Tokyo Guidelines for the Promotion of Intercultural Cohesion: Making Tokyo a Leading Global City [Overview]
Purpose and Background- Foreign residents in Tokyo* number about 450,000(about 3.3% of Tokyo's total population).
- This number is projected to grow as the Tokyo 2020
Games approach.

Key Objective

Build upon the traditional concept of intercultural cohesion, which focuses
on foreign and Japanese residents living together in the community, andform guidelines for intercultural cohesion based on a new line ofthought in which they together play an active role in Tokyo.
These guidelines set forth the fundamental concept and policy direction forthe promotion of intercultural cohesion.

To ensure Tokyo’s sustainable development after 2020, it isvital for foreign residents, together with the Japanese
residents, to be engaged members of Tokyo.

Embrace diversity and build a city where all residents can participate and play an active role in its development and can feelsafe.

Policy Goal 1

Policy Goal 2

Policy Goal 3

Prepare an environment where both Japanese and foreign
residents can play active roles.

Enhance support needed for all foreign residents to livewith a sense of reassurance and to enjoy life more.

Raise awareness that respect for diversity and mutual
support are indispensable for a global city.

Prepare an environment that allows foreign residents todemonstrate their full potential and play active roles in society,and promote involvement of foreign residents in local society as
members of that community.

Provide information related not only to daily life, including
education, health care, and disaster preparedness, butalso on sightseeing, the arts, culture, and sports, so that
foreign residents can live with peace of mind and leadmore enjoyable lives in Tokyo.

Encourage both Japanese and foreign residents tounderstand foreign cultures, and cultivate awarenessamong them of helping each other based on mutual
respect and understanding of responsibilities.

Examples of Policy Implementation

Examples of Policy Implementation

Examples of Policy Implementation* Centralize information on topics such as daily life and disaster* Foster awareness of accepting diverse values* Help raise the next generation of foreign residents

preparedness*Enhance support for Japanese language learning* Support international students and other foreign nationals in finding
employment and starting up companies* Cultivate awareness of respect for human rights and promote* Enhance multilingual capabilities at facilities such as medical institutions

this effort in Japan and abroad* Improve mulilingual signage and displays in transit systems, etc.

* Enhance education to cultivate globally-proficient talent* Provide information on educational institutions offering programs* Increase opportunities for interaction between Japanese andequivalent to those found in a foreign resident's home country

foreign nationals* Support municipalities in enhancing their measures to support* Support foreign companies expanding their business to Tokyoforeign residents* Provide information that will make life in Tokyo more enjoyable* Promote participation by foreign residents in community activities,volunteering, etc.

Role of each actor in an intercultural society
Clarify the division of roles between the actors, including
governments, to realize a Tokyo that embraces interculturalcohesion.

* Promote participation by foreign residents in community activities,volunteering, etc.

Preparing a foundation for the promotion of intercultural cohesion
Restructure the Tokyo International
Communication Committee, which is central tothe promotion of intercultural cohesion in themetropolis,and establish systems for
information provision and consultation.

Enhance comprehensive support capabilities
through information sharing and cooperation
with relevant organizations such as
municipalities, international associations,and support groups.

Cultivate personnel who cancomprehensively coordinate various mattersin order to address diverse needs.

*Foreign nationals legally ｒｅsiding in Japan for over three months who are registered in the Basic Resident Register