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Hitoshi Motoshima attempted assassination

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Hitoshi Motoshima was the former mayor of Nagasaki.  He was shot in the chest for commenting that Emperor Hirohito bore some responsibility for the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.  He was shot here as he existed City Hall. 

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Hitoshi Motoshima (本島 等 Motoshima Hitoshi, born February 20, 1922) is a retired 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 and survived a retaliatory assassination attempt in 1990.

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