Mayor Matsuo Furuya of Sugito Town, Saitama Prefecture, Japan visited Hiroshima on October 28, paid a courtesy call on Mayor Matsui of Hiroshima City together with Mayor Grant Henley of Busselton City, Australia, when Mayor Henley handed Mayor Matsui a Mayors for Peace registration form. The Town of Sugito has been a member of Mayors for Peace since 2009 and encouraged its sister city Busselton to also join the organization. The City of Busselton will be registered as a new member on December 1.
>Related article on the Town of Sugito website(in Japanese)
>Related article on the City of Busselton website
From left to right: Mayor of Sugito, Mayor of Hiroshima, Mayor of Busselton, Busselton CEO, and Busselton Sugito Sister City Association President