Yūzan Fujita
1993–2009
1989–1993
Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Yūzan Fujita (藤田 雄山, Fujita Yūzan, April 19, 1949 – December 18, 2015) was a Japanese politician and the governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from 1993 to 2009. A native of Minami-ku, Hiroshima and graduate of Keio University, he had served in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan since 1989 for one term before being elected governor.[1]
Governor of Hiroshima prefecture
As governor, he protested the US-Indian agreement on nuclear cooperation of September 2008.[2] In 2006, he opposed, along with other governors in Japan, the US plan to rearrange the deployment of US troops in Japan.[3] On July 16, 2009, he reversed the policy of Hiroshima prefecture regarding compensations to hibakusha 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 Brazil.[4]
Notes
- ^ "前広島県知事・藤田雄山さん死去". 朝日新聞デジタル.
- ^ http://www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/mediacenter/article.php?story=20080909145925623_en&query=
- ^ "Aso tries to win over Yamaguchi, Hiroshima on bases". The Japan Times Online. 2006-01-17. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ^ http://www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/mediacenter/article.php?story=20090717113120660_en
References
- 政治家情報 〜藤田 雄山〜. JANJAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-12-08.
Preceded by Toranosuke Takeshita | Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture 1993–2009 | Succeeded by Hidehiko Yuzaki |
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