Editing Tokyo (section)

==International relations==
Tokyo is the founding member of the [[Asian Network of Major Cities 21]] and is a member of the [[Council of Local Authorities for International Relations]]. Tokyo was also a founding member of the [[C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=C40（世界都市気候先導グループ）における都のリーダーシップ |url=https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2020/12/04/07.html |access-date=23 July 2024 |website=Tokyo Metropolitan Government |date=4 December 2020 |language=ja |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207054743/https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2020/12/04/07.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Sister cities and states===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Japan}}

{{As of|2022}}, Tokyo has [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinning]] or friendship agreements with the following twelve cities and states:<ref name="TMG">{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/ABOUT/LINKS/sister.htm|title=Sister Cities (States) of Tokyo – Tokyo Metropolitan Government|access-date=May 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611131633/http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/ABOUT/LINKS/sister.htm|archive-date=June 11, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Note to editors: before adding to this list, be sure to check Tokyo's official site and make sure the place you're adding is on Tokyo's list at http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/ABOUT/LINKS/sister.htm -->

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* [[New York City]], United States (since February 1960)
* [[Beijing]], China (since March 1979)
* [[Paris]], France (since July 1982)<ref name=P1>{{cite web |url=http://next.paris.fr/english/paris-a-city-with-an-international-profile/international-action-cooperation/friendship-and-cooperation-agreements/rub_8139_stand_29940_port_18784 |title=Friendship and cooperation agreements |publisher=Marie de Paris |location=Paris |access-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701024003/http://next.paris.fr/english/paris-a-city-with-an-international-profile/international-action-cooperation/friendship-and-cooperation-agreements/rub_8139_stand_29940_port_18784 |archive-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
* [[New South Wales]], Australia (since May 1984)
* [[Seoul]], South Korea (since September 1988)
* [[Jakarta]], Indonesia (since October 1989)
* [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo State]], Brazil (since June 1990)<!-- Note that Tokyo is twinned with the state – not the city -->
* [[Cairo]], Egypt (since October 1990)
* [[Moscow]], Russia (since July 1991)
* [[Berlin]], Germany (since May 1994)
* [[Rome]], Italy (since July 1996)
* [[London]], England (since October 2015)
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===Friendship and cooperation agreements===
* [[Tomsk Oblast]], Russia (since May 2015)<ref>{{cite web |website=Tokyo Metropolitan Government Official Website |title=Governor of Tomsk Region, Russia, visits Governor Masuzoe |date=June 15, 2015 |url=https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/english/governor/arc/act/2015/150610.html |access-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173559/https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/english/governor/arc/act/2015/150610.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Brussels]], Belgium (since October 2016)<ref>{{cite web |website=Tokyo Metropolitan Government Official Website |title=The governor meets with the Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region and they sign a joint communiqué |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/english/governor/act/2016/161011.html |access-date=July 23, 2024 |archive-date=July 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725003554/https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/english/governor/act/2016/161011.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], United States (since August 2021)<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Houston |title=Tokyo Metropolitan Government signs MoU with 2028 Olympic host City of Los Angeles |work=Inside the Game |date=August 27, 2021 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1112202/tokyo-metropolitan-government-la28 |access-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920180559/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1112202/tokyo-metropolitan-government-la28 |url-status=live }}</ref>