Reading Time: 4 minutesIn our newest Mayor of the Moment interview, Takeharu Yamanaka, Mayor of Yokohama, Japan, discusses the green transformation, cooperation with other Champion Mayors as well as other Asian cities.
Takeharu Yamanaka - (Mayor)
Dr. Takeharu Yamanaka (born in 1972) became the 33rd Mayor of Yokohama, Japan’s second-largest city and home to 3.77 million residents, in August 2021. Prior to entering politics, he served as Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Data Science at Yokohama City University after a research experience at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and other institutions. Mayor Yamanaka now actively works to leverage data-driven processes in policy decision-making and drive Yokohama’s green transformation (GX) into a carbon neutral society. He leads efforts to make Yokohama a preferred destination for growing families and young professionals, older citizens and the next generation, as well as for dynamic businesses and investment.