After no noticeable improvement in the water environment of Tokyo Bay, the Committee for the Tokyo Bay Rebirth was established beyond the walls of compartmentalized public administration. The objective of this Committee is to make Tokyo Bay a good environment for human beings and marine organisms, that is, adequate for marine activities and is inhabited by a great number of organisms. At present the direction of future policies is being discussed. And steps towards the recovery of Tokyo Bay, suitable to the Tokyo metropolitan area, have started in this Committee.