Representative for Nagasaki Prefectural Legislature
In office 1959–1979
Personal details
Born
(1922-02-20)February 20, 1922 Shin-Kamigotō, Nagasaki, Japan
Died
October 31, 2014(2014-10-31) (aged 92) Nagasaki, Japan
Political party
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
Alma mater
Kyoto University
Occupation
Teacher
Motoshima survived an assassination attempt while serving as mayor of Nagasaki in 1990. His mayoral successor, Iccho Itoh, was killed in an unrelated assassination in 2007.
Hitoshi Motoshima (本島 等, Motoshima Hitoshi, February 20, 1922 – October 31, 2014) 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.[1]
^"Hitoshi Motoshima, mayor of Nagasaki - obituary: Mayor of Nagasaki whose opinion on the atomic bombings sparked outrage". The Daily Telegraph. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
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