Sapporo City Finances

ＳａｐｐｏｒｏＣｉｔｙＦｉｎａｎｃｅｓ Contents Overview of Sapporo .……………………………………………….. 2 Sapporo “Genki” Vision – Stage 2 ....………………………………. 6 Main Policies …………………………………………………………. 7 Fiscal & Administrative Reforms .…………………………………… 9 Ratings ………………………………………………………………… 11 Financial Conditions …………………………………………………. 12 Municipal Bonds ……………………………………………………… 22 Contact Information……………………………………………………. 25 1 Overview of Sapporo ① A City Full of Possibilities Easy Access, Efficient Distribution Home to 1/3 of Hokkaido’s Population Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Wakkanai Sapporo Population 1,898,473 Total freight transported by vehicle in Hokkaido is 480 billion tons （ 2nd in Japan after Aichi Prefecture）. Hokkaido Guam Population 5,569,252 Sapporo is a key hub in a vast network of main roads Percentage of Hokkaido’s and expressways. Abashiri Kitami Population in Sapporo Ishikari Asahikawa Approx. 34.1% Otaru Sapporo Obihiro Source: Basic Citizen Registry as of late September 2008 Seoul Nemuro Chitose Shanghai Kushiro 53 Daily Flights to Tokyo（as of November 2008） Hong Kong Tomakomai Muroran Osaka（Kansai） : 8 flights/day Flights to Osaka（Itami） : 3 flights/day Domestic Airport Tokyo, Haneda Hakodate Fukuoka: 3 flights/day New Chitose 53 Fukuoka 46 Fukuoka Itami （Osaka） 29 Tokyo Osaka There are direct flights linking Kansai （Osaka） 16 -Total marine freight for Hokkaido is Sapporo with Seoul, Yuzhno- 60,000,000 tons （ 3rd in Japan after Sakhalinsk, Shanghai and Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures）. other international destinations. Okinawa 25 Sapporo is near many key ports There is only a 36 minutes and harbors such as Ishikari, commute between New Chitose Nagoya: Tokyo: Otaru, Tomakomai and Muroran. Airport and Sapporo Station. 12 flights/day 53 flights/day 2 Overview of Sapporo ② A City Where is Continuously Growing Gross Product of City（real） Population of Approx. 1.9 Million（current） Working Population of Approx. 910,000 Approx. 7.5 trillion 5th among govt ordinance cities 4th among govt ordinance cities 4th among govt ordinance cities Gross City Product Sapporo Population Working Population （billion yen）（10,000 persons）（10,000 persons） 7,500 7,463 250 125 7,400 200 188 176 182 100 89 90 91 7,337 167 82 154 73 7,300 7,261 150 75 7,226 7,192 7,200 7,167 100 50 7,100 50 25 7,000 0 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 Source : FY05 Sapporo City Annual Economic Report Source : Population Census, Statistics Bureau, Source : Population Census, Statistics Bureau, （Real: chain-linking method） Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Under 40 Population by City Population Forecast Future Population Growth by City （10,000 persons）（1,000 persons）（%）（2000 = 100%） 200 No. 4 1,950 110 173.0 150 1,925 105 120.4 105.1 100 89.4 1,900 100 72.6 52.8 50 1,875 95 0 1,850 90 Sapporo Sendai Yokohama Nagoya Osaka Fukuoka 2005 2010 2015 2020 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Sapporo Nagoya Osaka Source : 2005 Population Census, Statistics Bureau, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research National Institute of Population and Social Security Research Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications official data（December 2003）（Actual results for 2005） official data（December 2003）（Actual results for 2005） 3 Overview of Sapporo ③ A City Where People Gather Most Appealing City Major Tourist Destination No. of Tourists No. of Foreign Tourists Voted No. 1 in Japan for 3rd Festivals during every season Approx. 14 million annually Roughly doubled in 4 years straight year Regional Brand Survey Major Annual Events Tourist Estimate Foreign Tourists Staying Overnight （10,000 ）（10,000 ） Regional Late May Lilac Festival Ranking City Prefecture 1,600 90 2008 2007 Early June Yosakoi Soran Festival 1,500.0 75.2 1 1 Sapporo Hokkaido July Pacific Music Festival 1,500 75 70.0 July-Aug Sapporo Summer Festival 2 4 Hakodate Hokkaido 1,410.4 1,400 1,378.1 60 55.9 3 2 Kyoto Kyoto July-Aug Sapporo City Jazz 1,332.3 1,330.2 49.0 Sapporo International Short 4 3 Yokohama Kanagawa Early Sept Film Festival and Market 1,300 45 38.1 5 5 Otaru Hokkaido Sept-Oct Sapporo Autumn Fest Sapporo Chrysanthemum 1,200 30 6 6 Kobe Hyogo Oct-Nov Festival 7 8 Furano Hokkaido German Christmas Market Nov-Dec 1,100 15 8 7 Kamakura Kanagawa in Sapporo Nov-Feb Sapporo White Illumination 9 10 Karuizawa Nagano 1,000 0 Early Sapporo Snow Festival 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 10 9 Kanazawa Ishikawa February （target）（target） Source : Brand Research Institute Source : Sapporo City survey Source : Sapporo City survey 4 Overview of Sapporo ④ A City with Few Natural Disasters Probability of Magnitude 6+ Earthquake Typhoon Landfalls per Year Thunderstorms over Next 30 Years Roughly half the number of Kanto / Koshin 0.5% 8.3 days / year regions Annual No. of Typhoons in Vicinity by Region No. of Magnitude 3+ Earthquakes Over Past 30 Annual Average No. of Thunderstorm Days （1971 – 2000） Years （1971～2000）（typhoons/year）（quakes） 160 （days） 8 25 7 100 21.8 7 20 6 80 16.5 15.4 5 63 15 60 4 11.3 3.2 9.2 2.8 2.9 2.8 10 3 40 8.3 2.2 27 2 1.5 19 20 5 10 12 1 0 0 0 i i i i / a o a o a o u n n u o a a o a a k a i a a o r r r y y k k k y y t k k h d k n w h d d i e o o i k k a a o o o o o n s o a s n n a h p o p o s s h a K g u g u u t n o k T e e i p p r o y T k T k a a K O O k K k a S a S o u u T K o N N S S F F N O H Source: 2007 Chronological Scientific Tables Source: Japan Meteorological Agency’s “Earthquake Source: 2007 Chronological Scientific Tables Database” 5 Sapporo “ Genki” Vision – Stage 2 Creating a vibrant city that harnesses the strengths of its residents to create an exciting living environment Good environment for raising healthy and active children Safe and stable, Overflowing with kind to both people economic vitality Striving to be a city and the with active citizens environment and full of culture and pride Warm and caring Lively and for the elderly appealing, and disabled rich in culture 6 Main Policies ① Attracting Businesses and Developing New Industries that Complement Sapporo’s Unique Character Promoting Sapporo as a “Food Town” Sapporo Style Promotion Project Plan to establish the “Sapporo Food” Create a representative brand that utilizes brand for sweets and other foods. key designs and the city’s strong image Attracting Industry Sapporo Digital Contents Market Project Inviting IT, digital contents and bio industries, as well as call Since 2006 the city has sponsored the Sapporo International centers and other new businesses. Short Film Festival and Market in order to promote the Participated in Tokyo Big Site fair for attracting businesses development of a short film industry in the city. This year’s together with Ishikari City, which has large areas of low-cost festival had 2,336 entries from 76 countries and attracted 10,371 commercial land. tourists （ both were No. 1 among the 16 cities in Japan sponsoring similar short film festivals）. Working together with Pusan, South Korea, in the three areas of filming and staff development, international joint film production and international joint film distribution. Supporting the People and Industries that Drive Supporting People and Companies Looking to Start Sapporo’s Economy New Businesses and Develop New Fields “Genki Ganbare” Loans Supporting new business launched by women and members of the Small loans for operations and baby-boomer generation. equipment are provided to support Providing individual advice from coordinators, as well as other small businesses, which make support. major contributions to developing Holding workshops to help women and members of the baby- the region and providing boomer generation start their own businesses. employment. 7 Main Policies ② Boosting Capacity for Holding and Attracting Appealing Qualities that Link Municipalities Conventions throughout Hokkaido Sapporo hosted 952 conventions and international conferences this Create a Center for Promoting Hokkaido’s appealing qualities year thanks to advertising, events to generate customer traffic and Sapporo Autumn Festival 2008 efforts to attract convention sponsors（57% improvement over 2003）. Joining with municipalities throughout Hokkaido to share the charms of Hokkaido and Sapporo through food. A total of 114 municipalities 1000 952 911 participated in this event that attracted 720,000 visitors. 842 872 67 33 64 Establish the Antenna Shop “HUG” for Hokkaido Brand Products 800 41 Sells special products that are the pride of municipalities throughout Hokkaido. Used as means to transmit information about Sapporo and 608 600 39 broadly convey the appeal of Hokkaido both inside and outside Japan. 885 400 801 839 847 Promote Energy Conservation and New Energies 569 200 Sapporo Energy Eco Project Help citizens and industry to adopt energy- 0 saving and new energy equipment. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Japan’s first joint project involving financial Domestic Conventions International Conferences institutions and energy providers. Supporting Contributions to Society, Expanding Supporting Career / Family Life Balance Opportunities to Participate in Society Project to support businesses that help employees “Hatsu-ratsu” Seniors Support Project balance their careers and family life Supporting a new age of meaningful activities that allow seniors to Support for businesses creating working contribute more to the society.

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