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横浜市基本構想（長期ビジョン）
はじめに
横浜は1859年（安政6年）の開港以来、日本近代化の窓口として栄え、国内外から進取の気風に富む人々が集まり、夢と希望に燃えて新しいまちづくりを進める一方、先駆的な日本人や伝統的な日本文化が横浜から海を渡りました。
昭和30年代から40年代にかけて、わが国の経済が大きく成長し、都市に産業が集中するなかで、横浜の人口は急増し、公害や都市基盤整備の遅れなどの新たな都市問題に直面しました。
このような都市化の波のなかで、1973年（昭和48年）に「横浜市基本構想（旧）」を制定し、その後約30年間にわたり、市民、団体、企業や行政などが力をあわせ、今日の大都市横浜を築いてきました。
現在、少子高齢社会の進行や人口減少社会の到来とともに、社会経済のグローバル化が進むなど、社会の大きな転換期を迎え、市民の将来への不安が高まりつつあります。
こうしたなかで、厳しい現実を直視し、的確な時代認識を共有しながら、誰もが希望を持って生活できる新しい仕組みを創りあげる必要があります。
先人からこの歴史あるまちを受け継いだ私たちは、2009年（平成21年）に、開港150周年、市政120周年を迎えるという節目をとらえ、新しい横浜の魅力や活力を創造し、世界に発信しながら、夢や希望にあふれるまちの礎をつくらなければなりません。
そこで、これからの概ね20年間(2025年頃まで）を展望し、横浜を支えるすべての人々が、課題を共有しながら取り組んでいくための基本的な指針となる、新しい「横浜市基本構想（長期ビジョン）」を策定しました。
「横浜市基本構想（長期ビジョン）」は、地方自治法に規定される横浜市の「基本構想」に位置づけられるものであり、市政運営の基本理念でもあります。
平成１８年６月２３日 横浜市長 中田 宏
１ 横浜の都市像
「市民力と創造力により新しい「横浜らしさ」を生み出す都市」
横浜は、平和や人権の尊重を基調として、世界との窓口として歴史的に果たしてきた役割を常に認識しながら、知恵と活力を最大限に発揮し、市民が生き生きと暮らせる魅力あふれる都市であり続けます。
また、年齢や性別、障害の有無や国籍にとらわれることなく、多様な個性を尊重し、市民自らが多様な力を地域社会で発揮します。
市民の意識と行動が、これからの横浜を形づくります。新しい「横浜らしさ」を生み出し世界に発信することで、横浜は常に新たな魅力と活力を創造し続けます。
（１）市民力（市民の活力と知恵の結集）
横浜の特徴であり最大の活力の源は、多様で豊富な人材と、活発な市民活動です。市民が生活を営んでいく上で、地域において様々な課題が発生しますが、「横浜らしさ」である豊かな市民の力を最大限に発揮し、解決に取り組みます。
また、世代間で互いに助け合い、連携しながら、柔軟性と新しい発想を生み出す地域づくりを進め、安全と安心の中で充実した暮らしを送ることができるまちをつくりあげます。
そのために、市民一人ひとりが広い視野と責任感を持って自発的に地域や社会活動に参画し、知恵と行動を結集することにより、生き生きと暮らせる都市の魅力と活力をつくりあげていきます。
（２）創造力（地域の魅力と創造性の発揮）
横浜の特徴であり最大の魅力は、豊かな水・緑と歴史的建造物や先進的な都市景観に加え、多様な文化や人々を分け隔てなく迎え、受け入れてきた開放性と、常に新しい技術や文化に目を向け積極的に取り入れていく進取の気風です。
社会経済のグローバル化や情報化が進み、ますます世界が身近になる中で、世界の中の横浜としての役割を担っていくために、横浜ならではの魅力「横浜らしさ」を、誇りを持って世界に発信します。
国内外から人や企業、国際機関などが集まり、それぞれの知恵や文化の融合により新たな魅力を創造し、世界で活躍する人をはぐくむ、躍動する創造的都市をつくりあげていきます。
２ 都市像を支える５つの柱
（１）世界の知が集まる交流拠点都市
横浜は、開港期以来、国内外から多くの意欲と才能あふれる人々が集まり、常に時代を先取りしながら、国際港都として新たな魅力と活力を生み出してきました。
知的財産や活動の重要性が高まる中で、国内外の知識や人が集まる場を豊富に提供するとともに、次代を担う子どもたちを社会で温かく見守り、充実した教育環境の下、世界で活躍する人々をはぐくみます。
国際機関や研究活動の場が集まる横浜で、私たちと、世界から集まる多様な文化や技術を持つ人々が交流し、互いに切磋琢磨することにより、新しい文化芸術や先進的技術を生み出し、特色ある都市の創造性を発信することで、横浜は世界の知識と知恵の拠点を目指します。
（２）新たな活躍の場を開拓する活力創造都市
横浜は、その立地条件や港の存在を基に、時代に応じた産業が生まれ、集積しながら発展し、都市の活力を生み出してきました。
社会経済のグローバル化や情報化が進み、都市間競争が激しくなる中で、横浜から新たなビジネスチャンスと企業活動を生み出すことにより、国内外から企業の集積を進め、多くの人に活躍の場を提供していきます。
高度な技術や人の集積による都市の創造力と、新しい就業の場の創出により、横浜は人も企業も躍動する活力あふれる都市を目指します。
（３）多様な働き方や暮らしができる生活快適都市
横浜は、東京への一極集中に伴い、急速に住宅地が拡大する中で、産業の集積を図るとともに、魅力的な都心部を形成することにより、多くの人が訪れ、生活し、就業する大都市となりました。
働き方が多様化し、年齢や性別による固定的な役割が変化する中で、個人の価値観に応じて、働きながら地域や家庭で心豊かな生活を送ることができるような、高齢者や女性も生き生き暮らせるライフスタイルを実現していきます。
また、自然環境や都市景観など地域の特性に応じたまちづくりを市民自らが愛着を持って行うことにより、横浜は豊かな生活環境のある快適で暮らしやすい都市を目指します。
（４）市民の知恵がつくる環境行動都市
私たちの日々の生活や活動は、地球環境に影響を及ぼしており、環境に対する配慮を常に意識し、行動することが求められています。
地球規模での環境問題がより深刻化する中で、身近なところで積極的に環境を守り、質の高い環境を創造していく行動を積み重ね、世界の一員としての役割を果たします。
世界から環境に関する情報や技術、人が集まり、その交流の中から新たな環境技術や取組を生み出すとともに、人と自然が共生し、環境と経済の好循環を実現する都市の姿を世界に発信することで、横浜は環境の港を目指します。
（５）いつまでも安心して暮らせる安全安心都市
私たちが安心して暮らしていくためには、災害や犯罪、病気などの不安に備えることが必要です。
少子高齢社会の進行や人口の減少により、地域コミュニティが変化しても、そこで生活する人々が、人と人とのつながりを大切にし、互いに支え合うことができれば、暮らしの安全と安心が生まれます。
横浜は、一人ひとりの知恵と行動力を結集しつつ、セーフティネットの行き届いた社会の仕組みをつくりあげていくことにより、いつまでも心豊かに暮らせる都市を目指します。
３ 実現の方向性と取組
（１）多様な文化を持つ人々と共に生きよう
横浜が、世界との窓口としての役割を果たしていくためには、世界で活躍する人々を豊富に輩出するとともに、多様な文化を持つ人々が集い、生き生きと暮らすことができる都市づくりが重要です。
ア 日本や横浜の歴史と文化を理解し、世界の人々とコミュニケーションがとれる国際性豊かな人を育てましょう。
イ 国籍にかかわらず、人と人とのつながりを大切にし、多様な文化が共生するまちを目指しましょう。
ウ 横浜の技術力や市民の多様な力を生かし、アジアとの交流や貢献を重点としつつ世界の都市との連携を活発に展開し、アジアと世界を結ぶ架け橋の役割を担っていきましょう。
（２）充実した学びにより豊かな人生を送ろう
一人ひとりが将来を展望し、充実した暮らしを送るとともに、国内外で活躍する人々を育てていくためには、子どもから高齢者まで生涯にわたる多様な学びの機会を充実させることが重要です。
ア 多様な個性やニーズに応じた充実した学びと、再挑戦できる教育システムが整った、教育が充実したまちを目指しましょう。
イ 学校と家庭や地域が連携し、共に人を育てるとともに、青少年の自立を支援するまちを目指しましょう。
ウ 地域コミュニティを支える人々が育ち、地域の課題解決に向けて技術や能力を生かせるまちを目指しましょう。
（３）子どもを温かく見守りのびのびと育てよう
次代を担う子どもたちの健全な成長は、未来への希望あふれる都市づくりの根本です。ライフスタイルが多様化する中で、誰もが暮らしやすく、子どもたちがのびのび育つまちを実現していくためには、子どもが成長する喜びを社会全体で共有し、見守っていくことが重要です。
ア 社会全体で子育てを支援することにより、子育てに関する様々な不安や負担を解消して、子どもと夢を共有できるゆとりある生活を実現しましょう。
イ 子育てしやすい住環境や、子どもたちがのびのびと遊び、学べる安全な地域と親子の居場所づくり、医療の充実など、子育てバリアフリーが徹底された生活環境の整ったまちを目指しましょう。
ウ 青少年が積極的に地域社会へ参画するとともに、世代間で互いに助け合い連携して子育てを支援する地域コミュニティを実現しましょう。
（４）横浜ならではの魅力を創造し都市の活力を高めよう
横浜の活力を高めていくためには、活発な文化芸術活動や国際機関などの集積により、多様な人々が集まり、交流することで、横浜ならではの魅力と可能性を創造することが重要です。
ア 横浜の立地条件を生かし、空港、港、道路、鉄道が一体的に機能するまちをつくり、活力ある産業の集積とともに、新たな産業や観光資源の創出と活用に積極的に挑戦し、活力と競争力のあるまちを目指しましょう。
イ 横浜の活力の源である港の魅力を高めるために、アジアや世界に貢献する物流機能の強化とともに、海に親しめる憩いの機能も高めていきましょう。
ウ 環境に配慮した事業活動や技術開発、消費が活発に行われるとともに、豊かな自然環境と、都市活動が持続的に共存できるまちを目指しましょう。
エ 横浜の食を支える農業と都市生活を共存させ、大きな消費地を背景とした地産地消を積極的に進めるとともに、安全で新鮮な農産物を生み出す都市農業が活発に行われるまちを目指しましょう。
（５）活発な情報交流により新たな可能性を創造していこう
情報通信技術の飛躍的な進歩により、時間と距離を超えて自由に情報を発信し、受信することが可能となってきています。すべての人々が、自由に、かつ、容易に情報通信技術を利用できる社会を築き、情報交流を活発に行うことにより、新たな可能性を創造していくことが重要です。
ア 横浜の知恵や創造力を生かした先駆的な情報を創出し、世界へ発信していきましょう。
イ 世界の多様な人々との情報交流を活発に行い、新たな発想や技術、ビジネスチャンスなどの創出につなげていきましょう。
ウ 情報通信技術を積極的に活用し、地域社会における合意形成や防災・防犯など、様々な課題の解決や利便性、効率性の向上につなげていきましょう。
エ 個人情報を適正に管理するとともに、情報を活用するための知識と技術、マナーを身につけ、活発な情報交流を行いましょう。
（６）個性を生かして働ける社会をつくろう
将来への希望を持ちながら生き生きと暮らしていくためには、「働く」ことの大切さや意義を誰もがしっかりと認識し、働く意欲や努力が報われる社会を実現していくことが重要です。
ア 年齢や性別、障害の有無や国籍などにとらわれずに、個性や能力に応じた多様な職業や働き方を選択できるまちを目指しましょう。
イ 子育てや介護など、生活環境が変わっても、働き続ける選択もできる柔軟な労働環境をつくりましょう。
ウ 知識や技能を修得し、向上する機会が豊富にある中で、一人ひとりの能力を生かして挑戦でき、また、挑戦する人を応援する気風にあふれるまちを目指しましょう。
（７）暮らしやすい快適なまちづくりをしよう
高齢社会や人口減少社会の中で、誰もが快適に暮らしていくためには、ライフスタイルや地域の特性に応じた住環境の中で生活し、身近な地域で様々な活動ができることが重要です。
ア 多様化するライフスタイルや、地域の特性に応じた質の高い住環境と効率的な交通体系が備わったまちを目指しましょう。
イ 誰もが働きやすい就業の場と居住の場のほか、楽しみ、学び、憩いの場などが駅を中心に近接するコンパクトなまちを目指しましょう。
ウ 歴史的建造物や水・緑・文化などの地域の特性を反映しながら、都市の景観を守り、住民自らが活発なまちづくりを展開しましょう。
（８）地球にやさしい都市環境を未来へ引き継ごう
地球環境に配慮した質の高い都市環境を創造し、未来へ引き継いでいくためには、一人ひとりが環境問題を考え、行動するとともに、様々な主体が協働して取り組むことが重要です。
ア 廃棄物の発生抑制、再使用、再生利用を進め、持続可能な循環型社会を目指しましょう。
イ ヒートアイランド現象や地球温暖化などの環境問題に対して、省エネルギー行動や、環境負荷の小さい新エネルギーの普及に向けた技術の開発と利用を進めましょう。
ウ 海や川、緑地や公園などの水と緑に加え、多様な生物が生息できる豊かな自然環境が身近にある、潤いのあるまちを目指しましょう。
エ 農地を、農業生産の場として認識するとともに、防災、景観の保全、学習の場や、自然環境の一部として多面的に活用しましょう。
（９）住み続けたいと感じられる魅力をつくろう
横浜に住むことに魅力を感じるためには、それぞれのライフステージの中で、住み続けたいと感じられる生活満足度の高いまちを実現していく必要があります。特に、若者に対する魅力づくりは、都市の活力を維持していく上でも重要です。
ア 新たに横浜に住む人々も温かく受け入れられ、地域の一員として活躍できるまちを目指しましょう。
イ 就職や就学などで生活環境が変化しても、自己実現を図ることができるなど充実した生活を送りながら住み続けることができるまちを目指しましょう。
ウ 多様な仕事を選択できる就業環境や、それぞれのライフスタイルに応じた住環境と楽しみがある、若者や子育て世帯に魅力ある地域づくりを進めましょう。
エ 世代間交流や市民活動などにより地域の人々が支え合い、障害者や高齢者などが地域の中で生き生きと暮らしていけるまちを目指しましょう。
（10）ゆとりをもって安心して暮らそう
障害者や高齢者はもとより、誰もが地域で安心して生活していくためには、将来にわたる安全と安心が確保され、ゆとりをもって心豊かに暮らせる社会を実現していくことが重要です。
ア 個人の尊厳を尊重した福祉や医療の仕組みが整備され、バリアフリーが行き届いた、誰もが生活しやすいまちを目指しましょう。
イ 救急医療や健康危機管理への備えを行うとともに、主体的な心と体の健康づくりを社会全体で支援し、健康で安心できる暮らしを目指しましょう。
ウ 災害発生時における避難や救援などの応急態勢や防犯に対する取組など、安全と安心を支える充実した機能をもつ地域を目指しましょう。
４ 実現のための基本姿勢
人口減少社会における、少子高齢化や社会経済のグローバル化などの進行は、新たな行政需要を生み、経営資源の制約を招きます。
社会経済情勢の変化に柔軟に対応しながら、都市像を実現していくためには、限られた経営資源を有効に活用し、効果的に取り組まなければなりません。
横浜を支える市民と行政がそれぞれの役割と責任を認識し、協力して都市の魅力や活力をつくるとともに、安心して生き生きと暮らせる社会を実現します。
（１）市民力の発揮（新しい公共の創造）
社会経済情勢の変化に伴い、市民や行政が単独で対応することが難しい新たな課題が増加し、解決に向けて柔軟かつ多様な取組を行う必要があります。
横浜には、多様で豊富な人材が集まり、活発な市民活動が展開されています。この豊かな市民力を最大限に発揮し、互いに助け合いながら自らが主体的に取り組むとともに、市民と行政が互いを理解し、尊重しながら協働して取り組みます。
ア 市民主体の取組
自らできることは自らが行うことを基本とし、世代間で互いに助け合い、連携しながら、市民が主体となって自主的に知恵と行動を結集し、取り組みます。
（ア）地域や社会活動に自発的に参画し、持てる力を発揮します。
（イ）自治会・町内会や市民公益活動団体などが、それぞれの特徴を生かし、互いに補いながら地域課題を解決できるコミュニティを形成します。
（ウ）企業の社会的責任に基づく地域活動を尊重し、社会に貢献する文化をはぐくみます。
イ 協働による取組
市民と行政が互いに特性を生かし、地域課題や社会的な課題に協働して取り組み、多様なニーズへきめ細かく対応することで、市民生活の質の向上を目指します。
（ア）市民と行政は対等の立場に立ち、活動目的や課題などの情報を共有し、相互理解を深めます。
（イ）地域の特性に応じて、市民や企業、行政などの地域を支える様々な主体が議論し、合意を形成しながら課題に対応します。
（ウ）社会の変化やニーズに応じて、協働にふさわしい領域を柔軟にとらえて取り組みます。
（２）行政の役割（自律と分権の地方自治を目指して）
地方分権の流れの中で、特色ある「横浜らしさ」を発信し、新たな魅力と活力を創造するためには、市民との協働による「自治」と「経営」を進めるとともに、行財政改革に取り組み、持続可能な行財政運営を行い、市民満足度の高い自主的・自律的な大都市運営を目指します。
ア 市民が自発的に地域や社会活動に参画できるよう、情報提供を進めるとともに、市民の活動を支援する仕組みを整えます。
イ 地域の身近な課題に迅速かつ的確に対応できるよう、地域コミュニティを支援する仕組みや体制を整えます。
ウ 他の自治体と連携し、防災や環境問題などの市域を越えた広域的な課題に対応します。
エ 地域のニーズを客観的かつ的確に把握・分析し、自律的な政策形成能力を高めます。
| Translation - English
Yokohama General Plan (long-term vision）
Introduction
Following the opening of the Port of Yokohama to the outside world in 1859 (Ansei, Year 6), the city emerged to shine as the gateway for Japan’s modernization, attracting innovative spirits from both home and abroad. As the City of Yokohama came alight with the dreams and desires of this new era of urban development, pioneering Japanese and traditional Japanese culture left the shores of Yokohama to cross over the ocean.
The Japanese economy grew enormously during the 30s and 40s of the Showa Period. As industrial activity further concentrated in city regions, the population of Yokohama increased, threatening the city with a new variety of urban problems like environmental pollution, and faltering infrastructure and services.
In this background of urbanization, the city set forth its first Yokohama General Plan in 1973 (Showa year 48). For the next 30 years, the citizens, organizations, companies and administrations of the city worked together to build the metropolis of Yokohama that we know today.
Today, as an aging society and declining birth rates trigger a dwindling population, and with globalization of the world economy continuing apace, Japanese society faces a momentous turning point, casting a shadow of doubt onto the future for many Yokohama citizens.
Looking head on into this harsh situation, it is imperative that we share an accurate account of our times, and build a new type of city where anyone that harbors aspiration may reside.
As the heirs to this historical city from those who have gone before us, the year 2009 (Heisei year 21), 150 years from the opening of the Yokohama Port to the outside world, and 120 years since our city government was established, provides a junction for us to lay the foundation for a new Yokohama; one that is attractive, lively, and filled with hopes and dreams that are shared the world over.
Casting their sights 20 years into the future (until 2025), the people that preserve and uphold Yokohama have composed this new Yokohama General Plan (Long Term Vision) to form the city’s basic policy for dealing with the various challenges that face us today.
The Yokohama General Plan (Long Term Vision) provides the city of Yokohama’s master concept in accordance with the Local Government Law, and represents the fundamental principles of this city’s administration.
Hiroshi TANAKA
Mayor of Yokohama
June 23rd, 2006
１ The urban image of Yokohama
A city offering a new Yokohama-lifestyle based on people power and creativity.
Yokohama will continue to be a wonderful city with a vibrant population making full use of its knowledge and vitality. The city will continue to remain true to its history as a gateway to the rest of the world, and serve as a cornerstone of respect for peace and human rights. Regardless of age, gender, nationality or the presence if a disability, the people of Yokohama will show respect for a diverse array of lifestyles, and apply their own unique talents to improve their regional community.
It is the minds and actions of its citizens that will create the Yokohama of the future, and our city will continue to serve as a source of allure and vitality by sharing a our original Yokohama-lifestyle with the rest of the world beyond.
（１）The power of people (accumulating vitality and wisdom）
Dynamic citizen ingenuity and a diverse, rich pool of human talent are at the heart of Yokohama’s celebrated vitality. Depending on the region, going about daily life can bring a host of different challenges, but solutions can be found in the unique Yokohama-way of doing things, defined by making the most out of citizen ability. In addition, Yokohama aims to provide the context for leading fulfilling lives in safety and security, where communities exhibit tolerance and new ideas by reaching out across generations.
Achieving these aims requires each citizen to look at the wider picture, have a sense responsibility, and proactively contribute to their local community. By thus accumulating citizen wisdom and action, the city of Yokohama aspires to offer a vibrant lifestyle with appeal and dynamism.
（２）Creative talent – making the most of local appeal and creativity
One of Yokohama’s greatest attractions is the city’s abundant water and greenery, historical buildings and progressive skyline. Combined with these great physical attractions are the city’s indiscriminant acceptance to cultural diversity, and its enterprising spirit always welcoming new technology and ways of life.
As globalization and the advent of IT spread throughout society, the world is becoming a much smaller place, where Yokohama’s place in the world and our unique attractions are cause for celebration for the rest of the world to see. By attracting people, businesses and international institutions from both in Japan and beyond, we hope that integrating different sources of wisdom and culture will give our city new allure, and Yokohama will perform as world-leading creative city that develops talent influential on a global scale.
２ The 5 supporting pillars of Yokohama’s urban image
（１）A crossroads for the world’s wisdom
Following the open of the Port of Yokohama to the outside world, the city became a gathering point for scores of people filled with vision and talent from within Japan, and across the globe. Always at the forefront of the times, the city of Yokohama grew into an international port city offering a new type of appeal and dynamism. Yokohama shall provide a rich environment for people from both inside and outside Japan to gather together by encouraging the value of intellectual resources and pursuits, and develop the next generation of global leaders by providing a sound educational environment and watching over the next generation of our city.
As home to a number of international organizations and research centers, we will promote the interaction of people from around the world bringing with them a range of cultural backgrounds and technologies so as to create new culture, new art, and pioneering technology by working together. Essentially, the city of Yokohama aims to be a source of world knowledge and wisdom by promoting our unique brand of urban creativity.
（２）A source of dynamism for pioneering new endeavors
The city of Yokohama’s geographical location and role as a port city have paved the way for modern industrial activity to accumulate and grow, contributing to the vitality of our city. Among a backdrop of intense intercity competition and the spread of globalization and information technology, Yokohama aims to provide an environment for many people to thrive, and seeks to attract companies from far and wide by creating new business chances in Yokohama. With the creative power unleashed by concentrating high technologies and people combined with new employment opportunities, Yokohama aims to be a dynamic city allowing both people and businesses to flourish.
（３）A comfortable city supporting a variety of work and life styles
As over-concentration in Tokyo triggered a rapid expansion of Yokohama’s residential areas, strategies to attract industrial activity and make an attractive city center have succeeded in making our city into a world-class metropolis that is lived in, worked in and enjoyed by many. As working styles diversify and expected roles based on age and gender gradually shift, Yokohama aims to support women and the elderly in leading fulfilling lives in the community and at home according to their own individual values. Moreover, Yokohama aspires to be a place where people can live comfortable and healthy lives by encouraging citizens to take initiative in improving their communities according to the local character of the natural environment and neighborhood.
（４）An environmentally-friendly city made by local wisdom
Since how we live our daily lives has implications for the global environment, it is our responsibility to give constant consideration to the environment and act accordingly. As environmental problems continue to deteriorate on a global scale, it is crucial for us to actively protect our immediate surroundings and build upon experience contributing to a high-quality environment, thereby fulfilling our role as a member of global society.
In this way, the city of Yokohama strives to become an “environmental port”, demonstrating to the world beyond a city with a healthy circulation of economic and natural activity: A city where people and nature coexist, and where drawing together people, technology and information related to the environment gives rise to new forms of environmental technologies and services.
（５）A safe and secure city offering peace of mind
In order to lead a life with peace of mind, it is necessary to guard against uncertainties such as natural disasters, crime and illness. In spite of change occurring within our communities due to an aging society, falling birth rate and declining population, safe and secure neighborhoods can still be preserved by community members reaching out to each other for mutual support. By aggregating the individual wisdoms and pursuits of each city member, Yokohama aims to put in place the social mechanisms to create a safety net allowing us to lead abundant lives.
３ Direction and strategies to reach our goals
（１）Bring people together from different cultural backgrounds
In order to remain true to its role as a gateway to the rest of the world, it is crucial for Yokohama to lay the groundwork for a vibrant city lifestyle by producing globally recognized talent and attracting a diverse array of cultural identities. To achieve this, the city of Yokohama aims to:
A) Foster a cosmopolitan population that understands Yokohama’s and Japan’s history and culture, with sufficient ability to communicate with people from around the world.
B) Create a city with high regard for human relations regardless of nationality that allows diverse cultures to coexist.
C) Use Yokohama’s technological prowess and the diverse talents of its citizens to provide a bridge between Asia and the rest of the world, and to actively collaborate with other cities around the globe, emphasizing contributions and contact with other Asian countries.
（２）Lead fulfilling lives through sound education
Providing numerous opportunities for lifelong learning from childhood to later in life is a key aspect in fostering people to play an active role both at home and abroad, lead fulfilling lives, and have harbor dreams for their own future. To achieve this, Yokohama aims to:
A) Provide ample educational opportunity for an assorted range of personalities and needs, offering an educational system where people can take a second chance.
B) Allow schools, family and the community to work together to support the independence, and self-reliance of our youth.
C) Allow people supporting a community to develop the skills and abilities to resolve community issues.
（３）Care for our children and allow them to grow
The healthy growth of our children so they may shoulder future generations is fundamental to the building a city with hope for the future. Providing a city where people can live, and raise their children naturally in this age of diversifying lifestyles requires society as a whole to watch over children and enjoy in the joy of it. For these reasons, Yokohama strives to:
A) Eliminate the anxieties and burden of child rearing by sharing child support across society so we can lead less demanding lives and share our dreams with our children.
B) Provide residential environments geared towards child rearing, where kids can play and learn in safe neighborhoods with good access to medical care, and public spaces are free of barriers.
C) Facilitate communities that support child-care through intergenerational cooperation, and youth actively participate in local communities.
（４）Improve our city’s vitality by creating original Yokohama appeal
Enhancing Yokohama’s vitality calls for inviting the cultural arts and international institutions that will draw in many types of people, and whose interaction will release Yokohama’s unique character and potential. To achieve this, the city of Yokohama will:
A) Aim to be a dynamic city with competitive edge that makes the most out of its unique location; provides an airport, harbor, roads and railways that function in unison; and actively seeks out new sources of business and tourism while attracting up and coming industrial activity.
B) Improve the harbors that are a source of Yokohama’s vitality by bolstering our harbor’s logistical functionality for the world and the rest of Asia, and improving our ocean as a place for recreation and relaxation.
C) Aspire to be a city where urban lifestyles and abundant nature coexist sustainably, and where people enthusiastically carry out environmentally-sound business, technological development and consumption.
D) Aspire to be a city where the agricultural that puts food on our tables and our urban lifestyles coexist side-by-side. As a major consuming region, the city of Yokohama aims to actively promote local-production for local consumption, and allow urban agriculture as source of safe and fresh agricultural produce for us to enjoy.
（５）Create new possibilities through the active exchange of information
Dramatic advances in information technology have ushered in a new age where information is freely exchanged beyond the limits of time and distance. For the city of Yokohama, it is important to create new potential by actively exchanging information and building a society where all members can freely, and easily, have access to information technology. To achieve these aims, the city of Yokohama will:
A) Use the city’s wisdom and creative energies to compose and distribute innovative information around the world.
B) Generate new ideas, technologies and business opportunities by actively promoting information exchanges with diverse arrays of people from around the world.
C) Proactively employ transmission technology to build consensus in local communities, and to improve the efficiency, convenience and problem solving across many issues, such as disaster and crime prevention.
D) Support the active exchange of information using the right know-how, technology and manners while properly protecting personal information.
（６）Design workplaces that make the most of individual personalities
Creating a society where the will and effort to work are properly rewarded, and where everyone understands the importance and value of a job, are important aspects to leading a fulfilling life, with dreams for the future. To achieve this, the city of Yokohama aims to:
A) Allow citizens to select from among a range of vocations and work-styles regardless of age, gender, disability or nationality, based on their individual personality and capabilities.
B) Make flexible labor conditions allowing choice in whether one continues a career when having a child or caring for someone.
C) Provide an environment that supports challenging spirits, where people have ample opportunity to use their individual strengths for self-improvement, and acquire more knowledge and skills.
（７）Build upon easy and comfortable lifestyles
Allowing everyone to take an active role in the local community and live in a manner suitable to local lifestyles and conditions is a key part for everyone to lead comfortable lives in today’s aging and shrinking society. To achieve these ends, the city of Yokohama will:
A) Aspire to offer an efficient transportation system and high-quality residential environment in agreement with local conditions supporting a variety of lifestyles.
B) Aim to be a compact city with spaces for leisure, learning, and relaxation near train stations, and provide work and living spaces that anyone will find amenable.
C) Design our city so that local citizens can actively participate in Yokohama’s development, and protect our city’s scenery while reflecting on each region’s character, like historical buildings, water, greenery and culture.
（８）Secure an environmentally-friendly city for future generations.
Cooperation among multiple people and institutions, and each stakeholder considering and acting on environmental issues is a key aspect for building a high-quality, environmentally sound city for future generations. To achieve these aims, the city of Yokohama will:
A) Reduce waste materials and encourage reuse and recycling to create a sustainable recycling-based society.
B) Promote energy conservation to mitigate environmental problems such as the heat-island phenomenon and global warming, and develop and use new-energy technologies that cause less environmental impact.
C) Create a healthy and pleasant city abundant in natural environments that are close at hand and that offer habitat for a diverse array of plants and animals, such as the ocean, rivers, green space and parks.
D) Appreciate the multifaceted purposes of agricultural lands, which in addition to providing for agricultural production, also afford disaster prevention, landscape conservation, educational opportunities and form part of the natural environment.
（９）Appeal to long term residence
Making Yokohama a highly satisfying place where people choose to reside indefinitely demands the city appeal across generations to those at different stages of life. Of particular importance is appealing to younger generations, which is necessary for the dynamism of Yokohama to continue into the future. To achieve this, Yokohama aims to:
A) Welcome those who come to Yokohama to live and participate as members of the community.
B) Allow our residents to lead fulfilling lives across many years, and facilitate self-expression even when educational or vocational conditions alter our living environment.
C) Be a city that appeals to youth and households raising children that supports different residential and recreational conditions for a myriad of lifestyles, and where people can choose from a selection of working situations.
D) Promote a city where people support one another across generations and through civic action, and where the disabled and the elderly can lead active lives in the community
（10）Support relaxing and safe livelihoods
Creating a society where people lead comfortable, spiritually rich lives in safety and security that extends into the future is a necessary step for everyone, not just those with disabilities and the elderly, to live safe lives within their respective communities. To realize this, the city of Yokohama aims to:
A) Provide welfare and medical care institutions that respect individual dignity and are barrier-free, enabling everybody to live in comfort.
B) Allow safe and healthy lives by providing society-wide support for voluntary physical and mental health management, and also preparing for emergency medical care and health crisis management.
C) Become a region offering broad functionality to support safety and security, such as preparing for evacuation and medical treatment during emergency situations, and preventing crime.
４ Basic approach to realize our goals
Globalization of the world economy combined with a declining population driven by lower birthrates and the aging of society are generating new forms of administrative demands, further restricting administrative budgets. Making the most out of limited financial resources is essential for creating a type of city capable of flexibly accommodating social and economic change. Yokohama shall therefore create a safe and active society by each individual person and institution that makes up this city recognizing their own role and responsibility, and pulling together to make this a city with appeal and vitality.
（１）The power of the people (creating new public services)
Shifting socioeconomic conditions are giving rise to unprecedented issues that are difficult for citizens and the government to handle independently, which demands more flexible and diverse approaches to finding solutions. Gifted with a wealth of human talent engaged in spirited civic participation, Yokohama shall maximize this human resource to the best of its potential, and citizens and public institutions will join forces in mutual respect and understanding, while voluntarily reaching out to help one another.
A) Independent citizen action
In effect, the individuals of Yokohama shall do what they can on their own, and reach to help across generations, with self-directing efforts to merge knowledge and action originating in individual citizens. Do so requires:
1. Active participation in community events and making the most of our own individual talents.
2. Local authorities, neighborhood associations and public-interest groups using their own individual strengths to compliment each other and build communities capable of solving their own problems locally.
3. Corporations that respect community programs out of social responsibility, and foster a culture of contributing to society.
B) Collaboration
Citizens and the government shall make the most of their unique characteristics and deal with regional and social issues through collaboration, responding to diverse needs carefully, thereby improving the quality of public life. Achieving this requires:
1. Citizens and government looking at things on equal footing, being open about their respective intentions, and deepening mutual
2. Discussion between local stakeholders such as citizens, corporations and government institutions to build consensus and address issues according to local conditions.
3. Dealing with issues flexibly on a scale appropriate to the activity, according to social change and social needs.
（２）The role of government - local governments based on autonomy and decentralization
As authority has gradually decentralized to more local jurisdictions, promoting the unique “Yokohama style” to generate new attractions and vitality in our city is going to demand autonomy and management based on collaboration with citizens. In addition, the city shall set its sights on independent and autonomous city management bringing citizens a high-degree of satisfaction by engaging in administrative and financial reforms, and sustainable financial management. Achieving this will require:
1. Developing mechanisms to support civil activities and providing information to encourage voluntarily citizen participation in regional and social activities.
2. Developing mechanisms to support local communities in quickly and appropriately responding to local problems.
3. Cooperating with other municipalities to respond to large-scale issues extending beyond the borders of the city like disasters and environmental issues.
4. Enhancing autonomous policy-making skills to objectively analyze and become familiar with regional needs.
| | Japanese to English: Nuclear power plant press release | Source text - Japanese
浜岡原子力発電所４号機の調整運転開始について
浜岡原子力発電所４号機（沸騰水型、定格電気出力１１３．７万キロワット）は、平成１８年３月２３日から第９回定期検査を開始し、各機器の点検作業等を行ってきました。
これまでに、原子炉停止中に実施する各機器の点検作業や定期検査及び定期事業者検査がすべて終了しました。今後、原子炉起動のための準備を整え、 明日にも原子炉を起動し、調整運転を開始する予定です。
調整運転においては、徐々に出力を上げ、原子炉で発生した蒸気を用いて確認する設備の点検や検査を実施してまいります。これらの検査等が終了した後、最終検査となる国の総合負荷性能検査を受けることとしています。
なお、調整運転中に異常が確認された場合には、必要に応じて修理を行います。修理の方法によっては、原子炉を停止する場合もあります。
以 上
| Translation - English
Power Adjustements at Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station No. 4
June 23rd, 2006
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
Various equipment was serviced and inspected during the 9th scheduled inspection of Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station No. 4 (boiling water reactor. Rated electric output: 113.7 kW), which started on June 23rd, 2006.
As of print date, all scheduled inspections and services were performed of reactor equipment with the reactor shut down, as well as scheduled inspections of reactor personnel. Preparations are underway to start the nuclear reactor, which will be run tomorrow to start making power adjustments.
Power adjustments entail gradually increasing power output, and using the steam generated to perform inspections and servicing of several designated devices. Following completion of these inspections, a final total load-performance inspection will be conducted by the Japanese government as the final inspection.
Any irregularities detected during inspection will be handled as needed, which may require shutting down the reactor depending on the type of repair.
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* Over 8 years experience translating and interpreting environmental, technical and academic material from Japanese into American English.
* Level One Japanese Language Proficiency Exam (日本語能力試験1級： Nihongo Noryoku Shiken Ikkyu)
* Japanese language of daily use (over 17 years speaking Japanese)
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ENERGY TRADING DIVISION, ITOCHU CORPORATION (JPN>ENG). May, 2008-present
In May 2008, I joined the Energy Trading Division of Itochu, one of the largest General Trading Companies (Sogo Shosha) in Japan.
Currently working in the Crude Oil and LSWR section, supporting the operations and trading staff.
Freelance translator (JPN>ENG). 2001-present
Japanese to English translator of technical material.
My specialties, in order are:
Translator/Interpreter (JPN<>ENG), New United Motor Mechanics Inc. (NUMMI) 2001-2002
In-house translator/interpreter. Paint and Assembly divisions of US-based Toyota auto plant
Community Manager, ProZ.com 2000-2001
I joined ProZ.com for one year during the Website's start-up phase. I was responsible for various aspects of the Website's operation (i.e. selling advertising, handling customer service, creating basic webpages, developing partnerships, etc.) It was a fantastic opportunity, and exposed me to a wide range of issues in the language services industry.
(EDUCATION)
YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, (YNU) Yokohama, Japan
Received a PhD in Environmental and Information Sciences, Environmental System Design in March of 2008 as a Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholar at Yokohama National University's Sadohara/Yoshida Laboratory. My research focussed on controlling the thermal environments of urban canyons by adjusting the morphology (shape and placement) of downwind urban roughness elements (trees and buildings).
Through my research, I was able to gain advanced knowledge of the following issues:
* Urban microclimatology (especially dealing with heat and wind)
* Cooling performance of urban environmental heat-island mitigation technologies (rooftop gardens and other urban greenery, moisture absorbing concrete, reflective paint, etc.)
* GIS spatial analysis
HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY, (HSU) Arcata, CA.
Masters of Science in Environmental Systems, International Development Technology. Received May 2004. Studied technology selection for rural electrification: stand alone solar power, small scale wind power, biogas and micro hydro systems.
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC (UOP), Stockton, CA
Bachelor of Arts in International and Regional Studies May 1999
Minor: Japanese
KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY, (KGU) Nishinomiya, Japan 1996-1997 Second year of education
(LANGUAGES): Native speaker of American English. Fluent in Japanese, written and spoken. Working knowledge of Spanish and Italian.
About my work:
I translate technical documents from Japanese into normal American English, making sure to communicate the original tone and style of the source text.
My error rate is 1 error for every 2000 words.
About me
I started learning Japanese at age 13 in the US from a Japanese family who lived in my neighborhood, then spent several years in the country on high school and university exchange programs. Most of my Japanese was learned in Kawachinagano (河内長野), South Osaka Prefecture...home to the infamous 'Kawachi-ben' accent. I have no problem speaking standard Japanese, but have a thick Kansai accent (Kawachi-ben) when among friends.
My hobbies include running, Tae Kwon Do, playing electric bass guitar, soccer, scuba diving, traveling, listening to live music, hiking, etc.
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