Minato City x Heatstroke Prevention Call-to-Action Project Heatstroke Countermeasures Symposium 2026

Last year's event

Date Friday, May 15, Reiwa 8 (2026), 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Venue Akasaka Civic Center, Civic Hall, Multipurpose Room (Akasaka Community Plaza 3rd and 4th floors, 4-18-13 Akasaka, Minato City)

Target Audience National local governments, project-endorsing companies/organizations, other heatstroke awareness organizations, etc.

Program (Excerpt)

Heatstroke Prevention Call-to-Action Kick-off Ceremony Expected participants: Minato City Mayor, Minister of the Environment, Chairman of the Parliamentary League for Heatstroke Countermeasures, etc.

Minato City Climate Emergency Declaration Declarant: Minato City Mayor Ai Seike

Hitosuzumi Ondo (Cooling Dance) Unveiling

Public-Private Partnership Experience Session Lecturer: Emergency Physician Yasufumi Miyake

This Summer's Weather Lecturer: Weather Forecaster Yuichi Mizukoshi

[Exhibition] Latest heatstroke countermeasures goods, etc., will be exhibited in the multipurpose room.

Key Points of Minato City's Climate Emergency Declaration Positioning the climate crisis as an "emergency" to encourage proactive actions from residents and businesses.

≪Main Pillars of the Declaration≫ Promoting adaptation measures to protect "lives" and "livelihoods" from climate change Accelerating initiatives towards achieving a "2050 Zero Carbon City" Strengthening information dissemination to promote behavioral change