The city of Akiruno was created on September 1, 1995, by the merger of the city of Akigawa with the neighboring town of Itsukaichi. Government Akiruno has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 21 members. Akiruno, collectively with the municipalities of Fussa, Hamura, Mizuho, Hinode, Hinohara and Okutama, contributes two members to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Tokyo 25th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan. Education Akiruno has ten public elementary schools and six public junior high schools operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education. There are also one private elementary school, one private middle school, and one private high school. Tokyo Metropolis also operates one special education school for the handicapped. Metropolitan high schools: Municipal junior high schools: Akita (秋多中学校) Higashi (東中学校) Itsukaichi (五日市中学校) Masuko (増戸中学校) Mido (御堂中学校) Nishi (西中学校) Municipal elementary schools: Higashi Akiru (東秋留小学校) Ichinotani (一の谷小学校) Itsukaichi (五日市小学校) Kusahana (草花小学校) Maeda (前田小学校) Masuko (増戸小学校) Minami Akiru (南秋留小学校) Nishi Akiru (西秋留小学校) Tasai (多西小学校) Yashiro (屋城小学校) Private: Transportation Railway JR East – Itsukaichi Line – – – – Highway Sister city relations – Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States, since November 3, 1998 Notable people from Akiruno, Tokyo Masato Shibata, Japanese professional wrestler Tomoo Amino, Japanese former professional basketball player References External links Akiruno City Official Website Cities in Tokyo Western Tokyo