Conference of Municipal Council Leaders from Five Chugoku Prefectures / Talks on the Takeshima petition (Oki Koronsha)

Chair Yonezu Sadayoshi explains the proposal
At the beginning of May, the Okinoshima Municipalities Association (Chair: Wakabayashi Michiteru, Saigo Council Town Chairman) and the Association of Okinoshima Municipal Council Leaders (Chair: Yonezu Sadayoshi, Saigo Town Council Leader) drew up a jointly-signed petition with the title "On securing Takeshima's territorial sovereignty". This was then submitted to Prime Minister Ikeda, the Presidents of the Houses of Representatives and Councilors, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, the Minister of Finance and other Ministers, the Prefecture's elected representatives, and other related parties. Then, at the Conference of Municipal Council Leaders from Five Chugoku Prefectures held in Ogori Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture on June 2nd, "On securing Takeshima's territorial sovereignty" was tabled as a special proposal from Shimane Prefecture, and Yonezu Sadayoshi, Chair of the Association of Okinoshima Municipal Council Leaders, explained the details.