Urban Regeneration Working Group

1) To direct high-quality urban development that supports economic activities and lifestyles of citizens
2) To create a framework for attracting people, companies and investments
3) To develop an industry for sharing knowledge in urban regeneration with other cities and regions

WG Efforts

1．Explore new strategies (for the metropolitan area) based on views presented by the expert committee
- Explore strategies for the metropolitan area in light of the perspectives of the prototype examined at the subcommittee for the urban areas of the city and the subcommittee for areas along the railway lines, as well as metropolitan- and wide-area cooperation in the Strategies for Urban Regeneration of Fukuoka (with the target set for around FY 2028)

2. Check the progress of the Strategies for Urban Regeneration of Fukuoka and supplement the strategies
- Organize the Summit of Urban Regeneration of Fukuoka (provisional) in light of the revamp of the Strategies for Urban Regeneration of Fukuoka
- Manage the progress of the Strategies for Urban Regeneration of Fukuoka by checking its progress, especially that of ongoing, main projects, as appropriate
- Upgrade the functions of the Fukuoka-Hakata area and promote the sophistication of functions to prepare for the Post-Coronavirus Era through cooperation with community development councils, area management organizations, etc.
- Provide support for business generation as appropriate toward creating new innovation anchors in response to requests from those involved
- Promote ongoing measures through cooperation with other Working Groups (e.g., Smart City Working Group)

3．Explore the promotion of the Fukuoka metropolitan area and ensure cooperation between the public and private sectors

4．Provide support for exploration on the redevelopment of the waterfront area
- Provide support as appropriate, such as offering information, in response to requests from those involved

5．Provide support for business generation, using the Regional Revitalization and National Strategic Special Zone (Fukuoka City) schemes
- Identify business that will be subject to relaxation of regulations in cooperation with Fukuoka City in response to requests and provide support for business operators to generate new business that will contribute to regional growth

1．Subcommittee for the urban areas of the city
- Explore strategies for the metropolitan area by reorganizing the prototype examined in FY 2018 and FY 2019 and examining the prototype after setting new target areas based on the revamp of the Strategies for Urban Regeneration of Fukuoka.

2．Subcommittee for areas along the railway lines
- Explore strategies for the metropolitan area by reorganizing the prototype examined in FY 2018 and FY 2019 and examining the prototype after setting new target areas based on the revamp of the Strategies for Urban Regeneration of Fukuoka.