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is the former
mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...
of
Yokohama, Kanagawa is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...
in Japan. A graduate of
Aoyama Gakuin University is a private Christian university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as part of Aoyama Gakuin. Aoyama Gakuin University ...
, he served at the
Matsushita Institute of Government and Management Matsushita (written: lit. "below the pine tree") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Daisuke Matsushita (born 1981), a former Japanese football player * Hiro Matsushita (born 1961), former Japanese Champ Car racing dr ...
before working in the
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in the
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. He was first elected mayor of Yokohama in April 2002 after serving in the
House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
in the Diet (national legislature) for three terms since July 1993. He was re-elected in 2006. He has been compared to
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, the visionary CEO of Nissan, whose Revival Plan he emulated and enticed the corporation to relocate to the city wit

He is longlisted for the 2008
World Mayor World Mayor is a biennial award organized by the City Mayors Foundation since 2004. It intends to raise the profile of mayors worldwide, as well as honour those who have served their communities well and who have contributed to the well-being of c ...
award. Political career *1993-1996: first term in House of Representatives *1996-2000: second term in House of Representatives *2000-2002: third term in House of Representatives *2002-2006: first term as Mayor of Yokohama *2006-2010: second term as Mayor of Yokohama


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Tokyo International Conference on African Development is a conference held regularly with the objective "to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners." Japan is a co-host of these conferences. Other co-organizers of TICAD are the United Nations Office of t ...
(TICAD-IV), 2008.


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External links


Profile on Yokohama city homepage


* Aoyama Gakuin University alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Mayors of Yokohama Mayors of places in Kanagawa Prefecture 1964 births Living people {{Japan-mayor-stub