Setsuo Yamada (山田節男, Yamada Setsuo) (b. 1898- d. January 8, 1975) was the Mayor of Hiroshima from 1967 until his death.
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. It was under his administration that Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato 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 [1].
References
- ^ "The Unmentioned Victims" Time August 9, 1971 (retrieved on July 7, 2009)