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was the Mayor of Hiroshima from 1967 until his death. Served as member of the Upper House of Diet in the early years after the Second World War, and in that capacity helped in 1949 to pass the law proclaiming Hiroshima a city of peace.〔(Masami Nishimoto, "Foundation of Hiroshima’s reconstruction: Hiroshima Peace Memorial City Construction Act", Hiroshima Peace Media Center )〕 Was elected mayor of Hiroshima in May 1967, as Shinzo Hamai stepped down. As Mayor of Hiroshima, he worked to promote the peace messages of his city overseas, which resulted in establishing in October 1967 a new department within the Hiroshima municipality, the Hiroshima Peace Culture Center, to disseminate the message of nuclear disarmament to the rest of the world. In September 1968, sent a letter of protest to the French government, protesting its nuclear tests, thus starting the tradition of such protest letters by the following mayors of Hiroshima.〔("Number of protest letters against nuclear tests reaches 594" )〕 It was under his administration that Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Satō participated in the memorial ceremony on August 6, 1971, the first time such ceremony was attended by a Japanese Prime Minister. As part of his commemoration policies, decided to add to the official list of casualties also the US prisoners of war held in Hiroshima Castle during the war and killed in the nuclear holocaust.〔("The Unmentioned Victims" ) ''Time '' August 9, 1971 (retrieved on July 7, 2009)〕 In May 1974 sent a letter of protest to Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, protesting the first Indian nuclear test.〔(US diplomatic report about reactions to the Indian nuclear test )〕 He continued to approach the US government on matters of nuclear disarmament, and on June 19, 1974, addressed a cable to US President Richard Nixon as follows:
Died of lung cancer. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Setsuo Yamada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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