Yūzan Fujita

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]

Yūzan Fujita
藤田 雄山
Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture
In office
1993–2009
Preceded byToranosuke Takeshita
Succeeded byHidehiko Yuzaki
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
1989–1993
Personal details
Born(1949-04-19)April 19, 1949
Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
DiedDecember 18, 2015(2015-12-18) (aged 66)
Alma materKeio University

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
  1. "前広島県知事・藤田雄山さん死去". 朝日新聞デジタル.
  2. http://www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/mediacenter/article.php?story=20080909145925623_en&query=
  3. "Aso tries to win over Yamaguchi, Hiroshima on bases". The Japan Times Online. 2006-01-17. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  4. http://www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/mediacenter/article.php?story=20090717113120660_en

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