was a Japanese politician and the

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of Hiroshima Prefecture from 1993 to 2009. A native of

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and graduate of

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, he had served in the

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in the

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since 1989 for one term before being elected governor.

Governor of Hiroshima prefecture

As governor, he protested the US-Indian agreement on nuclear cooperation of September 2008. In 2006, he opposed, along with other governors in Japan, the US plan to rearrange the deployment of US troops in Japan. On July 16, 2009, he reversed the policy of Hiroshima prefecture regarding compensations to ''

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'' living outside Japan as he announced that he would not appeal a July 2008 ruling of the District Court of Hiroshima regarding such compensations to a ''hibakusha'' who had emigrated to

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* 1949 births 2015 deaths People from Hiroshima Governors of Hiroshima Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Keio University alumni {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub