Environmental model city
An Environmental model city (環境モデル都市, Kankyō moderu toshi) is a municipality designated by the Japanese government to be a model for making large cuts in greenhouse gas emissions towards the realization of a low-carbon society.
Current environmental model cities
- Obihiro, Hokkaido
- Shimokawa, Hokkaido
- Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
- Toyama, Toyama Prefecture
- Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture
- Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture
- The above municipalities were designated on July 22, 2008.
- Chiyoda, Tokyo Prefecture
- Iida, Nagano Prefecture
- Toyota, Aichi Prefecture
- Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
- Sakai, Osaka Prefecture
- Yusuhara, Kōchi Prefecture
- Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture
- The above municipalities were designated on January 22, 2009.
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