A joint conference was held with Mayor Kawasaki Fukuda and Mayor Motomura Sagamihara, and announced "Necessity of legislation of" special city "from the perspective of residents-a new form of self-government realized from Kanagawa-"
"Special city" is a new local government system that has both authority and tax resources appropriate for large cities, instead of the current designated city system. We will continue to make every effort to realize a "special city" in order to maximize our power as a metropolis in the future.
As we show about necessity and significance of "special city" for citizens, imminent example in document which we announced this time clearly, please see by all means.
(For details, please see "The Mayor of Yokohama, Mayor Kawasaki and Mayor Sagamihara announced about the necessity of legislation of" special city "from the perspective of residents-a new form of self-government realized from Kanagawa-" .)