Wakami Fujita

Wakami Fujita (藤田若水, d. December 1951) was mayor of Hiroshima from 1939 to 1943.

He survived the atomic attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and continued working for the Hiroshima municipality until 1947, when the US authorities purged him from his duties. In January 1946, he was appointed as chairman of the special Restoration Bureau established by the mayor Shichirō Kihara.^[1] After losing the right to work, he supported the policies of mayor Shinzo Hamai in reconstruction.

He died of stomach cancer.

Notes

^ A-Bomb Mayor, p. 59

References

Shinzo Hamai, A-Bomb Mayor: Warnings and Hope from Hiroshima (Hiroshima, 2010)

Preceded by Kintarō Yokoyama	Mayor of Hiroshima December 1939 – May 1943	Succeeded by Senkichi Awaya

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