Toyono has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral Nose council of 12 members.

Toyono, collectively with the town of Nose and city of Minoh, contributes one member to the Osaka Prefectural Assembly.

In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Osaka 9th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Forestry, agriculture, and food processing are the main industries in Toyono, but material storage sites and industrial waste disposal sites are also present in the east, whereas the west is increasing a commuter town for the Greater Osaka metropolitan area.

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