The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has formed a scrum with universities in Tokyo and decided to set up a regular round-table conference to listen to the opinions of the universities toward the development of Tokyo. In early August, we will invite the presidents of universities in Tokyo to hold the first meeting and exchange opinions with Governor Yuriko Koike.

 According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the regular round-table conference aims to have a place for regular communication between Governor Koike and university officials in Tokyo with a view to future policy cooperation. Will be invited from 1 to 10 schools.
The theme of the talks is planned to be the sustainable growth of Tokyo, the measures to overcome the competition between cities in the world, and the way of cooperation between the capital and the university.In the future, we plan to have two or three meetings during FY2018.

 In line with this, we will start a new system to receive business proposals from researchers belonging to universities in Tokyo.For the purpose of utilizing the research results of researchers in the city administration, we will support the research and research necessary for business construction up to 3,000 million yen in a single year for the proposals adopted by the city.
Furthermore, at the stage of actually moving to the business, the budget will be secured up to 2 million yen in a single year.The capital has a policy of adopting multiple business proposals, and the scale of the adopted business in 2018 is about 10 billion yen.

 At a press conference held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Governor Koike will give concrete examples of support projects such as social participation and purpose of life for the elderly, development of urban infrastructure to improve disaster prevention capabilities, and urban development in Tokyo with an eye on the era of declining birthrate and aging population. Indicated.
Business proposals have already been solicited and will be accepted until September 9th.It will be selected by Governor Koike after being voted on the Internet by the citizens of Tokyo and examined by experts.

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