Yūzan Fujita

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Yūzan Fujita ( Japanese 藤田 雄 山 , Fujita Yūzan ; born April 19, 1949 in Minami-ku , Hiroshima ; † December 18, 2015 in Hiroshima) was a Japanese politician and from 1993 to 2009 independent governor of Hiroshima Prefecture .

Life

Yūzan Fujita was the eldest son of the former Sangiin President and Minister Fujita Masaaki . He graduated from Keiō University in 1972 and then worked for Mitsui Bussan . In 1982 he became his father's secretary. After his father withdrew from politics in 1989, he was elected to Sangiin in the 1989 Sangiin election for Hiroshima Prefecture. In 1993 he stepped down to run for governor. At the time of his election he was the youngest governor in the country. He was then re-elected three times. In June 2009 he announced that he would not run for a fifth term in the gubernatorial election on November 8, 2009. The election was won by Hidehiko Yuzaki .

Yūzan Fujita died on December 18, 2015 at the age of 66.

Positions on national politics

In 2002, Fujita welcomed the decision by the central government under Jun'ichirō Koizumi not to proceed in court against the obligation to pay medical aid to Hibakusha living abroad (especially in Korea) . As a result, although the payment formalities were reformed in 2003, the victims could still only receive support if they traveled to Japan.

In 2006, Fujita opposed the joint plans of the central government and the US military to move a US Air Force aircraft squadron from Atsugi to Iwakuni in neighboring Yamaguchi Prefecture .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 藤田 知事 、 今 期限 り で 退 任. In: Chūgoku Shimbun . June 25, 2009, Retrieved July 8, 2009 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ 前 広 島 県 知事 ・ 藤田 雄 山 さ ん 死去. In: asahi.com. December 17, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ Hibakusha ruling may not be appealed. In: The Japan Times Online. December 14, 2002, accessed May 6, 2008 .
  4. ↑ Aso tries to win over Yamaguchi, Hiroshima on bases. In: The Japan Times Online. January 17, 2006, accessed May 6, 2008 .
personal data
SURNAME Fujita, Yūzan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 藤田 雄 山 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Minami-ku , Hiroshima , Hiroshima Prefecture , Japan
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 2015
Place of death Hiroshima , Hiroshima Prefecture , Japan