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Mayor's petition
Last updated March 15, 2024
We accept opinions that had you send to the mayor in writing from groups as "mayor petition".
We send opinions that had you approach to department in charge and reflect in municipal administration.
※We accept "mayor petition" only in documents. In addition, please use "suggestion from citizen" when you have you send opinions to Yokohama municipal administration from individual everybody.
1 Petition method
Please bring the document directly to the department in charge of the content of your comments, etc., or send it by mail.
If you do not know the department in charge, if your opinion is related to a specific ward (place), bring it directly to the ward office Ward Administration Promotion Division of that ward, or if it spans multiple wards (places), bring it directly to the Citizen's Bureau Public Affairs and Consultation Section. Or send it by mail.
As for the destination, please see list of "mayor petition" contacts.
In addition, there is no style specified in the document, but please be careful about the following points.
- DocumentsThe Mayor of Yokohama
- The name of the organization, the title and name of the representative, and contact information such as the location (Address).
- The content of opinions, etc. must be clearly specified.
- Disclosure requests as administrative documents, and "organization name", "title and name of representative" and "text" must be disclosed in principle (personal information described in the text etc. is not disclosed in principle)
※ If you send it by mail, please let us know Phone number as well.
2 Answers
Opinions received will be answered by the 10th opening date, as a general rule, starting from the day after the reception date.
In addition, we will respond by sending the documents, and if it takes time to respond, we will inform you accordingly.
- The criteria for the acceptance date is the date the document arrives. However, for those that arrive after 4:00 pm on the opening day or those that have reached a closed day, in principle, the next open agency day is the reception date.
- Regarding the handling of other responses. Handling summary about conduct of "citizen's voice" businessPlease take a look at it.
3 Announcement
For the three purposes of "securing transparency of municipal administration", "resolving questions about municipal administration and sharing information between citizens" and "promoting a virtuous cycle of measures to further reflect citizens' opinions in measures" About thing which Motoichi answered by "document" or "e-mail", after considering personal information protection, we announce summary such as opinions that had you approach and answer of Motoichi to it (outside page)
The following procedures will be handled as follows.
- Yokohama City summarizes the contents of the opinions you have received, and will announce it after considering personal information protection.
- After responding to the person who posted, we will announce it within 4 weeks at the latest. The publication period is, in principle, one year.
- We do not answer who the published opinion belongs to
Example | Those not disclosed |
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1 | Those who do not wish to disclose or whose willingness to make it public |
2 | Thing which specific individual is identified from summary such as opinions that had you approach and answer of Motoichi for it. |
3 | Posters with the same purpose have been repeatedly sent from the person who posted the answer. |
4 | Posts with the same purpose are repeatedly sent from the person who posted, and cannot be understood by citizens who view the publication page without past history. |
5 | A reply was sent to the person who posted but did not arrive |
※About the handling of other publications, please see handling summary about conduct of publication of "citizen's voice".
4 Handling of Personal Information
Personal information, such as your name, will be properly managed in accordance with the provisions of the "Personal Information Protection Law". In addition, it will be used only for the purpose of referring to the relevant work in the department in charge of the contents of opinions, etc., and for the purpose of responding to opinions.
In addition, about opinions outside Motoichi jurisdiction, we may tell outside organization after considering individual information protection.
5 Outlines
Handling summary (PDF: 343KB) about conduct of "citizen's voice" business
Handling summary (PDF: 193KB) about conduct of publication of "citizen's voice"
6 Public hearing Q&A
For various questions about public hearing, please see "Public hearing Q & A".
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For inquiries to this page
Civil Affairs Bureau General Affairs Department Public Affairs Section
Phone: 045-671-2354 (If you have any comments over the phone, please contact the department in charge directly.)
Phone: 045-671-2354 (If you have any comments over the phone, please contact the department in charge directly.)
Fax: 045-212-0911
Email address: sh-kochosodan@city.yokohama.jp (Please bring the documents directly or send it by mail)
Page ID: 311-790-481