In 1947, mayoral elections were held in Hiroshima for the first time, and Shinzō Hamai became the mayor. Hamai and the mayors of Hiroshima that followed...
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Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi, /ˌhɪroʊˈʃiːmə/, also UK: /hɪˈrɒʃɪmə/, US: /hɪˈroʊʃɪmə/, [çiɾoɕima] ) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. As...
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Tadatoshi Akiba (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
politician and served as the mayor of the city of Hiroshima, Japan from 1999 to 2011. He studied mathematics at the University of Tokyo, receiving a B.S. in...
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Takeshi Araki (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
the mayor of Hiroshima from 1975 to 1991. In April 1947, he was elected as member of the Hiroshima city council, and as member of the Hiroshima Prefectural...
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over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and...
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Mayors for Peace (founded as The World Conference of Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity, renamed in 2001) is an international organization...
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The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (広島平和記念碑, Hiroshima Heiwa Kinenhi), originally the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, and now commonly called...
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Kazumi Matsui (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
Matsui served as the president of an organization called "Mayors for Peace". "Hiroshima mayor still dealing with the specter of atomic bombing | News, Sports...
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Hiroshima history Timeline of Hiroshima (in Japanese) List of mayors of Hiroshima Britannica 1910. Schellinger 1996. "University History". Hiroshima University...
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Shinzo Hamai (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
first popularly elected Mayor of Hiroshima (served 1947-1955 and again 1959-1967). He created Hiroshima's image as a city of peace. In 1931, he graduated...
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony is an annual Japanese vigil. Every August 6, "A-Bomb Day", the city of Hiroshima holds the Peace Memorial Ceremony to...
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Senkichi Awaya (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
official who was killed by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima while he was its mayor. He was one of the key figures in the historic clash between the Japanese...
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Fuchū-shi) is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2023[update], the city had an estimated population of 36,326 in 17013 households...
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Takashi Hiraoka (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
Takashi Hiraoka (平岡 敬, Hiraoka Takashi, born December 21, 1927) was the mayor of Hiroshima from 1991 to 1999. Takashi Hiraoka was born in Osaka to Tadao Hiraoka...
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Setsuo Yamada (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
its nuclear tests, thus starting the tradition of such protest letters by the following mayors of Hiroshima. It was under his administration that Japanese...
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aspects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945 respectively at the close of the Pacific War theater of World War...
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Overseas Hibakusha Case (section History of case)
the mayors of Hiroshima City and Nagasaki City) 2003: Implementation of the Cabinet Order, etc. for Partial Revision to the Order for Enforcement of the...
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Hibakusha (redirect from Survivors of Hiroshima)
designating the people affected by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States at the end of World War II. The word hibakusha is Japanese...
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Tadao Watanabe (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
politician and Mayor of Hiroshima from 1955-1959. Was elected to the Lower House of Diet in April 1946, but soon after lost his seat due to the purge of Japanese...
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The 2023 Hiroshima Mayoral Election was held on April 9th, 2023, to elect the new mayor of Hiroshima. It was held as part of the 2023 Japanese unified...
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Nobuyasu Satō (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
Nobuyasu Satō (佐藤 信安, Satō Nobuyasu, April 5, 1874 – August 1, 1964) was mayor of Hiroshima from 1922 to 1925. v t e...
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Sadaji Itō (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
Sadaji Itō (born January 17, 1878-died 1943) was a Japanese politician who served as Mayor of the City of Hiroshima from May 1930 to May 1934. v t e...
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Heizō Yoshimura (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
Yoshimura (born 1869-died July 23, 1935) was a Japanese politician who served as Mayor of the City of Hiroshima from January 1915 to December 1916) v t e...
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Fukuyama-shi) is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2023[update], the city had an estimated population of 459,160 in 214259 households...
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Kintarō Yokoyama (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
Kintarō Yokoyama (横山 金太郎 Yokoyama Kintarō, b. Dec. 14, 1868-d. Sept. 25, 1945) was mayor of Hiroshima from 1935 to 1939....
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completely surrounded by the city of Hiroshima. Hiroshima Prefecture Aki-ku, Hiroshima Higashi-ku, Hiroshima Minami-ku, Hiroshima Fuchū has a humid subtropical...
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2007, Dr. Tadatoshi Akiba, mayor of Hiroshima and president of Mayors for Peace compared the experience of Guernica to Hiroshima: Human beings have often...
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Yōzō Toyoshima (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
who served as the tenth mayor of Hiroshima from 29 January to 2 April 1914. City of Hiroshima. 歴代広島市長 [Former mayors of Hiroshima] (in Japanese). Retrieved...
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Sukeyuki Ban (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
Sukeyuki Ban (伴 資健 Ban Sukeyuki, born Dec. 31, 1835 - died Jan. 28, 1913) was twice the mayor of Hiroshima in 1889-1895 and 1896–1906....
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Kan'ichi Oda (category Mayors of Hiroshima)
Kan'ichi Oda (小田 貫一, Oda Kan'ichi, 1856 – July 22, 1909) was Mayor of Hiroshima from May to July 1909. v t e...
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