Shinzo Hamai (浜井 信三, Hamai Shinzō, May 28, 1905 – February 26, 1968) was the first popularly elected Mayor of Hiroshima (served 1947-1955 and again 1959-1967)...

Hiroshima, Shinzo Hamai (1905–1968) sought funds for the preservation effort domestically and internationally. During one trip to Tokyo, Hamai resorted...

world. The first ceremony was held in 1947 by the then Hiroshima Mayor Shinzo Hamai. Dedication of Water (by the citizen representatives of Hiroshima), accompanied...

by the Japanese parliament in 1949, at the initiative of its mayor, Shinzo Hamai (1905–1968).[citation needed] As a result, the city of Hiroshima received...

Shinzo Hamai and kept working for him unofficially till his death. Shinzo Hamai, A-Bomb Mayor (Hiroshima, 2010) p. 55 A-Bomb Mayor, pp. 58-59 Shinzo Hamai...

supported the policies of mayor Shinzo Hamai in reconstruction. He died of stomach cancer. A-Bomb Mayor, p. 59 Shinzo Hamai, A-Bomb Mayor: Warnings and Hope...

Hiroshima a city of peace. He was elected mayor of Hiroshima in May 1967, as Shinzo Hamai stepped down. As Mayor of Hiroshima he worked to promote the peace messages...

elections were held in Hiroshima for the first time, and Shinzō Hamai became the mayor. Hamai and the mayors of Hiroshima that followed have tried to become...

1947, except for 1950, when the US occupation forces prohibited Mayor Shinzo Hamai to deliver the speech. The Peace Declaration at first touched upon issues...

the end of the Allied occupation in 1952. In April 1955 ran against Shinzo Hamai, and won the election after making allegations of financial misconduct...