Hōdō Nakamura Explained

Hōdō Nakamura
Native Name Lang:	ja
Office:	Governor of Nagasaki Prefecture
Term Start:	2 March 2010
Term End:	1 March 2022
Predecessor:	Genjirō Kaneko
Successor:	Kengo Oishi
Birth Date:	1950 11, df=y
Birth Place:	Arie, Nagasaki, Japan
Party:	Independent

is a Japanese politician and a former governor of Nagasaki Prefecture located in the Kyushu region of Japan. He was re-elected for another four-year term as governor in both 2014 and 2018.^{[1] [2]} Nakamura ran for a fourth term in 2022, but lost the elections.^[3]

Anti-nuclear

Governor Nakamura together with Nagasaki City mayor Tomihisa Taue filed a protest against the first U.S. nuclear test under President Barack Obama.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/02/02/national/politics-diplomacy/nagasaki-gov-nakamura-wins-re-election/#.VV8U3dKqqko Nagasaki Gov. Nakamura wins re-election
2. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/04/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-backed-incumbents-win-nagasaki-yamaguchi-gubernatorial-elections/#.W9sGkjONyUl
3. Web site: Incumbent defeated in Nagasaki governor election . The Japan Times . 22 December 2022.
4. http://www.weeklyvoice.com/world-news/us-nuclear-test-under-fire-in-nagasaki-hiroshima/ US Nuclear Test Under Fire In Nagasaki, Hiroshima