attractions during the after the comp conference and the experience will likely help you refine your innovative ideas even more and tury will work together with you as you strive to use your Collective wisdom to confront the sustainability Cris crisis and um this uh last may we held um uh Sushi Tech Tokyo where the many startups from from from Japan and abroad get together and almost 400 more than 400 startup companies get together and it's a sort of matching uh with the startups and the investors or accelerators Sushi tech turo means not only to to to to enjoy sushi but it's a abbreviation of sustainability with high-tech so it's a concept please enjoy also the S Sushi Tech Tokyo for next year please save your date May 8th and 9th anyway thank you very much for uh joining us and I look forward to a very productive conference thank you very much please [Applause] enjoy awesome thank you so much qu