was mayor of Hiroshima from 1939 to 1943. He survived the atomic attack on Hiroshima on 6 August 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.A-Bomb Mayor, p. 59 After losing the right to work, he supported the policies of mayor Shinzo Hamai in reconstruction.
He died of stomach cancer.
References
Shinzo Hamai, A-Bomb Mayor: Warnings and Hope from Hiroshima (Hiroshima, 2010)