Hitoshi Motoshima, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hitoshi Motoshima

Japanese politician

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1922

Place of Birth: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 31-Oct-2014

Profession: politician

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Hitoshi Motoshima (?? ?, Motoshima Hitoshi, February 20, 1922 – October 31, 2014) was a Japanese politician.
He served four terms as mayor of Nagasaki from 1979 to 1995.
He 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.