160th anniv. of U.S. naval fleet to Hakodate held

160th anniv. of U.S. naval fleet to Hakodate held

HAKODATE, Japan - Hakodate Mayor Toshiki Kudo and Henry Winthrop, mayor of Newport in Rhode Island, jointly pay floral tribute at Perry's Square in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on May 20, 2014 in a ceremony marking the 160th anniversary of the arrival of a U.S. naval fleet led by Commodore Matthew Perry.

Hakodate city suit over MOX reactor

Hakodate city suit over MOX reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiki Kudo (front), mayor of the city of Hakodate in Hokkaido, heads to the Tokyo District Court on April 3, 2014. The city filed a lawsuit against the Japanese state government and Electric Power Development Co. seeking suspension of construction of a plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel reactor at the Oma nuclear power plant in Aomori Prefecture due to safety concerns.

Ex-Prime Ministers Koizumi, Hosokawa visit Hakodate

Ex-Prime Ministers Koizumi, Hosokawa visit Hakodate

Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) checks the location of the planned Oma nuclear plant located in Aomori Prefecture across the Tsugaru Strait, from the Hakodate municipal office in Hokkaido on Oct. 29, 2015. Earlier, Koizumi and former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa met with Hakodate Mayor Toshiki Kudo. The two former prime ministers are jointly working to eliminate nuclear power generation while Hakodate city filed a lawsuit in April 2014 seeking the suspension of a plan to build the Oma plant, the world's first plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel reactor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-Prime Ministers Koizumi, Hosokawa visit Hakodate

Ex-Prime Ministers Koizumi, Hosokawa visit Hakodate

(From L) Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Hakodate Mayor Toshiki Kudo and former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa speak to reporters at the municipal office in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Oct. 29, 2015, after their talks. The two former prime ministers are jointly working to eliminate nuclear power generation while Hakodate city filed a lawsuit in April 2014 seeking the suspension of a plan to build the Oma nuclear plant, the world's first plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel reactor located in Aomori Prefecture across the Tsugaru Strait. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 ex-PMs visit Hakodate

2 ex-PMs visit Hakodate

Former Japanese prime ministers Morihiro Hosokawa (far R) and Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) visit the Hakodate municipal office in Hokkaido on Oct. 29, 2015, to meet with Mayor Toshiki Kudo (front row). Hosokawa and Koizumi are working jointly to eliminate nuclear power generation and the city of Hakodate filed a lawsuit in April 2014 seeking the suspension of a plan to build the world's first plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel reactor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hakodate mayor reelected

Hakodate mayor reelected

Toshiki Kudo, mayor of the northern Japan city of Hakodate, smiles after being reelected in a mayoral race on April 26, 2015. Kudo has taken the initiative in filing a lawsuit seeking suspension of the construction of a nuclear power plant across the Tsugaru Strait due to safety concerns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hakodate city gathers many signatures against Oma nuke plant

Hakodate city gathers many signatures against Oma nuke plant

Mayor Toshiki Kudo (L) of Hakodate in Hokkaido Prefecture and local community group leader Tadashi Shinya see in the northern Japanese city on March 20, 2015, a list of signatures from 146,184 people against Electric Power Development Co.'s construction of a nuclear power plant in Oma, Aomori Prefecture, across the Tsugaru Strait. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Jakarta-based pop group named tourism ambassador for Hokkaido city

Jakarta-based pop group named tourism ambassador for Hokkaido city

Hakodate Mayor Toshiki Kudo (back C) poses for photos with members of Jakarta-based all-girl pop group JKT48, a sister unit of Japan's AKB48, at the Hakodate municipal office in Hokkaido on Jan. 30, 2017. JKT48 was appointed as the city's tourism ambassador and will promote Hakodate in Southeast Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Vanilla Air to launch daily flights to Hakodate from Tokyo, Osaka

Vanilla Air to launch daily flights to Hakodate from Tokyo, Osaka

Hakodate Mayor Toshiki Kudo (L) and Katsuyta Goto, president of Vanilla Air Inc., a low-cost carrier unit of ANA Holdings Inc., shake hands during a press conference in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Nov. 22, 2016. The airline said it will launch daily flights between Hakodate and Tokyo as well as Osaka next year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo