I want to make Tokyo a city where young people, regardless of their circumstances, can study, work, get married and have children.

That is easy to say, the difficult part is to do the hard work and take the politically expensive decisions necessary to completely reform the culture that makes all those things very hard right now.

A politician pulling out a trump card; saying what people wanna hear with absolutely nothing to back it up.

This is a soundbite, not policy, but Renho would have to get more people to start dating even, before they get married and have kids.

https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/nearly-half-of-young-japanese-men-in-survey-have-never-had-a-girlfriend-zero-boyfriend-women-rise-too?

Tokyo's cost of living is now similar to Prague. About half New York's and a third lower than London. Wages are lower too of course, but the lack of food banks and talk of people heating or eating, the low number of shoplifters, and the huge numbers of people buying food at a 20% plus premium at the convenience store suggest people aren't can't be that hard up, again by international standards.

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/

That's an ambitious claim in this day and age - that urban families in a developed economy can actually lead normal middle-class lives. Tokyo, with its low living costs, is relatively doable.

That's not the case in nearly all the other big cities in the developed world: London, Vancouver, SFO, New York, Paris, etc. One needs to be a multi-millionaire to be middle class in those cities.

My honest opinion is that it is better to have a national policy so that there are jobs and opportunities outside of Tokyo. It is a crowded pressure cooker where highly competitive people thrive.

Too many people think Tokyo is Japan when 100 million live elsewhere. Break up Tokyo. Move the government to a new city.

Turn Tokyo into a jungle but not a concrete one.

I want to make Tokyo a city where young people,

I want to be a little bit taller, I wan to be a baller, I want a girl who looks good I would call her.

Any other wishes for the genie, Renho?

I want to make Tokyo a city where there are a lot of young people,

That would require communism. Maybe Japan should give it a try -- I think most people here aren't that ambitious.

Renho, who is running for Tokyo governor in the July 7 gubernatorial election:

“ I want to make Tokyo a city where young people, regardless of their circumstances, can study, work, get married and have children. “

Pretty words, Renho.

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virusrexToday  06:48 am JST “ That is easy to say, the difficult part is to do the hard work and take the politically expensive decisions necessary to completely reform the culture that makes all those things very hard right now. “

GarthgoyleToday  08:34 am JST “ A politician pulling out a trump card; saying what people wanna hear with absolutely nothing to back it up. “

This.

Half that callous overpriced City/Prefecture Tax, and I promise to vote for you!

Oh wait! I cannot, even if I am a Permanent resident for the past 30+ years...

You can pledge anything you want in a Japanese election, nobody is going to remember what you say a few months down the road.

She might has as well have said I want to make Tokyo a city where young people, regardless of their circumstances, can study, work, get married and have children ... and become bored billionaires so they can buy yachts, get wasted every day and wonder what was the point of becoming rich if it didn't improve their serotonin levels.

Tokyo?!? Hahaha, what a joker. He should be doing stand-up, not running for mayor.