, is a Japanese politician serving as the mayor of

Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...

, the capital city of

Nagasaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 Square kilometre, km2 (1,594 sq mi). Nagasaki Prefecture borders ...

Education and Career

After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Shiro Suzuki joined the former Ministry of Transport in 1991. Suzuki completed his graduate studies at London School of Economics and Political Science (1998), The George Washington University Law School (2007), The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (2008). He left the current Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism in December 2022 to run for the Mayor of Nagasaki. On April 26, 2023, Shiro Suzuki became the 36th Mayor of Nagasaki. His grandfather, Tsutomu Tagawa (田川務) was also the Mayor of Nagasaki during 1951 - 1967. Tagawa was a lawyer.

Controversy

On 2 August 2024, Suzuki announced that Israeli ambassador Gilad Cohen was not invited to the ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the

atomic bombing of Nagasaki The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the on ...

due to concerns over potential protests related to the

Israel–Hamas war An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups has been taking place chiefly in and around the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023. On that day, Palestinian militant groups launched 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, a surp ...

. In response, the ambassadors of the United States and the United Kingdom chose not to attend the event on 9 August and sent lower-ranked diplomats instead. The ambassadors of Russia and Belarus were also not invited to the ceremony, while the Palestinian ambassador was invited.

References

External links

Mayor’s room

Official Website of Shiro Suzuki
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Susuki Shirou Mayors of Nagasaki 1967 births Living people University of Tokyo alumni