Metropolitan government employees need to improve their ability to promote the capital's services so they can serve residents better and gain their support for hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, newly elected Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose said.
An award-winning writer-turned-politician who has authored books on the modern history of Japan and Tokyo, Inose believes in the power of words.
Because a government in general does not sell products, "many public servants think that they don't have to explain about their work to others, but a government actually sells services, which is why they have to be like salesmen and be able to make good presentations," Inose said in an interview with The Japan Times on Wednesday.