Designated City Mayors' Association

　Mayors of 20 designated cities (designated cities) (*)

　※Sapporo, Sendai, Saitama, Chiba, Kawasaki, Yokohama, Sagamihara, Niigata, Shizuoka, Hamamatsu
　　Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Sakai, Kobe, Okayama, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Kumamoto

　2003 (Joint-designated joint activities commenced in 1948)

• Deliver the voice of the designated city (request for national budget and requests for expansion of large city tax resources, etc.).
• Holding various meetings and coordinating with the government (such as holding designated city mayor meetings, round-table conferences with the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, etc.).≫
• Research and research on promotion of decentralization and metropolitan systems
• Public Relations and Awareness Activities
• Response to Disasters　

　　　　　As for the details, please see activity report (outside site) of designated city mayor society homepage.

• Designated City Mayors' Association homepage (outside site)
• Designated cities (20 cities)
  Sapporo City (outside site)/Sendai City (outside site)/Saitama City (outside site)/Chiba City (outside site)/Kawasaki City (outside site)/
  Sagamihara City (outside site)/Niigata City (outside site)/Shizuoka City (outside site)/Hamamatsu City (outside site)/Nagoya City (outside site)/
  Kyoto City (outside site)/Osaka City (outside site)/Sakai City (outside site)/Kobe City (outside site)/Okayama City (outside site)/
  Hiroshima City (outside site)/Kitakyushu City (outside site)/Fukuoka City (outside site)/Kumamoto City (outside site)