Kōtoku Wamura
Kōtoku Wamura | |
|---|---|
和村 幸得 | |
| Mayor of Fudai | |
| In office 5 April 1947 – 30 April 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Yutaka Ōtsubo |
| Succeeded by | Yoshio Iwazawa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 February 1909 |
| Died | 18 October 1997 (aged 88) Fudai, Iwate, Japan |
| Party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Keio University |
Kōtoku Wamura (Japanese: 和村幸得, Hepburn: Wamura Kōtoku; 21 February 1909 – 18 October 1997) was a Japanese politician who was the mayor of Fudai in Iwate Prefecture from 1947 to 1987.[1] He was credited with creating the floodgates that saved the village of Fudai, Iwate from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
References
- ↑ Sienra, Regina (5 September 2024). "How One Japanese Mayor Defied Naysayers and Built a Floodgate That Then Saved His Village From a Tsunami".
- ↑ "和村 幸得｜いわて復興偉人伝｜岩手県立図書館". www.library.pref.iwate.jp.
- ↑ "'Have conviction and finish what you start': Kotoku Wamura's words offer us all a moral lesson". Northern Times. 17 August 2025.
- ↑ "The man who stopped the tsunami - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 1 October 2011.
- ↑ "大津波から村を守った水門 元村長の強い意志". 日本経済新聞. 29 April 2011.
- ↑ "How one Japanese village defied the tsunami". NBC News. 13 May 2011.
- ↑ "Once-belittled floodgate saved Japanese town". Spokesman.com. 15 May 2011.