Naomichi Suzuki, 31, is mayor of Yubari and Japan's youngest mayor. Yubari, a coal-mining town on Hokkaido, is hoping the young mayor can turn around the town's declining status. Suzuki is an inexperienced mayor, but hopes he can turn the town around with fresh ideas. Yubari is a case example of Japanese decline and may symbolise the fate of the rest of the nation.