mayor and a unicameral city council of 40 members, whose members are elected for a four-year term. Hachiōji contributes five members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is divided between the Tokyo 21st district and Tokyo 24th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan. Mayors of Hachiōji (1917–present) Economy During the Meiji period, Hachiōji prospered as an important location for the production of silk and silk textiles. The industry faded away, however, in the 1960s. Today, Hachiōji mainly serves as a commuter town for people working in Tokyo, and as a location for many large colleges and universities. Education Colleges and universities Chuo University (Tama Campus) Digital Hollywood University Kogakuin University (Hachioji Campus) Kyorin University (Hachioji Campus) Meisei University (Hino Campus) Nihon Bunka University Soka University Tama Art University (Hachioji Campus) Takushoku University (Hachioji Campus) Teikyo University (Hachioji Campus) Tokyo Junshin University Tokyo Kasei-Gakuin University (Machida Campus) Tokyo Metropolitan University (Minamiōsawa Campus) Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences Tokyo University of Technology (Hachiōji Campus) Tokyo Zokei University Nippon Engineering College Primary and secondary education The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates nine public high schools, and the metropolis also operates the Hachioji School for the Blind. There are also eleven private high schools. Metropolitan high schools: (junior and senior high) Hachiōji has 70 public elementary schools and 37 public junior high schools operated by the city government, as well as four public combined elementary/junior high schools. Combined public elementary and junior high schools: Izumi no Mori School (いずみの森義務教育学校) Tate (館小中学校) Municipal junior high schools: No. 1 (第一中学校) No. 2 (第二中学校) No. 4 (第四中学校) No. 6 (第六中学校) No. 7 (第七中学校) Asakawa (浅川中学校) Bessho (別所中学校) Hiyodoriyama (ひよどり山中学校) Ishikawa (石川中学校) Kamiyugi (上柚木中学校) Kasumi (加住中学校) Kawaguchi (川口中学校) Konobara (甲ノ原中学校) Kunigida (椚田中学校) Matsugaya (松が谷中学校) Matsugi (松木中学校) Minamino (みなみ野中学校) Minamiosawa (南大沢中学校) Miyagami (宮上中学校) Moto Hachioji (元八王子中学校) Nagabusa (長房中学校) Nakayama (中山中学校) Nanakuni (七国中学校) Narahara (楢原中学校) Ongata (恩方中学校) Ryonan (陵南中学校) Shiroyama (城山中学校) Uchikoshi (打越中学校) Yarimizu (鑓水中学校) Yokokawa (横川中学校) Yokoyama (横山中学校) Yotsuya (四谷中学校) Yugi (由木中学校) Yui (由井中学校) Municipal elementary schools: No. 1 (第一小学校) No. 2 (第二小学校) No. 3 (第三小学校) No. 4 (第四小学校) No. 5 (第五小学校) No. 7 (第七小学校) No. 8 (第八小学校) No. 9 (第九小学校) No. 10 (第十小学校) Akibadai (秋葉台小学校) Asakawa (浅川小学校) Atago (愛宕小学校) Bessho (別所小学校) Funeda (船田小学校) Higashi Asakawa (東浅川小学校) Kami Ichibukata (上壱分方小学校) Kami Kawaguchi (上川口小学校) Kami Yugi (上柚木小学校) Kashima (鹿島小学校) Kashiwagi