City to City Diplomacy

Tokyo is engaged in a wide range of sports, cultural and environment- related exchanges with its 12 sister and friendship city/states . Going forward, Tokyo will advance its city-to-city diplomacy beyond the framework of current friendship cities and strategically select cities with which to build cooperative relationships.

Cities

• For details of the cities, please click on this link. ⇒Information on Sister and Friendship Cities/States（PDF ：559KB)

Documents on the Establishment of Sister and Friendship City/State Relationships

City/ State / Date Signed / PDF

• New York / February 29, 1960 / PDF
• Beijing / March 14, 1979 / PDF
• Paris / July 14, 1982 / PDF
• New South Wales / May 9, 1984 / PDF
• Seoul / September 3, 1988 / PDF
• Jakarta / October 23, 1989 / PDF
• São Paulo / July 13, 1990 / PDF
• Cairo / October 23, 1990 / PDF
• Moscow / July 16, 1991 / PDF
• Berlin / May 14, 1994 / PDF
• Rome / July 5, 1996 / PDF
• London / October 14, 2015 / PDF

Outcomes

Signing of agreements

The TMG has signed agreements with sister and friendship cities and other cities concerning specific areas of exchange and cooperation.

Agreements and Joint Statements

City / State / Agreement / Date Signed / PDF

• Seoul / Memorandum of Understanding on Exchange and Cooperation Between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Metropolitan Government / July 23, 2014 / PDF
  Joint Statement by the Governor of Tokyo and Mayor of Seoul / February 3, 2015 / PDF
• Berlin / Memorandum of Understanding on Exchange and Cooperation Between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the City of Berlin / October 29, 2014 / PDF
  Joint Communique of the Federal State of Berlin (Federal Republic of Germany) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japan) / May 14, 2024 / PDF
• New South Wales / Memorandum of Understanding on Exchange and Cooperation Between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the New South Wales Government / May 19, 2015 / PDF
  Memorandum of Understanding on Exchange and Cooperation Between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the New South Wales Government / February 6, 2024 / PDF
• Tomsk Region / Memorandum of Understanding on Exchange and Cooperation Between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japan) and the Tomsk Regional Administration (Russian Federation) / June 10, 2015 / PDF
• London / Memorandum of Understanding Between Greater London Authority (GLA) and Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) / October 14, 2015 / PDF
• Moscow / Memorandum of Understanding on Exchange and Cooperation Between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japan) and the Government of Moscow (Russian Federation) / October 22, 2015 / PDF
• Paris / Memorandum of Understanding on Exchange and Cooperation Between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the City of Paris / October 28, 2015 / PDF
  Joint Communiqué of the Governor of Tokyo and the Mayor of Paris / October 23, 2017 / PDF
  Joint Declaration between Tokyo and Paris / August 7, 2021/ PDF
• Brussels-Capital Region / Joint Communique of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japan) and the Government of Brussel-Capital Region (Kingdom of Belgium) / October 11, 2016 / PDF
• Los Angeles / Memorandum of Understanding Between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the City of Los Angeles / July 25, 2018 / PDF
  Memorandum of Understanding between The City of Los Angeles and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government / August 27, 2021/ PDF
• Beijing / Memorandum of Understanding on Exchange and Cooperation Between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the People's Government of Beijing Municipality / August 26, 2019 / PDF
• Kuala Lumpur / Letter of Intent between The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Kuala Lumpur City Hall / September 1, 2022 / PDF
• City of Helsinki / Joint Communique of the City of Helsinki (Republic of Finland) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japan) / August 21, 2023 / PDF
• Abu Dhabi / Memorandum of Understanding on Exchange and Cooperation Between Abu Dhabi (The United Arab Emirates) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japan) / November 30, 2023 / PDF
• Ulaanbaatar / Memorandum of Understanding on Exchange and Cooperation Between the Governor’s Office of the Capital City of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japan) / May 16, 2024 / PDF
• Bangkok / Joint Communique of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (Kingdom of Thailand) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japan) / February 6, 2025 / PDF

※ PDF file shows the agreement in the language of the partner city/state.