Kazutoshi Sasayama

Kazutoshi Sasayama
笹山 幸俊
Mayor of Kobe
In office
20 November 1989  19 November 2001
Preceded by Tatsuo Miyazaki
Succeeded by Tatsuo Yada
Personal details
Born 15 June 1924
Kagoshima, Japan
Died 10 December 2011 (aged 87)
Kobe, Japan
Political party Independent
Alma mater Kobe Industrial College

Kazutoshi Sasayama (笹山 幸俊 Sasayama Kazutoshi) is a Japanese politician who served as mayor of Kobe, the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. He served as the mayor of the city from 1989 until 2001. He was also the mayor when the Great Hanshin earthquake struck Kobe in 1995.[1][2]

References

  1. Kobe mayor Sasayama back at work, The Japan Times, October 28, 1997.
  2. Kobe Mayor Sasayama says he will resign, Kyodo News, July 31, 2001.


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