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from 1939 to 1943. He survived the atomic attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and continued working for the Hiroshima municipality until 1947, when the US authorities purged him from his duties. In January 1946, he was appointed as chairman of the special Restoration Bureau established by the mayor Shichirō Kihara.''A-Bomb Mayor'', p. 59 After losing the right to work, he supported the policies of mayor

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in reconstruction. He died of stomach cancer.

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* Shinzo Hamai, ''A-Bomb Mayor: Warnings and Hope from Hiroshima'' (Hiroshima, 2010) {{DEFAULTSORT:Fujita, Wakami 1876 births 1951 deaths Mayors of Hiroshima Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Deaths from cancer in Japan Deaths from stomach cancer