Based on the decision made at the 9^th Japanese Member Cities Meeting, on November 28, 2019 Mayor Matsui, Mayor Kazuo Nagami of Kunitachi, the host city, and Mr. Hisato Mitsutake, director of the Tokyo Office of Nagasaki City and representing Nagasaki City, visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and submitted to Mr. Norihiro Nakayama, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, a request addressed to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asking for the promotion of actions for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
　Mr. Nakayama said “We take the wishes of Mayors for Peace Japanese member cities seriously. The Japanese government acts as a bridge between nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states, and as such we share the goal of Mayors for Peace to achieve the abolition of nuclear weapons. The visit by the Pope to Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a valuable opportunity to create awareness among the people of the world of the importance of peace, and we extend our gratitude to you for welcoming the Pope in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The global situation regarding nuclear weapons is unstable, but the Japanese government would like to continue with transparency and further concrete initiatives.”