MAYORS FOR A NUCLEAR POWER FREE JAPANOutline
The “Mayors for a Nuclear Power Free Japan” network was officially launched in Tokyo on April 28,
2012. This network was initiated by mayors and local municipal leaders attending the Global
Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World held in Yokohama in January 2012 (for more
information: npfree.jp), and as at October 15, 2014, 100 mayors 1 from 39 prefectures (of a total of47) throughout Japan have declared their participation in this network.
A suprapartisan group of Diet members from almost all major Japanese political parties have been
confirmed as Special Advisors, along with former Governor of Fukushima Prefecture, Sato Eisaku.
Other high-profile supporters of the network include former Prime Minister Kan Naoto, Mayor ofSeoul Park Won-soon, and Suzuki Teisuke, leader of the Network of Business Leaders andEntrepreneurs for a Sustainable Business and Energy Future.
Themes and Goals (See reverse page for full concept note)
The network declares to work together for the following aims:− No new nuclear power plants to be built− A move to zero nuclear power plants as soon as possible
1. Understanding the real situation of nuclear power plants(costs, nuclear fuel cycle, final disposal sites etc
2. Clarifying the programme to move to zero nuclear power plants
3. Creating concrete policies for the regional promotion of renewable energies
4. Exchange and sharing of information through international solidarity
5. Supporting the evacuation of and provision of safe food for children
6. Supporting Fukushima
Secretary-General: Uehara Hiroko (Former Mayor, Kunitachi City, Tokyo Metropolis)
Co-Representatives:
Mikami Hajime (Mayor, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
Murakami Tatsuya (Former Mayor, Tokai Village, Ibaraki Prefecture)
Sakurai Katsunobu (Mayor, Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture)
Special Advisors:
Abe Tomoko (Tomorrow Party of Japan, Member of House of Representatives)
Asao Keiichiro (Your Party, Member of House of Representatives)
Tamaki Denny (People's Life Party, Member of House of Representatives)
Eda Kenji (Unity Party, Member of House of Representatives)
Fukushima Mizuho (Social Democratic Party, Member of House of Councilors)
Kada Yukiko (Governor of Shiga Prefecture)
Kono Taro (Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Member of House of Representatives)
Sato Eisaku (Former Governor of Fukushima Prefecture)
Shii Kazuo (Japanese Communist Party, Member of House of Representatives)
Shinohara Takashi (Democratic Party of Japan, Member of House of Representatives)
Suzuki Nozomu (Japan Restoration Party, Member of House of Representatives)
Yamamoto Taro (New party, I am alone right now, Member of House of Councilors)
1 Including former Mayors

Mayors for a Nuclear Power Free Japan - Concept and Principles
It is now two years since the March 11 triple tragedy hit Japan. This disaster, in which so many
lives were lost, is continuing to cause both great sadness and fear in the population of Japan andcitizens around the world. Particularly, the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
and the vast and long-term damage to both health and the environment as a result of radioactive
contamination, has totally destroyed the safety myth of nuclear power.
Furthermore, it is now clear that the “clean energy” or economic energy” put forward as reasons to
support nuclear power have no foundation, and rather that it has not only destroyed the regional
economy but also brought great shocks to the Japanese economy overall.
Since March 11, earthquakes have continued to occur very frequently, and there is reportedly thepossibility for another great earthquake to occur. Municipalities hosting nuclear power plants andother areas surrounding them are now facing the need to take decisions as soon as possible
regarding energy policies relying upon nuclear power.
More than anything, mayors and municipal leaders have the responsibility to protect the precious
lives of their residents.
We have learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident that even when economic effects
can be anticipated, policies with great risk also require preparation to make great sacrifice.
However, the economy must not be prioritised to the sacrifice of citizens.
Furthermore, policies which cause deep concern for children's health throughout their lifetimes
must not be handled. Children are our future, and all children have the right to live in good health.
We adults, and municipalities, have the responsibility to protect these rights of children.
Currently, citizens are standing up to protect these children, and regional politicians andparliamentarians are creating networks to take action.
Local municipalities and mayors also must take their responsibility to refuse to be silent in thissituation, and to actively make progress to aim for a society which does not depend on nuclear
power, and realise regional policies to swiftly promote renewable energies.
The issue of radioactive contamination following the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident must
be borne by all of Japan. In particular, it is the whole country's responsibility to continually support
children at risk of exposure to radiation and those who are being forced to continue living incontaminated areas.
In order to transform these heavy responsibilities imposed on local municipalities into effective andpolicies, mayors nation-wide hereby network together to launch the “Mayors for a Nuclear PowerFree Japan,” bringing together their efforts for independent community building towards a Japan
free from dependence on nuclear power.

Contact: Mayors for a Nuclear Power Free Japan Secretariat
Web: http://mayors.npfree.jp/ Email: mayors@npfree.jp
Tel: +81-3-6851-9791, Fax: +81-3-3363-7562

List of Members
Hokkaido PrefectureAtsushi Kudo – Former Mayor of Esan
Fumio Ueda – Mayor of Sapporo
Aomori Prefecture
Hiroshi Shikanai – Mayor of Aomori

Magoichiro Tamagawa – Mayor of Ichinomiya
Takashi Nemoto – Mayor of Noda
Kenji Aikawa – Mayor of Tomisato
Kanagawa Prefecture
Takashi Matsuo – Mayor of Kamakura

Sachio Yamashita ｰ Former Mayor of Sukumo
Fukuoka Prefecture
Chuichi Kaji – Mayor of Kawara
Saga Prefecture
Shuji Eriguchi – Mayor of Ogi

Akita Prefecture
Hiroto Takahashi – Mayor of Ogata
Mitsuhiro Kadowaki – Mayor of Senboku
Yamagata Prefecture
Sei Abe – Mayor of Mikawa
Miyagi Prefecture

Kenichi Kato – Mayor of Odawara
Yamanashi Prefecture
Seiji Kurashima ｰ Mayor of Fuefuki
Shizuoka Prefecture
Toshiko Ono – Mayor of Izunokuni
Naoki Ishii – Former Mayor of Shimoda

Nagasaki Prefecture
Takaichi Tanaka – Mayor of Saikai
Oita Prefecture
Katsuji Shutou – Mayor of Takeda
Kumamoto Prefecture
Meguru Yokotani – Mayor of Yamae

Fuminaga Kano – Former Mayor of Kashimadai
Niigata Prefecture
Koumei Sasaguchi – Former Mayor of Maki
Fukushima Prefecture
Katsutaka Idogawa ｰ Former Mayor of Futaba
Tsutomu Sato – Former Mayor of Kunimi

Norihiko Tamura – Mayor of Yoshida
Hajime Mikami – Mayor of Kosai
Gifu Prefecture
Hideo Muroto – Mayor of Kitagata
Takamasa Hori – Mayor of Mizuho
Aichi Prefecture

Miyazaki Prefecture
Terumitsu Shiiba – Mayor of Shiiba
Kagoshima Prefecture
Akira Ohkubo – Mayor of Isen
Tsuyoshi Goitsuka – Mayor of Soo
Hideki Takaoka – Mayor of Tokunoshima

Hiroshi Ito – Former Mayor of Miharu
Katsunobu Sakurai – Mayor of Minamisoma

Takashi Kawamura – Mayor of Nagoya
Akira Sago – Former Mayor of Nisshin

Tamotsu Baba – Mayor of Namie
Makoto Kobari – Mayor of Yamatsuri
Ryoichi Nemoto – Former Mayor of Yamatsuri

Shiga Prefecture
Toshio Muranishi – Former Mayor of Aisho
Naohiro Fujisawa – Mayor of Hino

100 members (36 being former mayors, in alphabeticalorder of city names)
October 15, 2014

Michio Hirao – Mayor of Maibara
Kyoto Prefecture
Yasushi Nakayama – Mayor of Kyotango
Mie Prefecture
Kenichi Suzuki – Mayor of Ise
Nara Prefecture

ADVISORS
Yukiko Kada – Former Governor of Shiga Prefecture
Eisaku Sato – Former Governor of Fukushima Prefecture
Tomoko AbeTochigi Prefecture
Masaaki Irino – Mayor of IchikaiMasaru Takaku – Mayor of Nasu
Toshimi Suzuki – Mayor of Tochigi
Gunma Prefecture
Kiyoshi Seki – Mayor of Kawaba

39 prefectures (in order of north to south)

Ibaraki Prefecture
Makoto Yamashita – Mayor of Ikoma
Fumihiko Imaizumi ｰ Mayor of Ishioka
Hyogo Prefecture
Toru Takasugi – Mayor of Joso
Fusaho Izumi – Mayor of Akashi
Mitsuaki Miyajima – Former Mayor of Kasumigaura Masayoshi Shimada – Mayor of Fukusaki
Minoru Toyoda – Mayor of Kitaibaraki
Kazuhira Nishimura – Mayor of Kasai
Sakae Nakajima – Mayor of Miho
Takaaki Sakai – Mayor of Sasayama

Tomorrow Party of Japan
Member of the House of Representatives
Taro Kono
Liberal emocratic Party of Japan
Member of the House of Representatives
Kenji Eda

Noriyuki Ichikawa ｰ Former Mayor of Miho
Joichi Shimada – Mayor of Omitama
Tatsuya Murakami – Former Mayor of Tokai
Chihiro Massaki ｰ Former Mayor of Urizura
Nagano Prefecture
Kazuo Okaniwa – Former Mayor of Achi

Tomoko Nakagawa – Mayor of Takarazuka
Sakae Hirose – Mayor of Yabu
Tottori Prefecture
Masunori Morita – Mayor of Daisen
Akio Matsumoto – Mayor of Hokuei
Shimane Prefecture

Unity Party
Member of the House of Representatives
Kazuo Shii
Japanese Communist Party
Member of the House of Representatives
Takashi Shinohara

Tatsuo Yada – Former Mayor of Chibu
Hiroshima Prefecture
Tadatoshi Akiba – Former Mayor of Hiroshima
Yamaguchi Prefecture
Katsusuke Ihara – Former Mayor of Iwakuni

Democratic Party of Japan
Member of the House of Representatives
Nozomu Suzuki
Japan Restoration Party
Member of the House of Representatives

Kiyoshi Shimizu – Mayor of Hara
Kunio Hara ｰ Mayor of Kiso
Katsumi Tanaka – Former Mayor of Kiso
Yukihiko Kikuchi – Mayor of Minamimaki
Itsuro Soga – Mayor of Nakagawa

Kihei Ito – Mayor of Shimojo
Kagawa Prefecture
Mitsugi Yoshikawa – Former Mayor of Takamori
Masaharu Kaji – Mayor of Marugame
Saitama Prefecture
Ehime Prefecture
Kimiko Tajima – Former Mayor of Ogose
Hirohisa Ishibashi – Mayor of Uwajima
Yoshio Osawa – Former Mayor of Nagatoro
Kanji Miyoshi – Mayor of Seiyo
Hideo Yoritaka – Mayor of Warabi
Tokushima Prefecture

Denny Tamaki
People's Life Party
Member of the House of Representatives
Mizuho Fukushima
Social Democratic Party
Member of the House of Councillors

Tokyo Metropolitan Area
Kazuo Sato – Former Mayor of Koganei
Yutaka Yano – Former Mayor of Komae
Hiroko Uehara – Former Mayor of Kunitachi
Morimasa Murakami – Mayor of Musashino

Taro Yamamoto
New Party, I am Alone Right Now
Member of House of Councillors

Nobuto Hosaka – Mayor Setagaya
Hiroyuki Abe – Mayor of Tama
Chiba Prefecture
Syuichi Akiba ｰ Mayor of Chiyoda
Toshio Ishii – Former Mayor of Chosei

Kazuichi Kasamatsu – Former Mayor of Kamikatsu
Kochi Prefecture
Masanao Nishimura ｰ Former Mayor of Kuroshio
Tomoaki Kubo – Former Mayor of Mihara
Masaka Nishimura ｰ Former Mayor of Nakamura
Sunao Okamoto ｰ Former Mayor of Nakamura
Yoshihiko Hasegawa ｰ Former Mayor of Nakamura
Hiraku Yoshikado – Former Mayor of Saga
Mitsunobu Takase – Former Mayor of Shimanto
Zen Tanaka – Former Mayor of Shimanto