Hitoshi Motoshima | |
|---|---|
本島 等 | |
| Mayor of Nagasaki | |
| In office 2 May 1979 – 1 May 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Yoshitake Morotani |
| Succeeded by | Iccho Itoh |
| Representative for Nagasaki Prefectural Legislature | |
| In office 1959–1979 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 20, 1922 Shin-Kamigotō, Nagasaki, Japan |
| Died | October 31, 2014 (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]