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Hitoshi Motoshima

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Japanese politician (1922-2014)

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Hitoshi Motoshima was a Japanese politician. He served four terms as mayor of Nagasaki from 1979 to 1995. He publicly made controversial statements about the responsibility of Japan and its then-reigning Emperor for World War II, and survived a retaliatory assassination attempt in 1990 by a right wing fanatic.

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The delegations from Hiroshima, led by Mayor Takeshi Araki (centre) and from Nagasaki, led by Mayor Hitoshi Motoshima (right), were welcomed by the Mayor of Berlin, Erhard Krack (left) on the occasion of the international meeting of mayors to mark Berlin's 750th anniversary.The delegations from Hiroshima, led by Mayor Takeshi Araki (centre) and from Nagasaki, led by Mayor Hitoshi Motoshima (right), were welcomed by the Mayor of Berlin, Erhard Krack (left) on the occasion of the international meeting of mayors to mark Berlin's 750th anniversary.

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Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Hitoshi Motoshima was a Japanese politician. He served four terms as mayor of Nagasaki from 1979 to 1995. He publicly made controversial statements about the responsibility of Japan and its then-reigning Emperor for World War II, and survived a retaliatory assassination attempt in 1990 by a right wing fanatic. His mayoral successor, Iccho Itoh, was killed in an unrelated assassination in 2007.

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Japan
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Politicians
Type
Politician
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2014 · aged 92
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