Asian Network of Major Cities 21 was a body representing the interests of several of

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's largest

capital cities A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the ...

around common themes of importance, including

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, sustainability and

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. The organization was advocated by then Tokyo Governor

Shintaro Ishihara was a Japanese politician and writer who was Governor of Tokyo from 1999 to 2012. Being the former leader of the radical right Japan Restoration Party, he was one of the most prominent ultranationalists in modern Japanese politics. An ultra ...

(1999-2012) and formed by common declaration of those attending a meeting held in

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in August 2000. Following a review by member cities in 2014, the network was suspended and projects continued under new regional initiatives by Tokyo.''Multilateral City Diplomacy''
Office of the Governor, City of Tokyo

Joint projects

*Industry **Promotion of Development of a small to medium-sized Jet Passenger Plane **“Welcome to Asia” Campaign **Promotion of Asian Business and Investment Projects **ICT Initiatives for Urban Development **Development of Affordable, Safe and Fast Mass Housing Technology Project *Environment **Urban and Global Environment Problems *Civil management **Network for Crisis Management *Health **Countermeasures to Combat Infectious Diseases in Asia *Arts and culture **Asian Performing Arts Festival *Women's Social participation **Women's Participation in Society *Human resource development **Youth-to-Youth Program -Creating Enterprising Originals **Staff Capacity Enhancement Program

Plenary Meeting

* The First Plenary Meeting (October 2001) -

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

* The Second Plenary Meeting (November 2002) -

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

* The Third Plenary Meeting (November 2003) -

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

* The Fourth Plenary Meeting (November 2004) - Jakarta * The Fifth Plenary Meeting (April 2006) -

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

* The Sixth Plenary Meeting (November 2007) -

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

* The Seventh Plenary Meeting (November 2008) -

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* The Eighth Plenary Meeting (November 2009) -

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

* The Ninth Plenary Meeting (November 2010) -

* The Tenth Plenary Meeting (October 2011) -

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...

* The Eleventh Plenary Meeting (June 2012) -

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

* The Twelfth Plenary Meeting (November 2013) -

* The Thirteenth Plenary Meeting (September 2014) -

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References

External links

Official site (English version)

Official site of fifth plenary (English)
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