Infrastructure Investment for the Green Transition

This high-level event, marking the first time that Tokyo is present at the Paris Infraweek, will discuss Japan’s approach to infrastructure investment for the green transition and its valuable experience in building up resilient urban infrastructure, in a context in which nations are racing to better equip themselves as the reality of increasingly extreme weather manifests itself. Such expertise positions Tokyo to play a growing role in European infrastructure finance, connecting Japanese institutional investors, banks and trading houses with European project sponsors, pension funds, insurers and others to foster concrete, international partnerships.

The roundtable will provide deep insights into Tokyo’s response to climate change from the perspectives of both sustainable finance and resilience finance, as well as the opportunities these create for European investors. In the latter category, we will hear from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government about Tokyo’s groundbreaking TOKYO Resilience Bond, launched a year ago in October 2025, attracting 2.2 billion€ in bids and oversubscribed by seven times. This launch underscored strong demand for resilience-focused investment and created a replicable model for channeling institutional capital directly into assets used for physical climate adaptation, such as flood protections and coastal defences.

Alongside up-to-the-minute financial insights, the event offers an excellent opportunity to meet with key representatives of finance in Tokyo.

Speaker list :

• (Introductory remarks) Laurent Zylberberg, Chairman of Paris Europlace’s Infrastructure working group, Chairman of STOA and Comptroller General of Caisse des Dépôts
• Reiko Hayashi, Senior Advisor, International Capital Market Association (ICMA), and FinCity.Tokyo Ambassador
• Takehiro Sasagawa, Director for Comprehensive Global Financial City Strategy, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
• Yu Kimura, Executive Officer, Head of Infrastructure Investment Division, DBJ Asset Management Co., Ltd.