is a Japanese politician and a former governor of

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located in the

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region of Japan. He was re-elected for another four-year term as governor in both 2014 and 2018. Nakamura ran for a fourth term in 2022, but lost the elections.

Anti-nuclear

Governor Nakamura together with

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mayor Tomihisa Taue filed a protest against the first U.S. nuclear test under President

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.US Nuclear Test Under Fire In Nagasaki, Hiroshima
''Weekly Voice'', October 17, 2010.

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1964 births Living people Nagasaki University alumni Politicians from Nagasaki Prefecture Governors of Nagasaki Prefecture {{japan-politician-1960s-stub