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Hitoshi Motoshima
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| Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan | |
| In office May 2, 1979 – May 1, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Yoshitake Morotani |
| Succeeded by | Iccho Itoh |
| Nagasaki Prefectural Legislature Representative | |
| In office 1959? – 1979 |
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| Born | February 20, 1922 Shinkamigotō, Nagasaki, Japan |
| Died | October 31, 2014 (aged 92) Nagasaki, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| 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 has publicly made controversial statements about the responsibility of Japan and its then-reigning Emperor for World War II. He survived an assassination attempt in 1990.
On October 31, 2014, Motoshima died at the age of 92 in Nagasaki, Japan from natural causes.