Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| name | japanese | date of designation | date of reclassification | region | prefecture |
| hakodate | 函館 | 2000 - 11 - 01 | 2005 - 10 - 01 ( core city ) | hokkaido | hokkaido |
| shimizu | 清水 | 2001 - 04 - 01 | 2003 - 04 - 01 (merge into shizuoka ) | chūbu | shizuoka |
| shimonoseki | 下関 | 2002 - 04 - 01 | 2005 - 02 - 12 ( core city ) | chūgoku | yamaguchi |
| morioka | 盛岡 | 2000 - 11 - 01 | 2008 - 04 - 01 ( core city ) | tōhoku | iwate |
| kurume | 久留米 | 2001 - 04 - 01 | 2008 - 04 - 01 ( core city ) | kyushu | fukuoka |
| maebashi | 前橋 | 2001 - 04 - 01 | 2009 - 04 - 01 ( core city ) | kantō | gunma |
| ōtsu | 大津 | 2001 - 04 - 01 | 2009 - 04 - 01 ( core city ) | kansai | shiga |
| amagasaki | 尼崎 | 2001 - 04 - 01 | 2009 - 04 - 01 ( core city ) | kansai | hyōgo |
| takasaki | 高崎 | 2001 - 04 - 01 | 2011 - 04 - 01 ( core city ) | kantō | gunma |
| toyonaka | 豊中 | 2001 - 04 - 01 | 2012 - 04 - 01 ( core city ) | kansai | osaka |
Title:
special cities of japan
Statement:
hakodate had the oldest date of designation of any city with a date of 2000 - 11 - 01
Answer:
supported