at that time. Government Sakaiminato has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 15 members. The current mayor of Sakaiminato is Kentarō Date, serving since July 25, 2020. The city council meets four times a year (March, June, September, and December) and special meetings take place if required. The mayor convenes the city council meetings, but the mayor must call a special meeting when requested by one-fourth or more of the fixed number of council members . The city council members are citizens who are at least 25 years of age, and are elected every four years. Sakaiminato contributes two members to the Tottori Prefectural Assembly.. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Tottori 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan. Mayors Minoru Adachi (September 5, 1954 -) Seiichirō Kashiwagi (September 5, 1966 -) Sadae Yasuda (September 5, 1978 - November 20, 1989) Tetsuo Kuromi (December 10, 1989 - June 5, 2004) Katsuji Nakamura (July 25, 2004 - July 24, 2020) Kentarō Date (July 25, 2020 -) Economy The seaport of Sakaiminato has a long history as a seaport for the San'in Region. Following World War II the city has served as the base of the fishing industry for all of Western Japan. Consequently, marine product processing is also a major industry in the city. Education Sakaiminato has six public elementary schools and three public junior high schools operated by the town government. The city has twoour public high schools operated by the Tottori Prefectural Board of Education. Transportation Airport Miho-Yonago Airport Railway JR West - Sakai Line. - - - - - - Highways Seaports Port of Sakaiminato; The port at Sakaiminato serves the DBS Cruise ferry Eastern Dream, which connects Japan to Donghae, South Korea, and Vladivostok, Russia. Twin towns – sister cities Sakaiminato is twinned with: Hunchun, China Former twin towns Wonsan, North Korea (revoked in 2006) Sakaiminato was the only Japanese municipality to have a twin town agreement with a North Korean city from 1992 to 2006. In 2006, Mayor Katsuji Nakamura revoke the agreement in response to North Korea's announcement of a nuclear test along with the Japanese government's decision to impose economic sanctions. Actual twin town activities had already come to an end by 2002, after which the cities had only sent each other a letter once per