What is Hitoshi Motoshima?
{{Infobox Politician | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-0530-016, Berlin, Besuch Delegationen aus Japan.jpg | name = Hitoshi Motoshima | native_name = {{nobold|本島 等}} | native_name_lang = ja | office = Mayor of [[Nagasaki]] | term_start = 2 May 1979 | term_end = 1 May 1995 | predecessor = [[Yoshitake Morotani]] | successor = [[Iccho Itoh]] | constituency = | majority = | office2 = Representative for Nagasaki Prefectural Legislature | term_start2 = 1959 | term_end2 = 1979 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | constituency2 = | majority2 = | office3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | constituency3 = | majority3 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1922|2|20}} | birth_place = [[Shin-Kamigotō, Nagasaki]], Japan | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|10|31|1922|2|20}} | death_place = [[Nagasaki]], Japan | party = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan]] | relations = | residence = | alma_mater = [[Kyoto University]] | occupation = [[Teacher]] | signature = | website = | footnotes = Motoshima survived an [[assassination]] attempt while serving as mayor of Nagasaki in 1990. His mayoral successor, [[Iccho Itoh]], was killed in an unrelated assassination in 2007. }} {{nihongo|'''Hitoshi Motoshima'''|本島 等|Motoshima Hitoshi|February 20, 1922 – October 31, 2014}} was a [[Japan]]ese [[politician]]. He served four terms as [[mayor]] of [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]] from 1979 to 1995. He has publicly made controversial statements about the responsibility of Japan and its then-reigning [[Hirohito|Emperor]] for [[World War II]]. He survived an [[assassination]] attempt in 1990. On October 31, 2014, Motoshima died at the age of 92 in Nagasaki, Japan from natural causes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201410310163|title=Former Nagasaki Mayor Motoshima, once wounded by a rightist for emperor comment, dies at 92|pub