2020 Jan. Koho No.851

Baseball and Softball / Yokohama Soccer / International Stadium Yokohama At Last! It’s the Year of the Olympics and Paralympics!

Details on next page Our city will ramp up the volume for the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2020!

The 32nd Olympic Games (2020/Tokyo) Duration July 24 (Fri./holiday) – Aug. 9 (Sun.) Number of sports 33 Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Duration Aug. 25 (Tues.) – Sept. 6 (Sun.) Number of sports 22

At the Start of the Second Year of Reiwa (2020) I am delighted that all of you were able to welcome in this new year. This year the curtain rises at last on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the competitions in , softball, and soccer will be held right here in Yokohama. With the city designated as both as the pre-Olympic camp city for the United Kingdom national team and as the host town for eight different countries as well, we will be holding international exchange activities and programs that, together with Yokohama Triennale 2020 and other major events, will broadcast the boundless appeal of Yokohama to the world. At the same time, we will continue to work throughout the year on achieving our post-2020 goals. This year the Minato- Fumiko Hayashi Mirai 21 district will see the opening of Pacifico Yokohama North, new hotels, and music halls, further driving the district’s energy and dynamism. During this year’s extended spring holidays we will have six cruise ships in port at the same time, Mayor of Yokohama a first time ever for Japan that is sure to further energize our night-time economy. In March we open the Yokohama Ring Expressway North-West Line, and will continue urban development plans with an eye toward bringing the International Horticultural Exposition to the city in 2027. We will also be pouring energy into supporting our small and medium-sized enterprises, revitalizing our shopping districts, and generating new businesses as we take yet another leap forward as Innovation City Yokohama. In June the new Yokohama City Hall building opens its doors for business. We will push forward with urban development in the Kannai and Kangai districts, including finding new ways to utilize the area where the current city hall is standing. This year we will also be pursuing our study and analysis on attracting IR (integrated resorts) to Yokohama to further spur our city’s growth and development, all the while continuing to support a safe and reassuring life for all our citizens. In addition, we will continue with our preparations for the construction of a new Yokohama theater that will become a new center for the transmission of high-quality culture and the arts, further adding to our city’s vitality. We will also be pushing ahead with our ongoing efforts in disaster prevention and mitigation, support for child-rearing, enhancing education and welfare, building a healthier citizenry, and promoting multiculturalism. In short, we will continue to make every effort possible in the year 2020 to bring about a society where anyone and everyone can work and flourish in ways that are right for them as we continue our work to achieve sustainable growth and development for Yokohama. 2 Koho Yokohama January, 2020 Tokyo 2020 Olympics Baseball, Softball and Soccer Land of Victories Yokohama Fifty-six years after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the Olympics and Paralympics return at last to Tokyo this year. Yokohama will be part of the action as the site of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics baseball and softball games and soccer matches. Baseball and Softball Soccer Yokohama Stadium (Naka Ward) International Stadium Yokohama (Kohoku Ward)

July 30 (Thurs.) – Aug. 8 (Sat.) Excepting Aug. 7 (Fri.). July 23 (Thurs. / Holiday), 26 (Sun.), 29 (Wed.), Aug. 1 (Sat.), 8 (Sat.) Baseball ※ Men’s Number of games▶ 15, including final Number of games▶ 8, including final

July 25 (Sat.) – July 28 (Tues.) July 28 (Tues.), 31 (Fri.), Aug. 3 (Mon.) Softball Women’s Number of games▶ 11, including final Number of games▶ 3, including semi-final

Tokyo 2020 Live Site: A Place to Share the Excitement and the Impression

In Yokohama, two Tokyo 2020 Live Sites will be set up outside the 【Venues】 Olympic where everyone can enjoy watching live broadcasts (1) Yokohama City Hall Atrium (New City Hall building) of the games on giant screens. In addition to the broadcasts, there will Throughout Olympics※ and Paralympics be chances to experience the sports themselves, together with on-stage ※From the start of the Olympic softball games: July 22 (Wed.), Fukushima. events, and opportunities to purchase official licensed Olympics goods. (2) Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium Throughout Olympics Let’s cheer our hearts out for all the athletes. 【Admission】Free The British Olympic Pre-Game Training Camp Comes to Yokohama!

Yokohama will be hosting the pre-game training camp for the British Olympics national team. We are British Olympic also promoting exchange as the host town for the Pre-Game Camp United Kingdom, Israel, the Republic of Tunisia, the Volunteers wanted! Republic of Benin, the Republic of Botswana, the (Application: until Jan. 21 (Tues.)) Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, the Republic of Bulgaria, and the Kingdom of Morocco (as of end of December 2019). GOGB2020 Search Let’s go! Join the “200 days to go” event on January 25 (Sat.)

On January 25 we will be holding a special Opening Act On to Tokyo 2020! event titled “200 Days to Go! Festival in Calligraphy Go For 2020！ Yokohama – 200 Days to the Opening of Main Stage Performance ～Paralympic Athletes Talk Tokyo 2020” festival commemorating the start Events Kanazawa Shoko Show～ of the 200-day countdown to the opening (calligrapher) Tomita Uchu (swimming), of the of Tokyo 2020 Olympics on January Tozawa Tomomi (track & field), 6 (Monday) and the start of the 200-day 10:30 – 16:00 Mizuno Yoko (coach) countdown to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on February 7 (Friday). In addition to appearances Beyond 2020 by a stellar line-up of outstanding guests Veteran Olympians Share Toward a Convivial beginning with Olympian Nakazawa Yuji, ～ the Allure of the Olympics! Society Where Everyone there will be booths sponsored by Olympic partner companies offering hands-on Olympic Nakazawa Yuji Can Shine～ game experiences, and more. Don't’ miss it! (soccer), Gushiken Kitazawa Tsuyoshi, chairman of the Japan Inclusive 【Date & time】 Koji (gymnastics), Jan. 25 (Sat.) 11:00 – 18:00 (planned) Morita Jungo Football Federation (JIFF), 【Venue】Lalaport Yokohama (volleyball) and Kurisu Yoshie, parasports (Tsuzuki Ward Ikonobe-cho 4035-1) creative producer and ※Get off at JR Yokohama Line Kamoi Station creative director. 【Admission】Free ⓒGIFMAGAZINE

P Follow our homepage Temporary Reduction of the Space of City No. 2 parking lot 第二駐車場 Hall No. 1 Parking Lot P and SNS for information! ▶横浜ス タ ジ ア ム With the start of temporary construction work on Yokohama Stadium, 第 一 駐車場 venue for the Tokyo Olympics baseball and softball competitions,P a Connect our homepage from here JR Kannai Station JR Kannai Parking lot section of the No. 1 parking lot at Yokohama City Hall will市庁舎 be set aside as Entrance/Exit ▶ 東京2020 横浜市 Search a construction zone. Congestion is expected due to the reduced number City Hall 工事第 エ 一 リア 駐車場

of parking spaces during construction. Please utilize public transportation Parking lot No. 1 P for parking lot No. 1 parking lot Twitter account when visiting City Hall. Visit the Yokohama City homepage for details. bicycles construction zone 駐輪場 駐輪場 ▼Yokohama Stadium ▶@tokyo2020_ykhm 横浜市庁舎駐車場 Search JR関内駅 【Inquiries】Civic Affairs Bureau Olympics & Paralympics Promotion Division Tel: 045-671-3690 Fax: 045-664-1588 Koho Yokohama January, 2020 3 Fees for Family Registries, Residence For Residents Who Suffered Damage to the Roof, Certificates, and Tax Certificates to be Walls or Other Structures of Their Home Due to Payable with Electronic Money Typhoon 15 or Other Disasters Effective January 29, 2020, windows for issuing copies of family registries, residence Guide to Support System for Home Repairs certificates, and tax certificates at administrative service corners and the service 【Eligible persons】Individuals to whom all of the following apply: windows at ward offices will introduce dedicated electronic payment terminals. Using ① Owners of housing who have been issued at disaster damage certificate risai( the terminals, it will now be possible to pay for services using designated electronic shomei sho) confirming that their housing has been largely or partially destroyed money (Suica, PASMO, Rakuten Edy, WAON, and nanaco), as well as in cash. ② Individuals with insufficient financial resource to repair their housing by themselves As with the prior service window payment system using revenue stamps, sales of Construction work covered Work to which all the following apply which will be terminated effective January 28, 2020, going forward please present 【 】 proof-of-payment seals issued by the electronic payment terminals (good for day of ① Construction work begun after September 9, 2019 (work that has already been purchase only) to service window staff. completed is also covered) ② Regarding damaged roofs or outer walls, repair work that contributes to the Payment using cash or structure’s seismic and other resilience electronic money ③ The cost (tax included) of the repairs subject to support comes to ¥100,000 (tax included) or more. Payment using previously 【Amount】20% of the construction cost qualifying for support (up to ¥300,000) purchased revenue stamps 【Application deadline】Mar. 10 (Tues.), 2020 Period for securing refunds 【How to apply】 for previously purchased Obtain an application form from the Housing and Architecture Bureau ※ revenue stamps Housing Measures Division or download from the City of Yokohama ※Revenue stamp refunds homepage, and submit to the Housing Measures Division. Jan. 29, Jan. 31, Jan. 31, available at City Hall Office For more details on eligibility, on eligible types of construction, and of Accounting or Office of 2020 2021 2026 Accounting of each ward office on application procedures, please refer to the City of Yokohama website. Search There may be differences in the payment of service fees at other application 横浜市 住宅修繕緊急支援事業 Please send e-mail windows. For details, please confirm with each service window directly. [email protected] 横浜市 収入証紙 Search queries to

【Inquiries】Application windows and Office of Accounting Accounting 【Inquiries】Housing and Architecture Bureau Housing Measures Management Division Tel: 045-671-2989 Fax: 045-664-1894 Division Tel: 045-671-2922 Fax: 045-641-2756

Isogo, Kanazawa, Konan, and Minami Wards Notice concerning municipal tax payment (Yokohama Minami Tax Office jurisdiction Tel: 045-789-3731) Group Consultation days Location Consultation hours deadlines and tax return consultations A February 4 – 10 (excepting Sat. & Sun.) Willing Yokohama 9:30 – 15:30 B February 12 (Konan Ward) Taxes and tax filing-related deadlines ■ Kanagawa and Kohoku Wards (Kanagawa Tax Office jurisdiction Tel: 045-544-0141) Payment deadline, filing Consultation hours Subject Where to file Group Consultation days Location deadline, and term A B Personal municipal tax (ordinary A February 4 & 5 Kanagawa Ward Office Main Building collection), 4th term Hiyoshi Honcho Nishimachikai Ikiiki Kaikan 9:30 – 12:00 A February 6 & 7 10:00 – 15:00 Finance Bureau Corporate (Please bring your own indoor slippers) 13:00 – 15:00 Salary payment statement Taxation Division (Special Tax No later than January 31 B February 12 Shin-Yokohama Grace Hotel Collections Center) Finance Bureau Depreciable Sakae, Izumi, and Totsuka Wards (Totsuka Tax Office jurisdiction Tel: 045-863-0011) Fixed asset tax (depreciable Property Division (Depreciable Group Consultation days Location Consultation hours property) filing Property Center) A January 28 & 29 Taisho District Center 09:15 – 15:45 Income tax and special income tax A February 5 – 7 Sakae Public Hall February 17 – March 16 for reconstruction Aoba, Tsuzuki, and Midori Wards (Midori Tax Office jurisdiction Tel 045-972-7771) Gift tax February 3 – March 16 Tax office in ward of residence Consultation hours Individual business consumption Group Consultation days Location No later than March 31 A B tax & local consumption tax A January 28 & 29 Tsuzuki Public Hall ■Free tax-filing consultations with licensed tax accountants A January 30 & 31 Yamauchi District Center Eligible taxpayers A February 4 & 5 Midori Public Hall 【 】 9:30 – 16:00 10:00 – 15:00 Ａ: Small-scale taxpayers, pensioners, salaried employees Kanagawa Real Estate Public Interest B February 6 Incorporated Association, Yokohama Kita- : Pensioners and salaried employees filing for tax refunds Ｂ Branch Hall ※Excepting individuals in both categories A and B with income from sales of stocks and/or real estate, or who wish to discuss other complicated tax issues. ■Regarding the selection of taxation formulas for capital gains and dividend income ● Acceptance of consultation requests may be suspended if the consultation sites are too crowded. For from listed shares, etc. those who only wish to submit their filings, etc., please submit in person (or by mail) directly to the In principle, tax filing for “dividend income from listed shares, etc. (excepting payments received by competent tax office. major shareholders, etc.)” and “capital gains from listed shares, etc.” in special accounts (withholding ● You may not come to consultation sites by car. selection accounts) is not mandatory. However, if you do choose to file tax returns for these categories, you may use different taxation formulas when filing income tax and when filing inhabitant Tsurumi Ward (Tsurumi Tax Office jurisdiction Tel: 045-521-7141) tax. Consultation hours Group Consultation days Location When choosing to use different taxation formulas for income tax or inhabitant tax, in addition to A B January 31 – February 12 (excepting your final tax return it is also necessary to submit an individual inhabitant tax filing that states your A 9:15 – 11:30 9:30 – 11:30 Saturdays, Sundays, and holiday) Tsurumi Ward Office reason for adopting the different tax formulas and that clearly describes the different tax formulas. 13:00 – 15:30 13:00 – 15:30 B February 13 For questions regarding city and prefectural inhabitant tax, please contact the inhabitant tax desk Naka and Nishi Wards (Yokohama Naka Tax Office jurisdiction Tel: 045-651-1321) at the Tax Division of the ward office for your ward of residence. Consultation hours For questions regarding income tax filings, please contact your nearest tax office. Group Consultation days Location A B A January 28 & 29, February 5 & 6 Honmoku District Center ■Yokohama Green Tax A January 30 & 31 Fujidana District Center Yokohama is promoting the Yokohama Green-Up Plan to protect, create, and nurture the city’s A February 3 & 4 Nishi Public Hall 9:30 – 12:00 10:00– 16:00 Kanagawa Shinkin Bank 13:00 – 16:00 greenery. We are asking our citizens to shoulder the burden of paying the Yokohama Green Tax B January 27 Yokohama Sales Dept. as one important financial resource for this undertaking. The revenues from the tax provide a B February 7 Zeirishi Kaikan reliable guarantee for the city’s woodlands and agricultural lands, and is used as well to promote greenification close to home. Asahi, Seya, and Hodogaya Wards (Hodogaya Tax Office jurisdiction Tel: 045-331-1281) 横浜みどり税 Search Group Consultation days Location Consultation hours A January 28 Hodogaya Public Hall A January 29 – 31 Asahi Public Hall 9:30 – 15:30 A February 4 – 6 Seya Public Hall

【Inquiries】 Inquiries about payment deadlines Finance Bureau Taxation Affairs Division Tel: 045-671-2253 Fax: 045-641-2775 Inquiries about salary payment statements Finance Bureau Corporate Taxation Division (Special Collection Center) Tel: 045-671-4471 Fax: 045-210-0480 Inquiries about depreciable property statements Finance Bureau Depreciable Property Division (Depreciable Property Center) Tel: 045-671-4384 Fax: 045-663-9347