This issue features an interview with Akiko Miyazaki, who has been involved in various projects, including the Plenary Meetings, as an ANMC21 secretariat. She shared with us her experiences in building a relationship of trust supported by many acquaintances in the Asian cities.

Hiroshi Ose, who was dispatched from Kawasaki City to the ANMC21 secretariat in April 2012, looks back the past year spent at the ANMC21 focusing on the episodes around his experience to managing the ANMC21 Exhibition.

Small- and medium-sized companies in Tokyo represented themselves at the 20th International Engineering & Technology Fair, which was held for three days from February 15, 2013. The TMG secretariat staff describes how the coordination was made with India up to the opening of the fair, and reports the exhibitions.

The participants from Bangkok and Seoul joined in the Flood, Storm Surge and Tsunami Control Workshop, which took place from January 22 to January 25, 2013. The workshop focused on the Tokyo's flood control measures and the countermeasures against the damages caused by floods, which are a common issue shared in many Asian cities.