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.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi Motoshima
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